Obama Birth Certificate, Citizenship:
Was Obama born in Kenya?
Is Obama a “natural-born” citizen, as per the U.S. Constitution?
Is Something “Big” About to Break in this Story?
UPDATES at the end of the story to follow.
UPDATE #1 - working
Questions Surrounding the Constitutional Eligibility
Of Barack Obama Heats Up
Is something big about to break in the Obama birth certificate story?
The questions surrounding the constitutional eligibility of Barack Obama to serve as U.S. president continue. After abating a bit immediately prior and after the election two weeks ago, more information has surfaced which has returned the issue to the blogosphere.
The Mainstream Media not only blacked out the issue after June 2008, they actually contributed to the Obama’s campaign effort to cast anyone with questions about Obama and the many missing pieces of his past as “smear merchants” and “rumor-mongers”.
Three items, in particular, have caught our attention:
ALSO at DBKP:
The Obama Birth Certificate Questions
* Obama Birth Certificate Forgery Story Heats up at World Net Daily
* Obama Birth Certificate, Citizenship: SCOTUS Conference Scheduled for Dec 5
* Obama Records: Obama Campaign Still Refuses to Release Medical, Other Records
* Obama Birth Certificate: Ruling in Berg v. Obama Expected In Next Two Days- UPDATED
* Obama Birth Certificate Lawsuit: Obama, DNC Fail to Respond-UPDATED
* Washington Man Files Lawsuit over Obama Citizenship Questions
* Obama College, Medical, Birth Records: Who is Barack Obama?
* Obama Birth Certificate Federal Lawsuit: Video Released On YouTube
* Obama Birth Certificate Federal Lawsuit: Updates, News and Reactions
* Obama Birth Certificate Federal Lawsuit: The Curious Behavior of the Obama Campaign
* Obama, Bill Ayers, and FactCheck.Org: All Have Ties To Annenberg Foundation
- World Net Daily has really ramped up their coverage of the Obama birth certificate issue today. WND’s front page contains almost nothing else but stories on the matter. Such as:
* Rathergate II: Certification of Live Birth a clear forgery
* Proofin’ the prez: Who’s in charge? Constitutional lawyer says electors have duty to investigate citizenship
* Obama’s birthplace heats up Liddy show
* Is he or isn’t he? The debate over Obama’s eligibilityWorld Net Daily is the home to Dr. Jerome Corsi, author of Obama Nation, and a visitor to Kenya who was ejected from the country quickly upon arriving weeks ago.
Does World Net Daily have something that it is about to break on this story?
We don’t know. But we notice things.
- The Kenyan Ambassador.
Earlier today we provided a link to a video of the Kenyan ambassador stating that Barack Obama’s birthplace in Kenya is already getting plenty of visitors since he became president. [MORNING INTELL: Kenya, Iran, Israel, PC Nazis, Natalie Holloway]
This slip–or not–of the tongue, combined with Justice Clarence Thomas’ conference scheduled for December 5 on Denofrio v. Wells, has added fuel to the Obama citizenship fire. [Obama Birth Certificate, Citizenship: SCOTUS Conference Scheduled for Dec 5]
Today, WND published another article claiming to debunk the Certificate of Live Birth which the Obama campaign featured on its fightthesmears.com site. [Rathergate II: Certification of Live Birth a clear forgery] From the WND piece by Janet Porter:
It’s Rathergate all over again with more amiss than a 1970s Selectric typewriter. But before I tell you what the experts found, let me ask you a few questions:
1. If you were a natural born American citizen and had it within your means to quiet all the lawsuits and questions with proof, would you do it?
2. If you were a natural born American citizen, would you spend thousands of dollars to fight the legal cases against you, or would you simply answer the legitimate question of whether you meet the constitutional requirements for office?
3. If you were a natural born American citizen, would you forge a document called a “Certification of Live Birth” and tell the public it was a real “birth certificate”?
If someone were to violate the law by manufacturing a forgery in order trick the public, would that be enough evidence for members of Congress to conduct hearings and for a court to issue an order for the critical records, including the original long-form birth certificate (signed by the doctor) to ensure that the U.S. constitutional requirements for office were not violated? After all, Congress is sworn to uphold and defend that Constitution, and the justices on the U.S. Supreme Court are “guardians” of the Constitution. That’s their job, isn’t it?
These are much the same questions that others, as well as DBKP, have been asking. In fact, in Obama Birth Certificate Federal Lawsuit: The Curious Behavior of the Obama Campaign, we observed:
Quiz time for DBKP readers.
Let’s say you’re a Democrat and let’s say you’re running for president of the United States.
You’re a likable guy and are doing well–the New York Times and AP think you’re peachy–but there have been whispers of whether or not you are constitutionally qualified.
A prominent Democrat files suit in Federal court asking you to provide proof, to settle the matter once and for all.
What do you do?
- A. Provide the court with the three documents in question and go back to shaking hands, making promises and smiling for the cameras.
- B. Provide images of one of the documents to a friendly website to post, but not to the court.
- C. Ignore the request, then make a motion to dismiss the case, in lieu of providing the proof.
- D. In the meantime, quietly, post a notice at your website, FighttheSmears.com that you had dual citizenship with Kenya.
- E. Hire the top gun attorney from the Council of American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) to fight the case.
- F. File a Joint Motion for Protective Order to Stay Discovery Pending a Decision on the Motion to Dismiss (which was) filed on 09/24/08, thereby putting the matter off until–hopefully–after the election.
Time’s up. What do you do?
Most readers sensibly chose A.
But, if you’re Barack Obama, you chose answers B, C, D, E and F.
A curious response for a campaign interested in “fighting the smears”.
Suffice it to say: not everyone bought into the Certificate of Live Birth explanation by the campaign. But more proof was needed because Obama wasn’t allowing anyone to see his original “vault” copy of his birth certificate for some unknown reason.
And our third reason for believing that something “big” is about to break in this story?
