by: Giacomo
Everyone, Republicans and Democrats, has been watching GOP heir apparent Mitt Romney for any signs of who he might pick to be his vice presidential running mate. A hand full of names have been bantered around the media and Washington, but as yet, Romney has given no indication of who he might choose.
Among the leading candidates is Florida Senator Marco Rubio. Some political commentators have suggested that Rubio would help Romney pick up some of the Hispanic vote since he is of Cuban descent. However, that descent may well work against Rubio.
There are a number of lawsuits being filed across the nation that
question Barack Obama’s eligibility to run for or hold the office of
President of the United States. Most of the lawsuits, including the one
before Judge Terry Lewis in Florida,
are basing their challenges on the definition of natural born citizen.
In the case in Florida, the attorney representing Michael Voeltz is
relying on the intent of the Founding Fathers when they placed that
criteria in the US Constitution and the 1875 case of Minor v
Happersett. In this case, the US Supreme Court ruled that both parents
must be US citizens at the time of birth for someone to be a natural
born citizen.
Read More: http://godfatherpolitics.com/5772/if-obama-is-not-a-natural-born-citizen-then-neither-is-marco-rubio/
Everyone, Republicans and Democrats, has been watching GOP heir apparent Mitt Romney for any signs of who he might pick to be his vice presidential running mate. A hand full of names have been bantered around the media and Washington, but as yet, Romney has given no indication of who he might choose.
Among the leading candidates is Florida Senator Marco Rubio. Some political commentators have suggested that Rubio would help Romney pick up some of the Hispanic vote since he is of Cuban descent. However, that descent may well work against Rubio.
Read More: http://godfatherpolitics.com/5772/if-obama-is-not-a-natural-born-citizen-then-neither-is-marco-rubio/
The Minor vs Happersett ruling did not say any such thing. It said that it was never doubted that if you had US parents and were born in the USA you were a Natural Born US Citizen. But it did not say that both were required, only that if you had both you were certainly a NBC. But it did not say that having one of the two might be sufficient.
ReplyDeleteIn any case, the Wong Kim Ark decision was after Minor vs Happersett, and it said that every child born in the USA, except for the children of foreign diplomats, is Natural Born.
“Under the longstanding English common-law principle of jus soli, persons born within the territory of the sovereign (other than children of enemy aliens or foreign diplomats) are citizens from birth. Thus, those persons born within the United States are "natural born citizens" and eligible to be President. Much less certain, however, is whether children born abroad of United States citizens are "natural born citizens" eligible to serve as President ..."---- Edwin Meese, et al, THE HERITAGE GUIDE TO THE CONSTITUTION (2005) [Edwin Meese was Ronald Reagan’s attorney general, and the Heritage Foundation is a well-known Conservative organization.]