A safe bet on Obama’s future?

A safe bet on Obama’s future?
Canada Free Press ^ | 5/8/11 | Don Fredrick

Posted on Sunday, May 08, 2011 7:23:51 PM by westcoastwillieg

In the course of maintaining The Obama Timeline I get my share of emails denouncing my efforts, most of which fall along the lines of, "You're a Nazi and a racist and your mother should have aborted you!"

Occasionally the author of the email is able to complete a sentence or two without the use of vulgarity and profanity---although it seems quite difficult for Obama supporters to avoid the use of UPPERCASE FOR EMPHASIS! Here is one example:


"The term [natural born citizen] is not defined in the Constitution and has never been applied in such a way that it would disqualify Obama. If you believe it does, then you should have taken it to court BEFORE the election. In the aftermath, it's just sour grapes."

Inasmuch as he (or she) managed to avoid references to mass murderers (Hitler and Planned Parenthood), I thought a reply was warranted. This was my response:
Regarding "The term is not defined in the Constitution…"

It is correct that the term "natural born citizen" is not defined in the U.S. Constitution. (Nor are hundreds of other terms.) That is, of course, the whole point of wanting the issue to go to the U.S. Supreme Court for a ruling. The Court would then be obligated to review relevant contemporaneous historical documents to determine what James Madison and the other Founding Fathers meant by the term. The Court would also have to recognize that an earlier draft of the document required only that presidents be native born, and that John Jay wrote George Washington to request that the requirement be changed to natural born to further remove foreign influence (via the citizenship of the president's parents).

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