Continue reading: Obama Birth Certificate: WND, Kenya and African Press Internatl
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackThis is really not about Obama, its more about honesty in politics. Even if Obama was born in HI, why not just disclose the Birth certificate?
I am a skeptic but, its beyond me why he does not show his real Birth certificate, not on the web but to experts, in hand. His behavior makes me think twice about him. http://www.claritaslux.com/blog/is-obama-a-us-citizen/
I am going from Skeptic to now doubting Obama
The Supreme Court CANNOT DUCK Obama’s Birth Certificate Constitutional Crisis (albeit the media blackout on the issue). The messiah will NOT become President! This 90-minute blogradio program explains why:
politicalpistachio.blogspot.com/2008/11/why-is-obamas-birth-certificate-still.html
The international civil and political rights organization known as AXJ has begun their own investigation on the matter and the documents which are appearing via AXJ-Kenya are devastating. http://www.axjus.com
each state has an election commission that can certify or refuse to certify any candidate. these commision are the only one’s that certify Obama or not. None of them, not a one, has brougght up this phony birth stuff, and all have certified Obama. It’s over!
It’s NOT “over” accorinding to the Constitution of the USA!
I’m afraid for this country when smear campaigns like this can continue on for so long unabated. Obama was born in Hawaii. Why do you hate freedom so much that you’d rather see rich white people run this country than a decent man who happens to have brown skin?
scaredofu:
We are anything but scared.
We defended Obama against the accusations of Larry Sinclair and debunked Sinclair’s claims, though it took us months to do so.
This time, we have other questions. Obama could clear these all up with the release of his original birth certificate. He does that, and I will not write another word on the subject.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
On August 23, 2008 A World Net Daily investigation into Obama’s birth certificate utilizing forgery experts also found the document on Obama’s site to be authentic.
WND page still available (though not easily unless you know the link)
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=73214
however, this was not a popular story and upset the true believers, so WND returned to printing articles that dispute the Obama BC and archived the “authentic” story.
good example of an ethical christian news source NOT!
Mr. Obama - “there’s some stuff that’s been left undone.”
On November 4, 2008 those voting for Barack Obama may in fact have voted for a non-candidate in the presidential election.
Obama refuses to answer mounting lawsuits in various states regarding whether or not he was born as an American. All it would take to clear up this question would be for him to produce a legal copy of his actual birth certificate, which to-date he has refused to do. The pressure is growing daily and now there is speculation that in fact he does not have a legal American birth certificate.
If you believe that Obama went to Hawaii to only see his Grandmother then; where was Michelle and why were the girls not allowed to see their Great-Grandma “Toot” for the last time??
Folks, it’s time to wake up. This Obama trip to see Grandma ‘Toot” was put together with ABC and Good Morning America as a two-fold attempt to, 1) legitimize a Publicity stunt to gain sympathetic favor for Obama and, 2) provide a cover for Obama to solicit a legal story and affidavit from Grandma ‘Toot” as to his claim of having been born in Hawaii.
Obama’s own words, “One of the things I want to make sure of is that I had a chance to sit down with her and talk to her,” Obama told Roberts on GMA. “She’s still alert and she’s still got all her faculties. And I want to make sure that I don’t miss that opportunity right now.” “And then we’re going to find out what chores I can do, because I’m sure there’s been some stuff that’s been left undone,” he said. Yes, there was good reason that Obama needed to “talk with her and find some chores that need to be done!”
And it’s very important that you the voter decipher his words “she’s still alert and she’s got all her faculties.” He keeps repeating this mantra because that’s an absolute requirement for a valid affidavit.
And Grandma “toot” was the only American relative left that could cover-up his birthplace. Did he get the affidavit? Apparently not, since he has refused to respond to the many requests for his true birth records.
Obama’s other grandmother on his father’s side, half brother and half sister claim Mr. Barack H. Obama was born in Kenya. Reports further reflect that Mr. Obama’s mother went to Kenya during her pregnancy.
Wayne Madsen, Journalist with Online Journal as a contributing writer published an article on June 9, 2008 stating that a research team went to Mombassa, Kenya, and located a Certificate Registering the birth of Barack Obama, Jr. at a Kenya Maternity Hospital, to his father, a Kenyan citizen and his mother, a U.S. citizen.
Yes, There are claims of records of a “registry of birth” for Obama, on or about August 8, 1961 in the public records office in Hawaii, but these have not been released for scrutiny. It is alleged in the various lawsuits and is a matter of much general speculation that Mr. Obama’s mother was prevented from boarding a flight from Kenya to Hawaii at her late stage of pregnancy, which apparently was a normal restriction to avoid births during a flight.
It is likely that Stanley Ann Dunham (Obama) gave birth to Barack Obama in Kenya, after which she flew to Hawaii and registered Obama’s birth.
Yes, Mr. Obama, “… there’s some stuff that’s been left undone!” NOW SHOW THE WORLD YOUR ACTUAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE and all the stuff will be done!
“Wayne Madsen, Journalist with Online Journal as a contributing writer published an article on June 9, 2008 stating that a research team went to Mombassa, Kenya, and located a Certificate Registering the birth of Barack Obama, Jr. at a Kenya Maternity Hospital, to his father, a Kenyan citizen and his mother, a U.S. citizen.”
if you go to Madsen’s web site http://www.waynemadsenreport.com/
you will find no such story, stop making stuff up
“It is likely that Stanley Ann Dunham (Obama) gave birth to Barack Obama in Kenya, after which she flew to Hawaii and registered Obama’s birth”
you will find no record of such a flight, stop making stuff up
WND, you should have stuck with what you knew as the truth. That tape was obvious the woman was talking about the Father with the same name. How can I truth you now? I know the truth wasn’t popular but we need to be paying attention of what is happening with these appointments! Don’t keep us in the past with a phony run.
