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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In Defense of Jonathan Turley
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Sep. 9, 2023) — For anyone paying even passing attention, the name “Jonathan Turley” will be recognized as one of the few law professors remaining in academia willing publicly to defend the First Amendment, the freedom of speech and the freedom of expression it guarantees…, or at least at one time […]
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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 Heritage Guide to the Constitution
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Apr. 30, 2023) — The Heritage Foundation some time ago published “The Heritage Guide to the Constitution.” It was (and continues to be) billed as being “intended to provide a brief and accurate explanation of each clause of the Constitution as envisioned by the Framers and as applied in contemporary law” […]
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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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The Usurper of a Darker Shade
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Oct. 3, 2022) — Recently, your humble servant offered here at The P&E a post captioned, “The Tragic Mulatto of Martha’s Vineyard.” Some commenters took issue with the use of the term “tragic mulatto” in the title of that post, calling it a slur despite the fact that it comes from […]
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The Tragic Mulatto of Martha’s Vineyard
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Sep. 29, 2022) — Well, well, well… the Second Usurper in Chief – “SUC” to his close friends – now claims that the “biggest fuel behind the Republican agenda is related to immigration and the fear that somehow America’s character is going to be changed if, people of darker shades, there […]
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Of Dereliction and Duplicitous Hypocrisy
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Jul. 11, 2022) — Further confirming the “Guam might capsize and tip over” stupidity and duplicitous hypocrisy of Democrats, one Zoe Lofgren, D.-CA – a member of the Wretch of San Crapcisco’s “Jan. 6 Star Chamber” kabuki spasm – has characterized President Trump’s actions (and inactions) on that date as “dereliction […]
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The Greene Deal
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Apr. 23, 2022) — No, Virginia, nothing related to “climate change.” U.S. District Court Judge Amy Totenberg – appointed to the federal bench by the Second Usurper in Chief (“SUC”) Barack Obama in 2011 – has recently issued a ruling that a lawsuit seeking to remove from the Georgia primary election […]
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“Native-born” ≠ “Natural-born”
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Mar. 1, 2022) — From time to time, your humble servant’s P&E postings generate comments deserving response. On most occasions, the responses are posted in the same place. When a longer, more comprehensive response is indicated, a separate post is offered. Such is the case with the following response to the […]
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Of 2020 Road Apples and the Goofball at 1600
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2022 (Feb. 4, 2022) — As if things weren’t already bad enough, if you really want to get your blood boiling over the 2020 “election” and the potentially catastrophic consequences of thereafter inserting an addled, septuagenarian Goofball into the Oval Office – particularly one who has a son who gives “debauchery,” “drug […]
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The Four Corners of the Constitution
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Jun. 1, 2021) — Once again – lamentably, but not unexpectedly – the U.S. Supreme Court has successfully evaded addressing, let alone resolving, the question of what the “natural born Citizen” clause in the Constitution means. On Tuesday, June 1, 2021, the Court again denied a petition for a writ of […]
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Laity v. Harris: A Hypothetical Amicus Curiae Brief
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (May 9, 2021) — Rule 37 of the U.S. Supreme Court Rules deals with amicus curiae briefs. Rule 37(1) states, in relevant part: “An amicus curiae brief that brings to the attention of the Court relevant matter not already brought to its attention by the parties may be of considerable help […]
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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 Laity Complaint and Wong Kim Ark
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (Nov. 9, 2020) — Introduction The Associated Press and a large swath of the Trump Derangement Syndrome media have declared the Biden-Harris ticket the winners of the 2020 general election. As noted here, media hacks are not the final arbiters of who wins elections. If they were, there would have been no […]
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The Saga of the Dueling Anecdotes
“THE BEST EVIDENCE” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (Oct. 19, 2020) — In the continuing saga of “dueling anecdotes” regarding the issue of what the Founders intended when they engrafted onto the Constitution in 1787 the “natural born Citizen” clause, Art. 2, § 1, Cl. 5, commenters Schuyler Colfax and Joanna Brady continue adding their observations. […]
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Of Laptops and Ne’re-Do-Well Sons
“A PROTECTED SPECIES” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (Oct. 15, 2020) — The New York Post (“NYP”) has disclosed what it claims are several emails extracted from a laptop computer purportedly belonging to Hunter Biden, son of Joe Biden. The emails are claimed to establish a direct tie between Ukrainian executives at the Burisma Holdings energy […]
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Kamala Devi Harris vs. the 12th Amendment
“RIPE FOR ADJUDICATION” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (Aug. 13, 2020) — OK, faithful P&E readers, buckle up, because here we go again on that super-duper, stomach-churning, mind-bending roller coaster ride called: eligibility as a “natural born Citizen” under the Constitution. However, unlike the prior experience dealing with the issue only from the perspective of the […]
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Two Black Americans Have Died
“A CERTIFIED DISGRACE” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (Aug. 1, 2020) — Two well-known black Americans have died. One – John Lewis – was a Congressman; the other – Herman Cain – was a successful businessman. While the Congressman was lionized by the mainstream media, the other – even before his worldly body was cold – […]