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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A Critique of “On the Meaning of ‘Natural Born Citizen'”
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2024 (Apr. 2, 2024) — [Update, 5:58 p.m. EDT April 8, 2024: The last three paragraphs of the following initial segment of the author’s three-part analysis has been amended to reflect a discovered change in the subject article’s footnote #4.] Introduction In 2015, two former high officials in the Office of the […]
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Is Kennedy VP Pick a natural born Citizen?
by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 1, 2024) — Last Tuesday, Independent 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. declared he had chosen attorney and philanthropist Nicole Shanahan, 38, as his vice-presidential running-mate. Both are former Democrats, with Kennedy in October changing his party affiliation to “Independent” in what he said was a “very painful” decision he […]
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The Quisling at 1600
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2024 (Mar. 29, 2024) — The characterization of Brandon as “the slug at 1600” does not adequately describe him. A potential better term might be the “quisling slug at 1600.” Accordingly, a new, abbreviated moniker for the current occupant of the Oval Office is suggested: “the q-slug,” pronounced: “cue-slug.” The term “quisling” […]
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Reason Prevails; Rationalization Fails
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2024 (Mar. 4, 2024) — Thank you…, thank you…, yes, your humble servant was right. The Colorado Supreme Court’s dumb decision upholding the Colorado Secretary of State’s determination to exclude President Trump from the primary ballot was stupid when rendered, as discussed here, and has now been reversed – ahem…, 9-zip – […]
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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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New York’s Board of Elections Refuses to Correct Inaccurate Presidential Eligibility Term
by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 10, 2024) — Over more than a decade and a half, New York State citizen, Navy veteran and registered voter Robert C. Laity has attempted to see rectified the incorrect statement on the New York State Board of Elections (NYSBOE) website that one of three presidential eligibility criteria expressed in Article […]
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The USSC Oral Arguments in “Trump v. Anderson”
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2024 (Feb. 9, 2024) — Well, oral arguments have been heard in the Supreme Court in the case of Trump v. Anderson (USSC Doc. 23-719). The case addresses the question of whether President Trump can be excluded from the primary election ballot in Colorado on the claim that Clause 3 of the […]
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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 Haley nbC Issue and the CNN Spin
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2024 (Jan. 23, 2024) — The blowback continues on the Substack article posted by one Paul Ingrassia positing that Nikki Haley is constitutionally ineligible because she is likely not a natural born Citizen (“nbC”) as required by Art. 2, § 1, Cl. 5 of the Constitution. Guess what: Ingrassia is more than […]
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Another Modest Proposal
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2024 (Jan. 22, 2024) — Your humble servant has on several prior occasions made some hypothetical “modest proposals” here at The P&E…, none of which has thus far come to fruition. That aside, here is another one, but not – ** sigh of relief ** – on the nbC “presidential eligibility” issue. […]
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The Mooers Comment/Question
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2024 (Jan. 17, 2024) — Introduction Well, the insightful comments (and questions) on the nbC eligibility issue just keep coming. One particularly interesting and thought-provoking question now comes from reader Mooers. He focuses on your humble servant’s assertion in the post that “an nbC was a person born here to two U.S. […]
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Ramaswamy Withdraws, Endorses Trump
by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 16, 2024) — In the wake of the results of the 2024 Iowa Republican caucuses Monday evening, presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy announced he would suspend his campaign and endorsed fellow candidate, former president and leading Republican primary contender Donald J. Trump. Trump won the caucus vote by a “landslide” of more […]
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nbC Comment Merits Response
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2024 (Jan. 15, 2024) — As interest in the “natural born Citizen” (“nbC”) eligibility issue under the Constitution builds following the recent post by President Trump suggesting that Nikki Haley might have an eligibility problem, several posts here at The P&E have generated insightful reader comments. One such comment from reader “Leland” […]
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Who Can Handle the nbC Eligibility Truth?
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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The nbC Eligibility Brainwashing Runs Deep
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2024 (Jan. 12, 2024) — Following up on the presidential eligibility posts recently appearing at The P&E here and here, the New York Post – founded, BTW, by Alexander Hamilton in 1801 – has come out and slammed President Trump’s suggestion that Nikki Haley is likely ineligible to the presidency. The Post […]
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The Trump nbC Post
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2024 (Jan. 9, 2024) — Well, whatta ya know…, it seems that the “natural born Citizen” (“nbC”) issue may finally be getting some renewed traction. The following offering is made as a supplement to the recent one posted on the presidential “eligibility” topic by the intrepid P&E Editor here. As noted there, […]
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nbC Warrior CDR Charles Kerchner (Ret) Strikes Again
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2024 (Jan. 2, 2024) — With the possible exception of attorney Mario Apuzzo – passing away prematurely and lamentably in 2021 – one of the most vigorous warriors in the continuing battle over the issue of who is, and critically who is not a “natural born Citizen” (“nbC”) under the Constitution, is […]
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The Maine Trump Decision: Atrocious
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Dec. 29, 2023) — Well, faithful P&E readers, here we go again. Yesterday, on Dec. 28, 2023, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows – a registered Democrat and perhaps one of the most anti-President Trump, pro-progressive and biased governmental officials in the nation – issued her 34-page “decision” determining that Mr. […]