Christians need to be up to date not laughed at around the world. How can we use this man is the question now. McCain said today we can work with this economic team so lets come up with ideas to work them!
richCares said,
in November 26th, 2008 at 12:57 am
I know there’s no such record cause I have relatives missionaries in Kenya and they told me! WND is making fools of us Christians. To many people know what the truth is for us to even pass this story as credible. Did you forget people knew the family in Hawaii? Friends in Hawaii who knew both the parents and about their secret marriage? About the baby?
Your were credible the first time. Come up with a good story about who the father was. There’s some scandal in that when he returned to Africa; before he was a brillant student in American so that wouldn’t get hits. Just stop working for those who love to make Christians look like a bunch of fools, worldwide.
I agree with richCares as to the election commission. The man was certified. I’m really ashamed of the Republicans, of which I am a member; when vacation is over I am leaving the party. We have become scandalous, immoral, and anti-American in our smears.
First we wanted to use muslim law from Indonesia and now we want to use Kenyan muslims (his father was known to be formally muslim but actually an atheist in Kenya). Do you not see the that denominator here is muslim or muslim laws? How about you releasing your original birth certificate to the public! What are you afraid of–hypocrites? It’s easy, put YOUR original birth certificate on an AOL Web site that you can get for free. Then come back here and give us the addy to it. You Christians have become dogs and don’t know it.
This ceases to really be about Obama, who attended Rev. Wright’s Chruch of God in Christ for over 20 years. I’m starting to believe this is possibly a muslim plot to dupe the Christians because, remember, al Qaida site’s password was busted into and it was discovered they supported McCain. The Endorsement from Hell (NYT) remember?
The Republican party used to be a party of scholars. Since the ’80s it has gradually gone down the tubes. I can’t wait to re-register Independent. And WMD, I’m crossing you off my list as well. If you don’t have balls enough to stand for the truth then you’ve become a rag worse than the National Enquirer. I happened to read that Aug. 23, 2008, article so know the real truth. A curse on all your houses for misleading Christians.
Here are two official emails that make the public version of Obama II’s Birth and his mother’s marriage to BHO Sr. HIGHLY unlikely. Recall he was supposedly born Aug 4, 1961.
From: pubrec@u.washington.edu [mailto:pubrec@u.washington.edu]
Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 2:24 PM
To:
Subject: Re: Stanley “Ann” Dunham 1960 to 1970 class registration
Ms. Stanley Ann Dunham was enrolled at the University of Washington for:
Autumn 1961
Winter 1962
Spring 1962
The records responsive to your request from the University of Washington are above as provided by the Public Disclosure Laws of Washington State. This concludes the University’s response to your Public Records request. Please feel free to contact our office if you have any questions or concerns.
Madolyne Lawson
Office of Public Records
206-543-9180
From: Stuart Lau [mailto:stuartl@hawaii.edu]
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 1:45 PM
To:
Subject: Re: Inquiry
The University of Hawaii at Manoa is only able to provide the following information for Stanley Ann Dunham:
Dates of attendance:
Fall 1960 (First day of instruction 9/26/1960)
Spring 1963 - Summer 1966
Fall 1972 - Fall 1974
Summer 1976
Spring 1978
Fall 1984 - Summer 1992
Degrees awarded:
BA - Mathematics, Summer 1967 (August 6, 1967)
MA - Anthropology, Fall 1983 (December 18, 1983)
PhD - Anthropology, Summer 1992 (August 9, 1992)
Sincerely, Stuart Lau
****************************************
Stuart Lau
University Registrar
Office of Admissions and Records
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Ph: (808) 956-8010
****************************************
Malcolm X is also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz
Barack Hussein Obama II named his children Malia and Sasha
If you think this is only a coincidence, read:
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/10/how-could-stanl.html
It seems that the latest mainstream media ploy is to post articles discrediting the questions about Obama as lunatic fringe, etc. When you try to post a response they never appear, only pro-Obama posts are allowed. Google Obama natural born citizen as over the last few days more newspapers are picking it up, but all negative.
Berg is a fraud and always have been. Remember his suing BUSH and CHENEY over 9/11?
We are not the party of the stupid. This guy is up Hillary’s skirt and always have been a democrat.
He needed hospitalization then, back when he attempted to take BUSH to court over 9/11. Google that Republicans to get a better scoop.
NofreeLunch has never been to college. Man when does the AUTUMN semester start for most college students and WINTER semester begin? Go look it up high schooler.
Found these links on another site. They explained it all. I remember Berg suing Bush over 9/11. Why any Republican is running behind this Democrat is beyond me.
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1122023117263
http://www.tesibria.typepad.com/whats_your_evidence/
http://www.rinf.com/columnists/news/philip-berg-seeking-the-truth-of-911
This guy is most definitely a nutjob. At least he loves Hillary and maybe that’s enough for him.
Republicans listening to BERG??
Yall listening to the SAME berg who tried to get BUSH out because of 9/11???? The same BERG democrat, that was seeking to sue Dick
Cheney over 9/11??? LOL!
People how could you forget who this man is. A Demo-Hillary lover!
To refresh memories…
http://www.rinf.com/columnists/news/philip-berg-seeking-the-truth-of-911
Just google your Berg + Bush + 9/11 + Cheny or any variety of which will remind the dull-witted remind you who BERG is! I hope the republican party can LEAVE the party of the stupids. We ARE the party of the stupids!
Go on democrats/liberals… you must have had a great laugh. Touche’.
Cellie, the Christians will NEVER connect the dots! A demo nutjob, who took our OWN highest leader to court over 9/11, who is now using muslim laws, and muslims to convince us that muslim associations SHOULD be used to overturn AMERICAN laws, [thereby undermining Christian support and confidence in our laws], is genius on the muslim’s part.
They have used our own biases against us. I am seriously considering my membership as well. No wonder we lost the election; and you’re right. Once thought world-wide as scholars [Christian Republican Conservative Intellectuals], we now are thought of, as fools.
The answer is not “A” because no amount of proof will appease these kinds of nutty accusations and also because it’s fun to watch right wing extremists get shriller and sillier by the day. And spend money.
You are right on Zurof, Turkey-Headed leaders have made us look like fools!
