by Joseph DeMaio, ©2024 (Apr. 8, 2024) — [See the previous installments in this series here and here. The writer first presents text from Paul Clement and Neal Katyal’s 2015 subject essay followed by his own commentary in bold, indented text. Page breaks in the original C&K text are indicated in brackets.] Deep Dive Part […]
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A Critique of “On the Meaning of ‘Natural Born Citizen,’” Part II
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2024 (Apr. 4, 2024) — [Editor’s Note: Please see Part 1 of the author’s in-depth analysis of the captioned article, published in 2015 in the Harvard Law Review Forum by former Solicitors General Neal Katyal and Paul Clement. For additional background, see the author’s previous columns on the subject article here.] Author’s […]
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More nbC Comments: More Humble Servant Responses
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2024 (Feb. 13, 2024) — One of the more useful features of The P&E platform, apart from the topical articles appearing here, is the comments section. There, some insightful and frequently robust discussions can take place where differing views can be voiced and compete with one another. Is not the First Amendment […]
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The “ONPS” Disorder
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2024 (Jan. 25, 2024) — The “Obot Neural Paralysis Syndrome” (for brevity, “ONPS”) continues to spread, despite all efforts to bring it to ground. Forget about Wuhan and the Covid-19 lab leak. The ONPS continues to attack functioning rational brain cells and neural synapses when it comes to the “natural born Citizen” […]
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The Succession Issue
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Aug. 9, 2023) — Sadly, the time has come for the Republic to prepare for a possible political upheaval not seen since the Civil War. As the Clown at 1600 often states: that is a fact…, not hyperbole. While the events precipitating the crisis might not occur today or tomorrow, circumstances […]
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A Deeper Dive Into the nbC Pond, Part 3
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Jun. 29, 2023) — [See previous installments in this series here and here. The “CKA” article referred to below can be found here. Emer de Vattel’s “treatise” is “The Law of Nations,” also referenced earlier in the essay. – Ed.] In reality, the notion that a child born anywhere in the […]
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The LoC Kissing Cousin to the Heritage Guide
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (May 8, 2023) — Introduction In addition to the Heritage Foundation’s digital “Guide to the Constitution,” recently discussed by your humble servant here, a “kissing cousin” to that think tank’s explanation exists. Specifically, the U.S. Library of Congress (“LoC”) maintains a similar website purporting to “explain” what the Eligibility Clause of […]
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The Goebbels Corollary
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Mar. 27, 2023) — Introduction Paraphrasing Third Reich Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels: “If you are going to tell a lie, make it a big one, as no one will believe a small one, and repeat it over and over, because eventually people will come to accept it as the truth.” […]
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Response to “Lucius Boggs” Critique on Presidential Eligibility
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Mar. 22, 2023) — The recent comments above by one “Lucius Boggs” in response to the article, “The Role of States and ‘POPE’s’ in Presidential Eligibility Determinations” are many and lengthy, thus necessitating longer than normal responses, below. Monday, March 20, 2023 at 1:33 PM Boggs: The author appears to ignore […]
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Response to Some nbC Comments
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Dec. 2, 2022) — Well, here we go again. As faithful P&E readers know, on occasion several of your humble servant’s posts generate robust comments. These comments usually relate to posts addressing the “natural born Citizen” (“nbC”) presidential eligibility clause of the Constitution, Art. 2, § 1, Cl. 5. There, of […]
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A “Minor” Clarification
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Nov. 28, 2022) — Your humble servant has a “minor” clarification to make relating to some of his prior posts here at The P&E. These matters are brought to P&E readers’ attention out of an abundance of caution lest those prior posts leave a confusing or misleading impression regarding the history […]
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Corrupt Justice?
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (May 15, 2022) — “Unhinged” comes close to describing, if not vastly understating, the idiotic rant of one Elie Mystal in a recent attack on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Mystal unloaded on Justice Thomas because he had the temerity to speak out against the leak of the draft opinion which, […]
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Response to Multiple Comments on the Natural Born Citizen Issue
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Mar. 18, 2022) — First, let us agree to disagree, but without being rancorous. There is a big difference between an honest, if ill-informed, debate and a heated argument…., unless the latter is preferred. With apologies for the length of this offering, there are many points to cover. Messrs. Becker, Fremick, […]
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“Native-Born” ≠ “Natural-Born”: Replies to the Responses
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Mar. 5, 2022) — Where to start…, where to start? Your humble servant’s post here generated several competing comments. While replies to those comments would normally appear there, once again, a longer offering is prompted by certain ones received regarding your humble servant’s assertions and conclusions regarding who can – […]
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The Impeachment Imperative
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Sep. 10, 2021) — Introduction Faithful P&E readers, Joe Biden and the apparatchiks of his administration – including the marionette-masters and Deep State operatives who “instruct” him on what to do and say – have become, in every sense of the words, “existential threats” to the survival of the Republic. Accordingly, […]
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A Refresher Course on Pure Malarkey
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Jul. 19, 2021) — Faithful P&E readers, as we wait patiently for the ruling from the Supreme Court on the Petition for Rehearing in Laity v. Harris, USSC Doc. No. 20-1503 (don’t hold your breath for an order granting the petition…), perhaps it makes sense to take a few moments to […]
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Dictum Settles Nothing, Even in the Court That Utters It
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Jun. 22, 2021) — Your humble servant’s post here seems to have touched multiple Wilson, Becker and perhaps Fremick nerves with regard to the discussion therein (and in the related comments) of several cases on the presidential eligibility issue. Your servant will attempt to address and soothe those frayed nerves. General […]
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The Tisdale Mirage
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Jun. 17, 2021) — As your humble servant’s favorite former Democrat, Ronald Reagan, quipped when debating and dismantling Water Mondale’s doomed 1980 presidential campaign: “There you go again…” President Reagan’s timeless observation has renewed relevance as your servant composes this response to comments from “Wilson” and “Luke” regarding the matters set […]
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The Continuing Presidential Eligibility Debate
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Mar. 21, 2021) — Regarding this P&E post, it has attracted a growing number of comments, some insightful, others…, not so much. Your humble servant offers a few observations regarding the comments made by one reader. Commenter Becker asserts in his 3/20/21 remarks that, “[f]or the most part, those court decisions […]
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“In the Same Words?”
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Jan. 22, 2021) — With the current censoring and banning of facts casually labeled by the leftist language police to be “misinformation” and “disinformation” subject to purging from the public square, one must ask: under that protocol, when will the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Wong Kim Ark, […]