“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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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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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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Open Letter 2.0 to Rational Democrats
“LUNACY ON STEROIDS” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (Sep. 16, 2020) — A week or so ago, your faithful servant offered a post captioned “Open Letter to Rational Democrats.” The post you are now reading is an update to that prior one, as matters have in the meantime necessitated it. First, the prior post referred to […]
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The Kamala Devi Harris Eligibility Question, Part 2
“…OF PARENTS NOT OWING ALLEGIANCE TO ANY FOREIGN SOVEREIGNTY…” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (Aug. 19, 2020) — [The following is continued from Part 1 of this series. “WKA” refers to the case of United States v. Wong Kim Ark.] Congressman John Bingham and the 14th Amendment One additional aspect of the analysis of the 14th […]
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The Kamala Devi Harris Eligibility Question, Part 1
DOES THE 14TH AMENDMENT CONFER STATUS AS A “NATURAL BORN CITIZEN?” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (Aug. 18, 2020) — Backdrop Like Mt. St. Helens 40 years ago, the constitutional “natural born citizen” eligibility issue has again erupted. Following the announcement that Slow Joe Biden had selected a “person of color” who was in addition a […]
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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 – […]
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Comments on the Comments
“SEMANTIC GYMNASTICS” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (Jul. 21, 2020) — In the continuing saga of the “natural born citizen” eligibility issue, one of The P&E’s fairly regular contributors, one Tom Arnold, recently posted this article. The post revisits the perennial question: was Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. constitutionally-eligible to the presidency, or was he a common […]
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Is Tammy Duckworth a Natural Born Citizen?
“A REVISITING OF THE ISSUE” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (Jul. 4, 2020) — Although it pains your faithful servant – grievously – to sully this post with a link to the electronic pages of The Washington (“Propaganda-Thrives-in-Darkness”) Post, once again the issue of presidential eligibility raises its head in connection with the potential candidacy of […]
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The OOOPM
“KEEP THE CASE OPEN” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (Jun. 29, 2020) — “Make sure you look at things – have the right people on it.” These were the words of Barack Hussein Obama, Jr., – the nation’s Second Usurper-in-Chief (“SUC”) – as he met in the Oval Office with his co-conspirators on January 5, 2017. […]
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Stop Drinking the Democrat Kool-Aid
“LEAVE THE PARTY” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (Jun. 14, 2020) — Recently, your faithful servant offered a post captioned “The People’s Republic of CHAZ.” The post addressed the anarchistic malignant tumor being nurtured in downtown Seattle by its feckless Democrat Mayor, Jenny Durkan, and with the tacit approval of equally feckless Democrat Governor Jay Inslee. […]
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Colin Powell, Reporting for Duty
“THE DEFINITION OF PROPAGANDA” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (Jun. 7, 2020) — Well, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls…, here we go again. It was only a matter of time before Colin Powell spoke out – once more – against President Trump. Today, speaking with Jake Tapper on the CNN show “State of the Union,” […]
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Of Scams and Hoaxes
“COLLUSIVE AND NEFARIOUS” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (May 18, 2020) — President Trump recently commented on the current ordeal being endured by General Michael Flynn at the hands of operatives of the Deep State, including its operatives in the judiciary. Among other things, he claimed that the “unmasking” of General Flynn by Obama-era officials – […]
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Dominoes, Anyone?
“THE BIGGEST HOAX SINCE THE FOUNDING OF THE NATION” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (May 10, 2020) — A long line of dominoes is beginning to fall. As more and more documentation emerges from the catacombs of the Justice Department and the FBI, confirmation gels that a seditious coup d’état was conceived, designed and implemented against […]
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The Democrats’ “Hillary/Barack Hail Mary”
“A CASE FOR THE AGES” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (May 6, 2020) — Please…, please let this come true: if (i.e., when) Joe Biden flames out either before, during or after the Democrat Convention in Milwaukee this coming August, the idea is being floated that a potential substitute candidate (and ticket) to replace him would […]
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The Biden-Harris Gambit
“COMPELLING ENTERTAINMENT” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (Apr. 10, 2020) — Verrryyy interesting. While the Wuhan/COVID-19 pandemic rages across the planet, including here, Joe Biden, at his first Vermont bunker “virtual town hall” following Bernie Sanders’ “suspension” (aka, “folding”) of his campaign, strongly intimated that he was seriously considering naming as his running mate for Vice-President… […]
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“US Senate” Reads Article Calling Out Schumer, Congressional Democrats
“NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW” by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 5, 2020) — Within an hour of The Post & Email’s publication of an editorial excoriating Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for his comments directed by name to two U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday, a member or staffer of that chamber accessed the article. […]
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Is Mayor Pete a Natural Born Citizen?
DID JOSEPH BUTTIGIEG NATURALIZE BEFORE HIS SON’S BIRTH? by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (Feb. 9, 2020) — Well, faithful P&E readers, the “eligibility” issue surfaces again, this time with regard to one of the Democrat presidential candidates vying for the opportunity to be bludgeoned in the November general election by President Trump. That lucky fellow is […]