James Madison, the fourth president, known as ‘The Father of Our Constitution’ made the following statement:
‘We have staked the whole of all our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of GOD.’
Because Self-government is minimal we have leaders that are liars, thieves,etc., and the beat goes on!
My Dad was a 20 year Marine, CWO #3, who taught war at Columbia University and in 1984 he said the next war would be with Islamics; he died four months after 9/11.
The wealthy Wahhabbi’s of Saudi Arabia have financed 80% of Mosques being placed in America in the last 15 years. A stealth invasion is my take on the whole Obama presidency. We are in serious times with 20 million illegals.
It would be incredible if Clarence Thomas states that truly Obama is not worthy of being president; I hope he backs up our Constitution!
“Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.”
–Sir Winston Churchill
GET READY PATRIOTS! May our CREATOR have mercy on us.
Semper Fidelis,
A good quote:
Jeremiah 33:3
SF,
C
the State officials in Hawaii need to be sued for covering up for Obama, file charges on this, also file charges that Hawaii issued a phony death certificate on Elvis, we know he is living on Maui. Also we need to find that time machine they used to get those Honolulu papers print birth notices. There are over 180,00 people involved in this cover up, including Hawaii, US State Dept, State of Illinios, Cook County and the Planet of Krypton, and don’t forget Charles Darwin.
World Net Daily has destroyed any credibility they may haver had by pushing this BS, especiall when the initally confirmd Obama.s certificate, but lying appears to come easily to WND.
see link:
WND page still available (though not easily unless you know the link)
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=73214
PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA: PLEASE RELEASE YOUR BIRTH RECORDS
I know you are busy setting up your new administration as the President elect of the greatest country in the world, but there are a couple of things about your background and qualifications for the office that concern me and many of my fellow Americans. Never before has a Presidential candidate failed to fully disclose routine information about their background.It seems that many records concerning your background have either been sealed or are temporarily unavailable for review. I know that any honest person like yourself, who is about to assume the highest office in the land, would never overtly want to keep such information from public review.
Here’s a partial list:
1. College records from Occidental College, Columbia University and Harvard — Not available and secured by college administrators.
2. Columbia Thesis paper — not available, secured by college administrators
3. Certified Copy of original Birth certificate - Not released (sealed?)
4. Certified Copy of Certification of Live Birth — Not released (sealed?)
I believe items #3 and 4 are the most critical and they concern two issues that are very important to the American people:
1. Are Are you a Natural Born Citizen of the U.S.? and
2. Are you legally qualified to hold the Office of President?
There have been several lawsuits filed, or currently being filed, in 7 or 8 states with various state Boards of Elections, claiming you are ineligible to be on their ballots because you have not produced proof that you are a natural born citizen of the United States.As you may recall, there was a Cetificate of Live Birth (COLB) for you posted on your campaign website in the past that was reported as an original, but which was later found to be only an abstract of a computer record having no connection to the original 1961 COLB document. The abstract copy was later taken down.
In an election of a President, where being a “Natural Born Citizen” is a requirement for the position, I believe that the American people have a right to know if you are a natural born citizen.What does the actual original document say about the birth? What hospital were you born in? Who was the attending physician? What was the date and time? What names are listed on the COLB? I think the question of your birth is a very important constitutional issue and the issue should be publicly put to rest one way or the other.
Mr Obama, it seems that you are creating needless confusion when you could easily avoid all of this doubt simply by asking for release of your original 1961 document and let it be examined. Why haven’t you done this? and why have you fought against every attempt to produce the document?Mr. Obama, if you are truly and honorable man and a “Natural Born Citizen of the United States” you can clear up this issue very quickly. Just sign a release to have the full document examined and made available for public scrutiny.
Your continued avoidance of the issue and your subsequent failure to provide proof that you are a “Natural Born Citizen of the United States” is very suspicious and raises a very important constitutional issue that must be addressed before you take office. I am asking you to stop using legal technicalities, record sealing and courtroom maneuvers to avoid the issue. The American people have every constitutional right to know whether or not you are a “Natural Born Citizen” and they will eventually find out.
Let’s put this issue to rest once and for all so you can get on with the nation’s business.
John Wallace
http://www.NYCampaignforLiberty.com
Never had the Republican party been so senseless in respect of American Law. Find McCain’s medical records, high school and academy transcripts or any other papers protected under his rights.
This conservative republican supports American Privacy Laws for all, including Obama.
http://www.rbs2.com/privacy.htm
This conservative republican supports American Laws and procedures, as well as Official confirmation of Obama’s birth certificate as defined by American LAW. The issue has been put to rest by Us.
We want to see YOUR birth certificate though. We will be awaiting your posted addy as proof that YOU are an American Citizen and not some infidel conspirator.
This is a very serious constitutional issue.
It is about the definition of “natural born citizen” which is a requirement for a President.
The major possibilities that you can qualify as “natural born” by being physically born in the US, or maybe it is that you must be born to people who are US citizens at the time of your birth (or at least a US citizen father), or maybe it is that you must both be born in the US and be born to US citizen parents (or at least a US citizen father). A citizen is not necessarily a “natural born citizen” Some citizens acquire their citizenship under laws passed by Congress relating to naturalization; these are statutory citizens because it was a statute was the authority by which they obtained citizenship. Some citizens are citizens as a result of the 14th amendment which came in after the Civil War.
The evidence from the history books about the Constitutional Convention and the Framers’ views it that they did not want someone as President who had allegiances to another nation. They looked at different means of selecting a President, including vote of Congress, but finally settled on the Electoral College and the three requirements in Article II, Section 1, the “natural born citizen” requirement being one. The Framers knew they themselves did not qualify as “natural born citizens” because most of them were born in the Colonies as British citizens, so they added a “grandfather” clause which qualified anyone a citizen at the time of adoption of the Constitution.
