Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Hey! Obama's Candidacy Unconstitutional?

Story here.

Bloggers are raising questions about Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's qualifications to be U.S. president, because of the secrecy over his birth certificate and the requirement presidents be "natural-born" U.S. citizens.

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(...)"If Obama were born outside the United States, one could argue that he would not meet the legal definition of natural-born citizen … because U.S. law at the time of his birth required his natural-born parent (his mother) to have resided in the United States for '10 years, at least [f]ive of which had to be after the age of 16.'"

(...) Ann Dunham, Obama's mother, was 18 when Obama was born "so she wouldn't have met the requirement of five years after the age of 16."

(...)(Interestingly, apparently there isn't much paperwork on Obama's parents' marriage. 'Obama: From Promise to Power,' page. 27: 'Obama later confessed that he never searched for the government documents on the marriage, although Madelyn (Obama's maternal grandmother) insisted they were legally married.' Also note that Obama's father apparently was not legally divorced from his first wife back in Kenya at the time, a point of contention that ultimately led to their separation.)"

Was Obama born inside or outside the United States?

Let's see proof that he was born inside the United States, as required by the Constitution in order to be allowed to be President.

Prove it, Obama.

It's not enough to claim you're American-born. Legally, constitutionally, it must be proven.

Absent proof, I'd suggest that the Supreme Court of the US declare his candidacy unconstitutional.

Of course, then we'd be stuck with Hillary carrying the Democratic flag. With Billy following closely behind, pants crumpled around ankles...