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Constitution Party Calls For Barack Obama To Prove Eligibility For Office
Lancaster, PA, The country’s fastest-growing third party (Ballot Access News 12/08) challenged Barack Obama to release his birth certificate and dispel the grave concerns that he is ineligible to assume office as president of the United States.
“The Constitution is crystal clear on the issue of citizenship. Article 2, Section 1 states that no one can be sworn into office as President of the United States unless he is a natural born citizen”, said Constitution Party National Committee Chairman Jim Clymer.
Clymer, a Pennsylvania attorney who has litigated cases based on Constitutional law added, “Obama has yet to produce even basic proof that he was born in this country. Average citizens can’t even get a driver’s license without such proof of citizenship and Obama is contending he can assume the highest office in the land without such proof!
If a non-citizen can be given a free pass to the presidency than what’s to say someone with no allegiance and who harbors ill will toward the country won’t someday assume office?”
The Constitution Party ,which holds that the Constitution is the supreme and abiding law by which our country should be governed, contends that no one is above that law. Even Barack Obama.
Obama has refused repeated requests to release his Hawaiian birth certificate, which would include the actual hospital that performed the delivery.
Lawsuits filed in a number of states asking for proof of the basic information have been dismissed.
The Supreme Court met to discuss the issue Friday, December 5,2008.
“What is cause for concern here, in addition to the element of deceit shown by Obama and his handlers, is the apparent total disregard for the Constitution. If this eligibility question can be ignored, what does this say about how this administration will regard other Constitutional mandates?” Clymer asked.
The Constitution Party calls on Barack Obama, the Democratic National Committee, Attorneys General and Secretaries of State of the various states, Congress and the Courts to take their oaths of office and this constitutional question seriously in order to restore faith in our system of free and fair elections.
scooterbird,
Your one point on the birth annoucement address on August 13, 1962 doesn’t confirm anything. If parents were British subjects or illegal aliens working in Hawaii, with an obviously an Hawaii address the citzenship question is still open.
As far as the State officials, come on, get real, politics is politic whether in Illinois or Hawaii tit is the same. The State Official just needed to produce the long form and it would be settled.
The question that is not confirmed to the Public’s satifaction is simple. Natural-born or Naturalized? If we used newspapers to confirm citzenship … there would be no need for immigration Reform … right?
Just an opinion 🙂
Correct. Appearance on a state ballot is no proof of citizenship, or qualification for office. Roger Calero has never stated that he is a citizen, or that he is Constitutionally eligible for the office of President.
Barack Obama has done both of these things, and has in fact proven them beyond any reasonable doubt. The COLB would list a foreign birthplace if the supposed “Kenyan birth certificate” (which has never been produced by anyone at any time) was accepted in Hawai’i. Instead, the place of birth is clearly given as Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawai’i.
Hawai’ian health department officials have produced the short form. It is certified by the state registrar and the director of the Hawai’i Department of Health has given a press statement verifying that the long form exists and has been personally physically verified. The former is all the proof that is needed in a court of law. The latter would tend to support the former assuming that the case goes forward – which is extremely unlikely, as there is no evidence at all to the contrary.
Although it is not legally binding, your facts to the contrary might also strive to take into account the birth announcement in the Honolulu Advertiser of August 13, 1961, which lists the address in Hawai’i (not Kenya, not Indonesia, not Mars) of President-Elect Obama’s parents.
Incorrect Micaheal. They released a short form colb. Hardly proof of his place of birth.
Some facts:
A) Hawaiian law, at the time of Obama’s birth, allowed for FOREIGN born baby’s to be registered in Hawaii via a ‘Certificate of Live Birth’:
“[§338-17.8] Certificates for children born out of State…”
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol06_Ch0321-0344/HRS0338/HRS_0338-0017_0008.htm
B) The Hawaiian govt’ officials NEVER stated that Obama was born in Hawaii. They only stated that they have seen his birth certificate on file. But a B.C. from where?? (see #1 above).