If the Supreme Court finds that “natural born” requires that you be born only a US citizen, and not with dual citizenship, then Obama is out because he was born with dual citizenship, both British and US. If the Supreme Court finds that “natural born” requires you be born in the US, then McCain is not qualified even though both his parents were US citizens at the time of his birth in Panama.
There are all sorts of nuances to the arguments, which are complicated by the 14th amendment which grants citizenship but not natural born citizenship. The 14th amendment is popularly understood to give citizenship to anyone born in the US, but there is a second requirement that that person be subject to the jurisdiction of the US. Since most people don’t understand what being “subject to the jurisdiction” means they mostly ignore it. What it means is “not subject to jurisdiction of another country”, i.e., not being claimed as being under that foreign country’s jurisdiction by being claimed as their citizen at your birth. Interestingly, Obama was claimed to be under the jurisdiction of Great Britain at his birth because of operation of British law in 1961, so he could not qualify for citizenship under the 14th amendment.
From what layman research I have done’ I think that Obama is highly unlikely to be a “natural born citizen” because of being born subject to the jurisdiction of Great Britain, even if he was born in the US. I also believe, but not quite as strongly that McCain is also not “natural born.” Neither got their citizenship from the 14th amendment because McCain failed the first test (being born in the US) and Obama failed the second test (he was not born subject to the jurisdiction of the US). Both are technically naturalized citizens because they got citizenship from the operation of a Congressionally passed statute. While I think the definition of “natural born” back in 1788 when the Constitution is more important, I think the operation of the 14th amendment will also be a factor in the Supreme Courts decision.
December 5, we will be illuminated by the Justices of the Supreme Court on this issue. Let us hope the address it directly rather than dismissing the appeal of Leo Donofrio on some procedural grounds, and letting this issue fester until the first bill Obama signs is challenged for want of a qualified President.
I know many have applauded Obama’s victory in the general election as historic, but if he is disqualified by the Supreme Court, the history will be something that most never imagined.
Hello Mr Davis,
As a vet, and son of a WW2 vet, and nephew to two uncles (WW2 vets). One whom raised his Marine brats on Okinawa & Guam, let me respectively, enlighten you. Any U.S. Military base on foriegn soil, is considered and recognized as sovern U.S. territory. Being born there is for all intents and purposes the same as birth anywhere in the United States proper. McCain was born on a United States military base in Panama. Senator McCain is a United States Citizen by this standing. Also one might also note for the record, all U.S. Embassies are also sovern U.S. territory, all U.S. ships at sea etc.
Now can someone please enlighten me on something, because I’m hearing different answers. Let’s say, for the sake of argument, that (President-elect) Obama is discovered to not be ineligible to serve as President. What happens to this office? I first thought (Vice President-elect) Biden would be compelled to fill this position. But I’ve been told I was mistaken. I know if something happens to both President and Vice-President that the Speaker of the House is compelled to fill the office. In this case it would be Rep. Nancy Pelosi (yes I know, scary thought). Now I’ve heard that an ineligible Obama invalidates the ticket as a whole, both Obama and Biden (not sworn into office). So, that sends Rep. Pelosi to the oval office. But I have also heard now, that the Senate would decide how to fill the vacancy.
I sincerely hope that (President-elect) Obama will do the right thing and comply with any request of the supreme court to present the necessary legitimate documents. And set all this to rest. But I have to say his reluctance and evasion leads me to fear he cannot, because he dosn’t have them. And we could be in for a big mess!
08A407 DONOFRIO, LEO C. V. WELLS, NJ SEC. OF STATE
The application for stay addressed to Justice Thomas and
referred to the Court is denied.
http://origin.www.supremecourtus.gov/orders/courtorders/120808zor.pdf
what now dear dummies, will you stopt wearing tin foil hats or will you clain Supreme Court in on the cospiracy?
Barack Obama needs to prove to this nation that he is an American citizen, born here, or our constitution will become null and void, if he is born in Kenya. Everything that we are founded on will be gone. People of the United States need to quit looking at his outward appearence and idolizing him as a great god, when he is just a man. He cannot change anything unless, he is not a natural born cititzen except for the congress and the house of representatives to back his ideas. However, if he is given the presidency through the electorial college and inaugurated and he is not a natural born citizen, we have had a take-over by a national election, and will be under a dictator.
We will have done ourselves in by electing someone whose heart is not what the founding fathers wanted this nation to be estabished on.
Please make him show his original birth certificate. If he truly loves America and its people who seem to love him, he will be honest in all the things about his life, and let them be brought out to the people who have honored him with this high office.
hey Lana, Obama produced all that was nnecessary to those that required it, he has show nothing to show tin foil hat wearers such as you, Sorry, this issue is over!
~~this is a “pay to play” SPECTACULAR!! of the worst kind~~ the people who looked these documents over were???and looked the OTHER WAY~~ let’s guess?: Dims?~~and that the entire state of Illinois is a prymordial pond means that the STINK is on Obama too!!~~he has shape shifted his way into office with over seas~~undisclosed monies~~and Unabombers detonation dust covered dollars~~with the HELP of fake journalists hiding Death-toIsrael dinner/dance tapes which would have shown the world Obama paling around with the terrorists and huggin~ Bill Ayers and his copkiller wiffee~ Dohrn~~these are the times that show the clueless, characterless, and godless~~ voting in~~someone no one knows! but will PAY BACK IN A BIG WAY~~~ for their generosity~~that his minions and peeps are on those tapes tells us the ratings for the Obama Administration so far:~~”O! CRAP!”can’t wait to see~~”the rest of the story”~~bye,bye World Class medicine~~bye,bye~~savings and inventing any new business(it will be TAXED to death)~~and bye bye~~to Old God~~he’s OUT! NOW!~~watch Oprah Winfrey~~the other puppeter of Obama OUTED in the YouTube videos~~”The Gospel According To Oprah’s Friends~~and~~Marianne Williamson Movie One~~and~~Eckhart and Christianity~~~~she is her own christ now and answers to no one~~and promotes her soul stealers to the world~~
Mr. Obama claims that he was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961. As his only evidence that he meets the Article II, Section 1, Clause 4 of the U.S. Constitution’s requirement that a President be a natural born citizen, he produced a document called a “Certification of Live Birth,” which he posted on his website under the title: “Barack Obama’s Official Birth Certificate.”
