by Joseph DeMaio, ©2024 (Jan. 14, 2024) — Introduction As interest continues to once again pick up in the presidential eligibility issue following President Trump’s post suggesting that Nikki Haley might not be a “natural born Citizen” (“nbC”), and thus ineligible, some interesting reactions and observations have surfaced. In this offering, your humble servant will […]
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More News on Bing AI’s Views of an nbC
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Dec. 9, 2023) — As the issue of what it takes to be a “natural born Citizen” (“nbC”) as intended by the Founders – as contrasted with contemporary wags and academics – continues to be “evaded” by the U.S. Supreme Court, your humble servant persists in interrogating Bing AI on the […]
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The Kerchner “Hint”
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Dec. 6, 2023) — In response/comment to your humble servant’s post here, P&E contributor, reader and nbC warrior CDR Charles Kerchner (Ret) suggested asking Bing AI if any of the Founders understood French. The response could shed light on a predicate foundation for the Founders’ use and understanding of Emer de […]
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The Bing AI Saga Continues
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Dec. 4, 2023) — Welllll…, the natural born Citizen (“nbC”) issue and the Bing AI responses to related questions continues to evolve. As faithful P&E readers recall, the intrepid Editor recently published a post regarding an email that your humble servant had sent to her. The post addressed, among other things, […]
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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 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 Four Amigos Letter
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Apr. 15, 2021) — When there is an objection from the leftists and Democrats that state laws requiring the removal of the names of deceased former registered voters from the rolls of still alive, eligible and otherwise qualified voters somehow constitutes “voter suppression,” you know or should know – unless you […]
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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, […]
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The Faithful Patriot Elector
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (Dec. 8, 2020) — INTRODUCTION Let us begin by getting one thing out of the way first. If you remember nothing else from this post, remember this: against the backdrop of the 2020 election anomalies, irregularities and apparent frauds showing up in battleground states, particularly Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania, Joe […]
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The Toomey Constituent Letter
“LEGALLY UNSUPPORTABLE” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (Oct. 22, 2020) — With apologies for the length of this post – the issues are sometimes convoluted, – Senator Pat Toomey (R. PA) recently penned a letter to a constituent opining that, under his reading of the 14th Amendment, he “[did] not believe there are any questions regarding […]
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KDH and the 2020 Election Eligibility Roller-Coaster
“THE DE VATTEL OPTION” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (Sep. 28, 2020) — Every now and then, commenters here at The P&E present an opportunity to revisit the fundamental issues surrounding the “natural born citizen” eligibility question. Such is the situation at present regarding two commenters addressing this post. That article, in turn, further draws into […]
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Deep State Document Alterations
“TO ACHIEVE THEIR NEFARIOUS ENDS” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2019 (Nov. 24, 2019) — Well, whadda ya know… those bastions of truth and accuracy in the cable news and mainstream media universe – CNN and The Washington (“Truth Dies in Darkness”) Post are actually covering a story (while simultaneously trying to “scrub” and “spin” it) that […]
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Recent U.S. Supreme Court Decision Quotes Vattel’s “The Law of Nations”
“TAKEN AS A GIVEN BY THE FOUNDERS” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2019 (Jun. 30, 2019) — Recently, your faithful servant (moi) submitted a post for consideration here at The P&E, which the intrepid editor accepted and published. The post arose in connection with the continuing question of who is – and more importantly, who is not […]
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Eligibility Attorney: An Image on a Computer Screen Does not Satisfy “Rules of Evidence”
“YOU HAVE TO AUTHENTICATE A DOCUMENT” by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 9, 2017) — In Part I of The Post & Email’s recent interview with Atty. Mario Apuzzo, he discussed an opinion by a three-judge panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued in response to his lawsuit alleging that Barack Hussein Obama had not […]
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The Decisions in Elliott v. Cruz and Williams v. Cruz
“A BLIND RUBBER-STAMPING” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2016 (Apr. 25, 2016) — Introduction No sooner had your faithful servant submitted the prior post here analyzing the myriad anomalies of the January 11, 2016 Congressional Research Service Report R4209732 entitled “Qualifications [sic] for President and the ‘Natural Born’ Citizenship [sic] Eligibility Requirement” when the news broke that […]
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Of Neologisms, End-Around Runs and Gorillas: The Congressional Research Service 2016 Report on Presidential Eligibility, Final Chapter
“NONSENSE ELEVATED TO AN ART FORM” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2016 (Apr. 9, 2016) — [Editor’s Note: The following is the fourth and final installment of legal scholar Joseph DeMaio’s detailed analysis of the January 11, 2016 Congressional Research Service (CRS) memo authored by legislative attorney Jack Maskell attempting to make an “end-around run” to Article […]
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Of Neologisms, End-Around Runs and Gorillas: The Congressional Research Service 2016 Report on Presidential Eligibility, Part III
“A FALSE IMPRESSION” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2016 (Apr. 7, 2016) — [Editor’s Note: The following is a continuation of an in-depth analysis by legal scholar Joseph DeMaio of the January 11, 2016 Congressional Research Service (CRS) memo as it addresses, or fails by omission to address, the meaning and intent of the term “natural born […]
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Of Neologisms, End-Around Runs and Gorillas: The Congressional Research Service 2016 Report on Presidential Eligibility
Since many “NOT WHAT THE FOUNDERS INTENDED” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2016 (Apr. 2, 2016) — Introduction With eerily increasing regularity, the Congressional Research Service (“CRS”) has produced yet another in its continuing periodic series of “products” (i.e., research memoranda and reports) calculated to convince the Congress, the judiciary, the U.S. electorate and the world at […]
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Cruz Campaign Office Acknowledges Eligibility Letter
“A DOUBLE ALLEGIANCE” by Sharon Rondeau (May 20, 2015) — On Monday, April 13, 2015, The Post & Email sent a letter by certified mail to the campaign headquarters of Sen. Ted Cruz in Houston, TX. On Wednesday, May 20, 2015, The Post & Email received confirmation that our letter was, in fact, accepted and […]
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Of Eligibility, Expediency and Humpback Whales
INTRODUCTION AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY by Joseph DeMaio, ©2015 (Mar. 23, 2015) — “The only principle to which most politicians will unfailingly adhere is expediency.” — Anonymous Two recent events prompt this post. First, today, Senator Ted Cruz formally announced that he will be a candidate for the GOP nomination for president in 2016. The announcement was […]