On November 8 of this year, American voters will go to the polls to elect a new chief executive who will also serve as commander-in-chief of the U.S. military as set forth in Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution. Article II, Section 1, clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution concerning presidential eligibility states: […]
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Steube on Rubio as Trump’s VP
by Sharon Rondeau (May 9, 2024) — Just after noon EDT on Thursday’s “The Benny Show,” host Benny Johnson asked guest and congressman Greg Steube about his thoughts on the possibility of 2024 presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump choosing Sen. Marco Rubio as his running-mate, a topic Johnson also covered on his show […]
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The nbC “Two-Citizen Parents” Issue
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2024 (May 5, 2024) — INTRODUCTION It is frequently argued by opponents of the “two-citizen parents” requirement of Emer de Vattel’s definition of a “natural born Citizen” (“nbC”) found in Book 1, Ch. 19, § 212 of The Law of Nations (1758), that the requirement “is nonsense.” Indeed, the 2015 article purporting […]
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A Critique of “On the Meaning of ‘Natural Born Citizen,’” Part III
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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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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Laity Challenges Harris’s Eligibility in New Hampshire
by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 14, 2023) — On Thursday morning, New York State resident and registered voter Robert C. Laity filed a complaint with the state of New Hampshire against Kamala Harris, who ran as Joe Biden’s vice president and currently occupies the position. The Election Law Complaint Form Laity completed to file his complaint […]
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Revisiting Minor v. Happersett
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Jul. 17, 2023) — Well, faithful P&E readers, here we go again. As another “exploratory” candidate for president appears on the scene – Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai –, it may be prudent to once again revisit the Supreme Court’s 1875 decision in Minor v. Happersett. While the major holding of the case […]
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Dr Shiva Ayyadurai is NOT a “natural born Citizen” of the United States to Constitutional Standards – NOT Constitutionally Eligible to Be President and Commander-in-Chief of Our Military – Missing All 3 Legs re “nbC” Status
by CDR Charles F. Kerchner, Jr. (Ret), blogging at CDRKerchner, ©2023 (Jul. 14, 2023) — Based on the public information available here and here at this time Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai was not a U.S. Citizen at all when he was born. He was born in India. His parents were not U.S. Citizens when Dr. Shiva […]
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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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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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My Translation of a Key Sentence in Emer de Vattel’s 1758 Treatise on Natural Law in Section 212 -“Des citoyens et naturels”
by CDR Charles F. Kerchner, Jr., (Ret), blogging at cdrkerchner, ©2023 (Apr. 15, 2023) — The key sentence in the original 1758 French edition written by Vattel: “Les naturels, ou indigénes, sont ceux qui sont nés dans le pays, de parents citoyens.” First let’s do a direct translation of the key sentence using this online […]
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“Why I Fight”
by CDR Charles F. Kerchner, Jr. (Ret), ©2023 (Apr. 5, 2023) – Editor’s Note: The following is the initial section of CDR Charles F. Kerchner, Jr.’s (Ret) new publication, “Natural Born Citizen: A Presidential Eligibility Qualification Requirement in Article II Section 1 Clause 5 of the United States Constitution.” As many readers are aware, Kerchner […]
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Author’s Response to “de Vattel Denier” Boggs
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Mar. 28, 2023) — On March 28, 2023 at 11:25 a.m., in response to the article authored by your faithful servant here, one “Lucius Boggs” wrote: “Label this comment – Everything that is old is new again.” After offering the above observation, the commenter then includes a live link to a […]
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The “Natural Born” Question: Will it be Answered?
by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 8, 2023) — Late Monday afternoon, Twitter user @MAPennell tweeted The Post & Email’s latest article featuring his/her tweets about the presidential requirement of “natural born Citizen” stemming from the account’s challenge to 2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to release his parents’ citizenship documentation to prove his eligibility for the office. […]
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Do Americans “Know Who They Are”?
by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 7, 2023) — On Sunday morning, The Post & Email published an article reflecting a dialogue initiated with us by Twitter user @MAPennell regarding the U.S. Constitution’s “natural born Citizen” clause as it relates to Ohio-born 2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. It was MAPennell’s opinion that Ramaswamy should “post both parent’s […]
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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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Kamala Harris Owes Homage and Allegiance to the King of Jamaica – King Charles III
by CDR Charles F. Kerchner, Jr. (Ret), blogging at CDRKerchner, ©2022 (Sep. 10, 2022) — As a Citizen of Jamaica at Birth via Her Jamaican Citizen Foreign National Father, Kamala Harris Owes Homage and Allegiance to the King of Jamaica and England As a person born with dual allegiance, foreign influence, and dual-citizenship – Kamala […]
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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 […]