At first blush, it is case closed. A closer examination of the facts, however, reveals that Mr. Obama failed to point out on his website that his posted “Official Birth Certificate,” as he called it, is actually a 2007 computer-generated, laser-printed summary document of his 1961 birth record on file with the Hawaii State Department of Health. To date, he has refused to produce his 1961 birth record, despite numerous lawsuits (Keyes v. Bowen, Berg v. Obama, Donofrio v. Wells, and Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz).
To understand what this 1961 birth record is that he refuses to produce, one needs to understand Hawaiian “Birth Certificates.” An analysis of Hawaiian Birth certificates is made in the Keyes v. Bowen lawsuit. Paragraph 75 of the Keyes complaint reads, in part:
In Hawaii, a Certificate of Live Birth resulting from hospital documentation, including a signature of an attending physician, is different from a Certificate of Hawaiian Birth. For births prior to 1972, a Certificate of Hawaiian Birth was the result of the uncorroborated testimony of one witness and was not generated by a hospital. Such a Certificate could be obtained up to one year from the date of the child’s birth. For that reason, its value as prima facie evidence is limited and could be overcome if any of the allegations of substantial evidence of birth outside Hawaii can be obtained. The vault (long Version) birth certificate, per Hawaiian Statute 883.176 allows the birth in another State or another country to be registered in Hawaii. Box 7C of the vault Certificate of Live Birth contains a question, whether the birth was in Hawaii or another State or Country.
Therefore, the only way to verify the exact location of birth is to review a certified copy or the original vault Certificate of Live Birth and compare the name of the hospital and the name and the signature of the doctor against the birthing records on file at the hospital noted on the Certificate of the Live Birth.
To sum it up, Mr. Obama produced a 2007 computer-generated, laser-printed Certification of Live Birth (a summary), and posted it on his website. He called it his “Official Birth Certificate,” but did not disclose that it derives from a 1961 birth record on file with the Hawaii State Department of Health. Furthermore, it is not yet publically known whether this Certification of Live Birth derives from a 1961 Certificate of Live Birth (resulting from hospital documentation, including a signature of an attending physician), or a 1961 Certificate of Hawaiian Birth (result of the uncorroborated testimony of one witness and was not generated by a hospital, and could be obtained up to one year from the date of the child’s birth). Moreover, Mr. Obama refuses to release this 1961 birth record to clear this up, despite numerous lawsuits asking him to do so. Furthermore, neither the FEC, the DNC, the RNC, nor any court in the United States has subjected his birth certificate evidence to any level of scrutiny. For all intents and purposes, they have just accepted the 2007 computer-generated, laser printout of the summary document Certification of Live Birth as conclusive evidence that he meets the Article II, Section 1, Clause 4 of the U.S. Constitution’s requirement that a President be a natural born citizen.
Mr. Obama’s birth certificate does indeed call into question his eligibility to be President. However, the most important foundation question is what is any candidate’s burden of proof that he meets the Article II, Section 1, Clause 4 of the U.S. Constitution’s requirement that a President be a natural born citizen? In determining which standard of proof applies, it important to remember that the goal is to set a stable standard of proof that ensures that, we the people, will get a qualified presidential candidate, now matter who he is, no matter which party he is from, no matter what political climate dominates the times, and no matter in which election year he runs for office.
Turning now to the foundation question of what is any candidate’s burden of proof that he meets the Article II, Section 1, Clause 4 of the U.S. Constitution’s requirement that a President be a natural born citizen? Burden of proof refers to both the burden of production, and the burden of persuasion. Burden of production is the obligation to come forward with evidence to support a claim. The burden of persuasion is the obligation to persuade the trier of fact of the truth of a proposition.
The answer to this burden of proof question lies with who has this burden of proof, the candidate, or the people? Allocating the burden of proof, ‘is merely a question of policy and fairness based on experience in the different situations.”Keyes v. Sch. Dist. No. 1, 413 U.S. 189 (1973). The burdens of pleading and proof with regard to most facts have been and should be assigned to the plaintiff who generally seeks to change the present state of affairs and who therefore naturally should be expected to bear the risk of failure of proof or persuasion. 2 J. Strong, McCormick on Evidence §337, 412 (5th ed. 1999). Moreover, in most cases, the burden of proof rests on those who claim something exists.
It seems apparent that a presidential candidate is seeking to change the present state of affairs by wanting to become the new President. The candidate is also the one who is claiming that something exists, which in this case, is that he is a natural born citizen. Furthermore, he is also applying for a job. As such, the burden of proof rests on him.
It takes no stretch of the imagination to understand that it has been a commonly accepted and expected fair practice for any candidate applying for a job to produce evidence that he meets its eligibility requirements. Typically, he produces a resume, certified copies of education transcripts, documents his work history and residences since age 18, and, in cases of classified government jobs, submits to and produces without reservation, documentary evidence such as a birth certificate for use in an extensive and thorough background check. Since the greater includes the lesser, it follows then that a more important job, like being President, would include at least the aforementioned production of documentary evidence of sufficient persuasion. Arguably then, it follows that a presidential candidate has a similar burden of production and persuasion that he meets the eligibility requirements for President. To create a presumption of eligibility that shifts the burden of proof to the People would otherwise defeat the search for the truth about the candidate’s eligibility. This is especially true when the candidate locks down the evidence of his eligibility.
Once some evidence has been produced, the question becomes does the evidence submitted persuade the trier of fact that a candidate meets the natural born citizen requirement of Article II, Section 1, Clause 4 of the U.S. Constitution? The degree of proof required depends on the circumstances of the proposition. In this case, the standard that applies should ensure that the candidate meets the eligibility requirements to be President of the United States.
