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 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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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 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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Conway Leaves Out “Natural Born”
by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 3, 2023) — On Fox News’s Friday edition of “The Five,” speaking to the 2024 presidential election, guest co-host and former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway cited the constitutional requirements for the nation’s chief executive to be “35 years old” and a “U.S. citizen.” “The Five” airs at 5:00 p.m. ET every […]
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Revisiting the Heritage Guide to the Constitution
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (May 13, 2023) — Introduction Recently, your humble servant addressed the flawed reasoning of the “Heritage Guide to the Constitution” (“Guide”) set out in its explanatory analysis of Art. 2, § 1, Cl. 5. This, of course, is the Constitution’s “natural born Citizen” (“nbC”) presidential Eligibility Clause, the source of increasing scrutiny […]
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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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Hannity Asks Ramaswamy if He Launched Presidential Campaign for “Name Recognition”
by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 23, 2023) — In one of the last segments of his show Thursday night, “Hannity” host Sean Hannity spoke on camera with Vivek Ramaswamy, who declared his presidential candidacy on Tucker Carlson’s show Monday night. Hannity asked Ramaswamy if he were “running for name recognition” or “running to win,” pointing out […]
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Revisiting the “What If?” Letter
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Dec. 17, 2022) — It has come to your humble servant’s attention that some additional information may be helpful in putting into perspective the “What if?” letter posted here. As the penultimate paragraph of the post confirms, the letter is hypothesized: it is not a real document. It is posited, however, […]
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What If…?
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Dec. 15, 2022) — What if your humble servant were to reveal something here at The P&E which could, once and for all, put an end to “natural born Citizen” (“nbC”) debate raging in the comments sections of numerous posts here? What if recently-discovered “hard” evidence – in the form of […]
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Additional Responses to More nbC Comments
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Dec. 6, 2022) — True to form, the lively discussions about what the “natural born Citizen” (“nbC”) clause in the Constitution means; where it originated; and why it remains important continue. Recent comments here, here and here have generated much back and forth discussion between the two opposing viewpoints on these […]
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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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The Unanswered Question
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Apr. 19, 2022) — From time to time, your humble servant has found it useful to revisit the issue of presidential eligibility under Art. 2, § 1, Cl. 5 of the Constitution and what the likely meaning of the term “natural born Citizen” therein was seen to be from the perspective […]
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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, […]