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Title: Rubio autobiography proves he's not eligible for VP?
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URL Source: http://www.wnd.com/2012/06/rubio-au ... roves-hes-not-eligible-for-vp/
Published: Jun 19, 2012
Author: Jerome R. Corsi
Post Date: 2012-06-19 09:08:18 by ndcorup
Keywords: None
Views: 292
Comments: 14
> MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – In a generally well-written autobiography being released Tuesday, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., proclaims his love for his wife and family, his belief that God directs all aspects of his life and his passion for the Miami Dolphins. But if the arguments presented in dozens of legal cases challenging Barack Obama’s eligibility are correct, “Marco Rubio: An American Son” also provides the information needed to determine the Florida senator is not a natural-born citizen, a constitutional requirement for the presidency. On page 24, Rubio writes: “I was born on May 28, 1971. My sister, Veronica, was born the following year. My mother and father were starting over again as parents in the country they now called home (the U.S.).” The next paragraph makes clear that Rubio’s parents were both Cuban citizens, not United States citizens, when he was born: “My parents had lived in America for nearly two decades. It was clear that Cuba had become a thoroughly totalitarian state, and would likely remain so for some time. They had endured many disappointments, and their lives would never be easy. But slowly and surely they made a better life for our family than they had had as children, or could have ever been possible for them in Cuba. Three of their children were born Americans. Mario [the Senator’s older brother, born in Cuba] had naturalized after returning from the army. And in 1975, they, too, became citizens of the United States.” As WND reported, attorney Larry Klayman argued today before Florida Circuit Court Judge Terry Lewis in the presidential eligibility case brought by Democrat voter Michael Voeltz that Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution requires a person eligible to be president to be born to parents who are each U.S. citizens at the time of the birth. That definition of natural-born citizen would clearly disqualify Rubio from running either for president or vice president. <<<<<<< SNIP >>>>>>>> However, when the first U.S. Congress had the opportunity to weigh in on the term natural-born citizen – in the Naturalization Act of 1790 – the lawmakers regarded it as a child born of two American parents. The act also specified that a natural-born citizen need not be born on U.S. soil. The law stated: The children of citizens of the United States, that may be born beyond sea, or out of the limits of the United States shall be considered as natural born citizens: Provided, that the right of citizenship shall not descend to persons whose fathers have never been resident in the United States. The first U.S. Congress, which approved the Naturalization Act of 1790, included 20 delegates to the Constitutional Convention. Among the 20 were eight members of the Committee of Eleven that drafted the Constitution’s natural-born citizen clause. While the act was repealed five years later, it, nevertheless, represented the will of the Congress that the U.S. not be led by someone whose loyalty could be divided because of parentage. Rep. John Bingham of Ohio, a principal framer of the Fourteenth Amendment, affirmed in a discussion in the House on March 9, 1866, that a natural-born citizen is “born within the jurisdiction of the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty.” MORE ------ http://www.wnd.com/2012/06/rubio-autobiography-proves-hes-not-eligible-for-vp/ > Poster Comment: IF Rubio is picked as VP candidate, that will cause MANY "Birthers" to vote for "anybody but"! I'll be one of them. Rubio is very competent. But the Constitution MUST be reasserted! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "If we don’t adhere to the Constitution on matters as significant as presidential eligibility, then the Constitution ceases to be a meaningful document for guiding our nation." Rubio autobiography proves he's not eligible for VP?
Senator provides evidence, according to lawyers challenging Obama
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#4. To: ndcorup (#0)
The notion that a "natural born citizen" requires two citizen parents is an error, already rejected by the courts. Therefore, Rubio is eligible. Don't know Klayman's claim to legal expertise. Do you think he has a better grasp of the Constitution than Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes??
Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes...who was himself an ineligible candidate for the office of President because his parents were British subjects. What's your point about him?
First and foremost, CJ Charles Evans Hughes, born in NY to two non-citizen parents, was nominated by the Republicans to run against Woodrow Wilson in 1916. I am sure that Hughes would not have done so, and the Republicans would not have nominated him, unless they were all confident that Hughes's birth in NY was sufficient, without his parents being citizens, to make him a natural born citizen. Since Hughes was Chief Justice of the United States, and Klayman isn't, I think the conclusion is obvious. The fact that the Republican Party -- even then heavily loaded with bigshot lawyers -- was also OK about it is also significant. Anyway, this latest attempt at birther insurgency - the Voeltz lawsuit in Florida - was dismissed with finality on June 29th. www.scribd.com/doc/990259...-29-Voeltz-v-Obama-order- dismissing-amended-complaint The court held, among other things, that: (1) "natural born citizen" means born in the US without any regard for the citizenship (or lack thereof) by either or both parents; and
Not possible. He was born in Kenya to a mother who, under the laws at the time, could not have conferred American citizenship to him.
So far nobody has proven in court that he was born in Kenya. In fact, as far as I can tell, nobody has even seriously claimed it in court. Tangible evidence for that is less than zero.
#13. To: Shoonra (#9)
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The Wookie--the thing he married--said he was born in Kenya. So did his grandma and so did the Kenyan ambassador. You have seen the videos numerous times so I don't feel any need to show them to you again. He even claimed he was born in Kenya himself back when he was peddling his idiotic book. And there is this. Read it and weep Obama stooge. The first time I posted this it showed up correctly in preview but then only showed url's after I hit post. Here are the correct url's if it messes up again. http://images.slidesharecdn.com/evidenceobamaborninkenyagoesbeyond1991brochure-120518125649-phpapp02/95/slide-1-728.jpg?1337363842 http://images.slidesharecdn.com/evidenceobamaborninkenyagoesbeyond1991brochure-120518125649-phpapp02/95/slide-2-728.jpg?1337363842 And it is from this site: http://www.slideshare.net/kynize/evidence-obama-born-in-kenya-goes-beyond-1991-brochure
Sunday Standard, June 27, 2004 Kenyan-born Obama all set for US Senate Kenyan-born US Senate hopeful, Barrack Obama, appeared set to take over the Illinois Senate seat after his main rival, Jack Ryan, dropped out of the race on Friday night amid a furor over lurid sex club allegations. The allegations that horrified fellow Republicans and caused his once-promising candidacy to implode in four short days have given Obama a clear lead as Republicans struggled to fetch an alternative.
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#6. To: Shoonra (#4)
Don't know Klayman's claim to legal expertise. Do you think he has a better grasp of the Constitution than Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes??
#7. To: GreyLmist (#6)
(2) the State official responsible for the ballots is not required - in fact, is not authorized - to make inquiries into the eligibility data provided by the party certifying its nominee for President.
Therefore, Obama is a natural born citizen and the State Secretary of State is not supposed to second guess that or demand any particular proof of that.
#8. To: Shoonra (#7)
Therefore, Obama is a natural born citizen
#9. To: James Deffenbach (#8)
Replies to Comment # 9. So far nobody has proven in court that he was born in Kenya. In fact, as far as I can tell, nobody has even seriously claimed it in court. Tangible evidence for that is less than zero.
#14. To: Shoonra (#9)
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