The President of the United States is one of the three branches of government. He is the Executive branch. The nation speaks to all people through one voice, the President’s. The President can make treaties, grant pardons, sign and veto legislation, appoint a Cabinet, as well as Supreme Court Justices. In addition to these duties, the President knows the nations’ most important and secure secrets, and as the Commander in Chief of the military, has the military’s nuclear launch codes at the ready, and who can arguably, either take steps to weaken the nation or even destroy it. In the words of Vice President Dick Cheney, “The president of the United States now for 50 years is followed at all times, 24 hours a day, by a military aide carrying a football that contains the nuclear codes that he would use and be authorized to use in the event of a nuclear attack on the United States. He could launch the kind of devastating attack the world has never seen. He doesn’t have to check with anybody. He doesn’t have to call the Congress. He doesn’t have to check with the courts. He has that authority because of the nature of the world we live in.”
So which burden of persuasion should apply to the evidence submitted by a President elect given the job for which he is qualifying? There are at least three major burdens of persuasion - preponderance of the evidence, clear and convincing, and beyond a reasonable doubt. Let’s examine each standard and choose the one that is best suited to ensure that only a qualified President elect becomes President.
Preponderance of the Evidence - (lowest level) This is the lowest standard of proof that uses a more likely than not test. The standard is met if the proposition is more likely to be true than not true. Effectively, the standard is satisfied if there is greater than 50 percent chance that the proposition is true. It is used in civil cases, e.g., personal injury lawsuits.
If this standard is accepted, then arguably the President elect will get the opportunity to prove that he meets the requirements to be President by a little more than the odds of a coin toss. Using this standard also seems to equate the importance of a candidate meeting the Constitutional requirements to become President with giving the right private litigant a chance at winning a lawsuit. The ramifications and consequences of being wrong in each one are at opposite ends of the spectrum. This standard therefore does not seem high enough.
Clear and Convincing Evidence - (medium level) The person must convince the trier of fact that it is substantially more likely than not that the thing is in fact true. This standard of proof is used in termination of parental rights, and restraining orders, among other civil actions. This standard also does not seem high enough.
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt - (highest level) The proposition being presented must be proven to the extent that there is no “reasonable doubt” in the mind of a reasonable person. This standard has been traditionally applied to criminal defendants to ensure that an innocent person is not deprived of his life or liberty. True, the Presidential candidate is not a criminal, but the justifications for applying the beyond a reasonable doubt standard are not for proving the guilt of a criminal defendant, but rather to ensure that an innocent person does not lose his life or liberty. Ensuring that these freedoms of life and liberty are given the highest protections rings throughout the justifications for the beyond a reasonable doubt standard being applied to presidential candidates so that the citizens do not lose their lives or liberties at the hands of an unqualified President. For the highest office in the land, and for arguably the most powerful leadership position in the world, it follows that the highest burden of proof that he is qualified to be President of the United States of America should be required of him.
At this point, I would like to conclude that the beyond a reasonable doubt standard should apply to the President elect, but unfortunately, I do not get to decide this issue. Who then, should determine which standard applies? Moreover, who gets to interpret it?
Should the states get to decide this question? If you look to state law for deciding which burden of persuasion applies, then a problem arises because one might foresee not all states using the same burden of persuasion. One might also expect to find up to 50 different interpretations for each of the three burden of persuasion standards. This could result in as many as 150 different interpretations for the three standards. It’s arguable then, that having as many as 3 different standards with up to 50 different interpretations of each one could lead to 150 different possible ways to qualify a presidential candidate. Arguably, this outcome would favor some candidates over the others, with each election year providing for unequal treatment of the candidates depending upon from which state’s record the each candidate seeks to establish his birth (or age), and resulting in unequal risk to the nation that an unqualified President would be elected.
Imagine if one state uses a preponderance of the evidence standard while the other state uses beyond a reasonable doubt standard. Who has the advantage here and what are the risks to the nation and its citizens? Let’s assume that two states require clear and convincing evidence, but one state interprets clear and convincing to mean less than the other state’s interpretation. The end result would be unequal treatment of the candidates resulting in different states having the power to gain an advantage over the other state’s candidate by lessening or lowering the burden of persuasion and weakening its interpretation. Furthermore, there would be an increased opportunity for planting fraudulent birth records in the states with the weakest burden of proof that have the highest incidents of uncontrolled illegal immigration.
So where does this leave us? Should each state decide what is their native candidate’s burden of persuasion? Or should each state agree to have one standard for all candidates? Who gets to decide which standard applies, and who gets to interpret the standard?
Perhaps we should look to the federal courts to establish a standard instead? Keep in mind that the constitutional requirement to be a natural born citizen is a federal one. Article VI of the U.S. Constitution makes federal law the supreme law of the land. Furthermore, the office of President is one of the three federal branches of government. Perhaps that as such, there should be a federal standard of proof that ensures that only a candidate who meets the Natural Born Citizen requirement of the U.S. Constitution could become President.
Once again, problems arise. There are 13 federal circuit courts in the U.S. Each one could cause the same selection and interpretation problems that were just discussed with the states. Only this time, the candidates would get their advantage or disadvantage by being born in a particular circuit, thus making circuits more or less appealing to the candidates and their respective parties. Furthermore, circuits with a history of identification document fraud by foreign nationals might be more likely to erroneously qualify a foreign born national to be a Presidential candidate. Again, different circuit standards would result in unequal treatment of the candidates, and unequal risks to the nation that an unqualified candidate would become President.
Should we leave it to the Federal Election Committee (FEC)? No. The FEC filed a motion to dismiss in the Berg case admitting that it has no oversight over the Constitution’s Presidential Qualifications Clause.
What about leaving it to the candidate’s respective party? Should such a bias organization decide the issue of their candidate’s eligibility? Allowing such a process would be tantamount to the fox guarding the henhouse.
What about leaving it to the Electors? Are they any less bias than their respective parties?