On October 31, 2008, Dr Chiyome Fukino, Department of Health:
“Therefore, I as Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, have personally seen and verified that the Hawai‘i State Department of Health has Sen. Obama’s original birth certificate on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.”
http://hawaii.gov/health/about/pr/2008/08-93.pdf
For the Hawaiian ‘Policies and Procedures’ she refereed to…see item #1 above which, again, affords foreign born babies to obtain a Hawaiian COLB.
Legally, the Hawaiian Governor & the Dpt of Health official merely stated fact based on their own laws. One can obviously see that a Kenyan B.C. from 1961 would be legal and valid per Hawaiian law. This would also allow Obama to obtain a U.S. Passport.
C) Examples of Hawaiian Long Form COLB’s:
1963 Hawaiian Long Form COLB:
http://a5.vox.com/6a00c2252293c4604a0100a80270e5000e-pi
1962 Hawaiian Long Form COLB:
http://passportsusa.com/wp-content/gallery/passportusa/edith_front.jpg
Obviously, what the Obama camp has released looks nothing like those two Hawaiian COLB’s from that time. Where’s his?
D) If it’s proven Obama was indeed foreign born (Kenya), He would NOT have received U.S. citizenship based, only, on his mother’s citizenship status. Per U.S. law at the time of his birth (December 24, 1952 to November 13, 1986).
Birth Abroad to One Citizen and One Alien Parent in Wedlock:
“For birth between December 24, 1952 and November 13, 1986, a period of ten years, five after the age of fourteen are required for physical presence in the U.S. to transmit U.S. citizenship to the child.”
http://travel.state.gov/law/info/info_609.html
Note that the law only pertains to ‘Citizenship’, and not ‘Natural Born’ Citizen. There is a difference. Governor Schwarzenegger from Ca. is a citizen, yet he could not be POTUS because he isn’t a Natural Born citizen. He’s a Naturalized citizen.
Obama’s mother didn’t give birth to him at 19 (14 + 5). Therefore, Obama could not obtain U.S. citizenship based only by virtue his mother’s citizenship.
E) And then there is the dual citizenship issue (which could make the above totally irrelevant). Factcheck themselves state that Obama was indeed a British subject and did in fact hold dual citizenship AT Birth.
http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/does_barack_obama_have_kenyan_citizenship.html
“In other words, at the time of his birth, Barack Obama Jr. was both a U.S. citizen … and a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies (or the UKC)”
So even IF he was indeed born in Hawaii (would be easy for him to prove but hasn’t so far), Obama could therefore not be a Natural Born citizen because Natural Born citizens can not hold dual citizenship at birth. It has to do with the potential for divided loyalties and the very reason the
writers of the Constitution themselves allowed for their exception (grandfathered in) because all of them were British Subjects at birth.
He might be a “Naturalized” Citizen, but there is nothing (to date) in the public sector to suggest he is a ‘Natural Born” Citizen, the Constitution clearly requires for one to become POTUS.
F) Without question, the Secretary of State of New Jersey (& possibly other SoS’s) did NOT do their job in making sure the presidential candidates (including Obama) were qualified and eligible to be on their states’ ballot.
Why?
How would the SoS from NJ explain that Roger Calero was on their ballet as a candidate?
Socialist Workers Party candidate Roger Calero isn’t even a U.S. citizen (Naturalized OR Natural Born), yet appeared on NJ’s presidential ballot.
Calero was also allowed on the state ballot in: Delaware, Minnesota, New York and Vermont.
Calero is a permanent resident alien (holding a green card).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B3ger_Calero
Note: Not in any particular order. Simply, points of fact and information.
As I recall the campaign had already released his birth certificate.
@ BAN
The U.S. Supreme Court held a conference on the morning of December 12, and in the afternoon announced it had accepted two new cases. Both of them are disputes about commercial matters. The Court said nothing about any further pending cases concerning Barack Obama’s eligibility, but on Monday when the “refused†list is released to the public, any such cases will probably be on the list.