What about the United States Supreme Court? The first paragraph of their own website makes the following promise to the American People - “As the final arbiter of the law, the Court is charged with ensuring the American people the promise of equal justice under law and, thereby, also functions as guardian and interpreter of the Constitution.”
If the Court has this duty to function as guardian and interpreter of the Constitution, then when must it act to qualify the President elect? Before, during or after the election? Should it be barred from deciding this issue because of timing, i.e, the candidate has already won the election, so it’s too late? Perhaps we should turn to the 20th Amendment for guidance.
“If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.”
Section 3 of the 20th Amendment does allow for the possibility that a President elect might not qualify. The language of the Amendment suggests that the qualification period can come between the period when the candidate wins the election and when he is sworn in. As the guardian and interpreter of the Constitution, it’s arguable that the Court must scrutinize the President elect’s natural born citizen evidence during this time period. If the Court, instead, turns a blind eye to it, then just who will be the judge of “if the President elect shall have failed to qualify,…?” Furthermore, what will be the fate of the Constitution, the Court, and the country if it is later discovered that Mr. Obama is not a natural born citizen? Will every treaty, law, military act become void ab initio? Will the nation be launched into a state of civil unrest and unyielding division?
As of this post, the Court has not granted a writ to hear the Berg v. Obama case. While we are waiting for this historic news, perhaps we should at least look at Mr. Obama’s only submitted evidence of being a natural born citizen - the posted 2007 computer-generated laser-printed “Certification of Live Birth” on his website. So let’s review the facts and his evidence, and then apply the burdens of persuasion. I used my general interpretations of each burden of persuasion since there is no clearly defined one being applied by anyone else, anywhere.
Preponderance of the Evidence - No. What is a computer-generated printout like Obama’s Certification of Live Birth? It is a hearsay document that is susceptible to the perils of computer viruses, trojans, spyware, hackers, and chain of custody issues? Read about Computer Records and the Federal Rules of Evidence on the Department of Justice’s website.
Furthermore, since it is not clear from which 1961 document this printout derives from, the one with the doctor’s signature and other traceable evidence (Certificate of Live Birth), or the one fraught with he potential for fraud, including registering an out of the country birth as an in state birth after the birth (Certificate of Hawaiian Birth), it’s arguable that either source is no more likely than the other, so it does not appear to satisfy this more likely than not standard.
Clear and Convincing Evidence - No. If the Certification of Live birth doesn’t satisfy the lesser burden of persuasion then it follows it can not satisfy this heightened one.
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt - No. One would need to feign ignorance and act with the utmost bad faith to argue that a Certification of Live birth proves that he was born in Hawaii beyond a reasonable doubt. Furthermore, since it doesn’t even satisfy the lesser burden of persuasion then it follows it can not satisfy this heightened one.
This is where the road to the White House should end for Mr. Obama. He can not meet any burden of persuasion for becoming President with only a 2007 computer-generated, laser-printed Certification of Live Birth. Unfortunately however, to date, not one single person or agency in the Executive, Legislative, or Judicial branches of government has subjected his Certification of Live Birth to any burden of persuasion scrutiny to determine if he meets the United States Constitution’s natural born citizen requirement to be President.
I’ll close this post with a quote: “All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.”
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the Obama birth copy is a fake, you can clearly see that the paper paterns do not continue threw the O’s D’s C’s or any other enclosed letters, indicating that imformation was deleted then filled in with new info. If this is a copy then the original paper dimples would appear in the copy since the 1961 paper was bought a stationary stores and not mass produced for the hospital. Also the originals were hand typed and all letters would fill the same space…look at any type writer and you will see this is true. Then there is his birth, I was from two american citizens so I am natural born, my brother is from my father and a non american born in the USA he was naturalized as an american citizen, since Obamas father was not american Obama is naturalized. Really quite simple if he was american born, or was Hawaii a state at that time, territory would not count by US surpreme court past stance.
check out the fake on factcheck.org…it is so fake that a simple size adjust,crop, and enhance shows the eraser marks, and the typrwriter and 2006 pen ink stand out like flags, also around the signature is solvent residue. so much money and a simpleton is given the job.
Can we really rest well not knowing if the president of the united states is a legal alien or not. don’t we have enough trouble with illegal aliens in this country. if he’s not one of us then throw the bum out. serves us right for looking for a scape goat anyway. I have to agree that evil will always prevail if good men stand and do nothing.
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Perhaps some (or many) of the readers are unaware of the fact that a Kenyan Birth Certificate (KBC) was released by Dr. Orly Taitz on August 2nd of 2009. It is really a ‘certification’ of the birth certificate which is in the records of the Kenyan government, designated as ‘Top Secret’.
Maybe some of the readers do not know the story of Obama’s cousin Raila Odinga, who ran an unsuccessful campaign for president of Kenya, and who made an agreement with the Muslims of Kenya and Somalia to convert Kenya completely to Sharia Law. Youtube has (or had) many videos about this durning the election campaign.
Still others do not realize that Obama convinced Condi Rice to interfere with Kenyan politics and Odinga ended up sharing control of Kenya as a Prime Minister. This after killing dozens of Christians that stood in the way.
How many folks are aware of Citizen Grand Juries that have indicted Obama for Treason? How many knwo about ‘Quo Warranto’ proceedings in Washington D.C.?
So many bloggers are still in the dark about what a ‘Natural Born Citizen’ is - even though there are plenty of scholarly websites that spell this out for us in plain English.
Obama’s record to date perfectly illustrates why the Founding fathers insisted on a clause to protect us from a president with divided loyalties.
Time to wake up folks!!!
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It is HIGH time we get obama to produce a Hospital Generated “Birth Certificate, and STOP letting him lead the world around by the nose, he is laughing at us all, while knowing he is lying, we already know and accept the fact obama is a chronic liar, yet some officialsa are willing to accept such a joke as a real document without further investigation ?……NO, it is TIME begin impeaching him, and showing the World which is more important, the US Constitution…or people who think this is about RACE…..Herman Cain…this would be perfect for you…..and plenty of Ink.
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