Tag: Article II Section 1 clause 5
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Quotable Quotes re Citizenship Kinds, Allegiance, and The Presidential Eligibility Clause in The United States Constitution
by CDR Charles F. Kerchner, Jr. (Ret), blogging at CDRKerchner, ©2023 (Jul. 22, 2023) — “The citizens are the members of the civil society; bound to this society by certain duties, and subject to its authority, they equally participate in its advantages. The natives, or natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents…
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The Presidential Candidacy of Shiva Ayyadurai
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Jul. 18, 2023) — As noted here, earlier this year Dr. Shiva Ayyadurai formed an exploratory committee to “test the waters” for a run as an Independent for president and is now a full-fledged candidate as reflected in Federal Elections Commission (FEC) filings. As also noted, the “long-shot” nature of that…
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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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Twitter User Asks Why Presidential Eligibility Requirements “Ignored”
by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 1, 2023) — A Twitter user brings attention to the U.S. Constitution’s “eligibility requirements” for the president and vice president by describing them as “ignored.” “Patriotess” features the hashtag “naturalborncitizen” in her account header and asks, “WHY is Constitution Eligibility Requirements for POTUS/VP IGNORED?” The reference is to Article II, Section…
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Ramaswamy: “Deep Understanding of the Constitution”
by Sharon Rondeau (May 7, 2023) — In an interview on “Fox & Friends” Sunday morning, 2024 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said he is approaching his campaign with a “deep understanding of the Constitution.” His appearance at approximately 9:26 a.m. EDT from a campaign event in Michigan took place after the three co-hosts brought…
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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 Goebbels Corollary
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Mar. 27, 2023) — Introduction Paraphrasing Third Reich Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels: “If you are going to tell a lie, make it a big one, as no one will believe a small one, and repeat it over and over, because eventually people will come to accept it as the truth.”…
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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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Twitter User Calls for Ramaswamy to Release Parents’ Naturalization Documents
by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 5, 2023) — Late Saturday morning in the Eastern time zone, Twitter account-holder MAPennell replied to a tweet of The Post & Email’s by recommending that 2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy make public his “parent’s” [sic] Certificate of Naturalization to demonstrate he is a “natural born Citizen,” one of three requirements…
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RNC Presidential Candidate Vetted for Sole-Allegiance as Natural Born Citizen in 1916
by A2Guardians.com, ©2023 (Feb. 20, 2023) — On the eve of Presidents Day 2023, Nikki Haley launched her Presidential campaign at a campaign rally even though she is ineligible, since she is not a natural born citizen; one of the three requirements in Article II Section 1 Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution. Haley is…
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Laity Completes “natural born Citizen” Mail Campaign
by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 17, 2021) — On Wednesday New York State citizen and registered voter Robert C. Laity completed a letter-writing campaign to all 535 members of Congress advocating for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to define the term of art, “natural born Citizen” found in Article II, Section 1, clause 5 as…
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Were Kamala Harris’s Parents “Immigrants” when she was Born?
WHAT IS “THE KEY FACTOR?” by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 21, 2020) — Late Tuesday night, the Twitter account @KamalaKancel tweeted what appear to be three snippets from immigration documents pertaining to vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris’s mother previously posted in fuller form by the same account. The Post & Email has not authenticated any of the…
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Constitution Day – 17 Sep 2020: A Lesson from History. Is Being a Born Citizen of the United States Sufficient Citizenship Status to be President?
THE FOUNDERS AND FRAMERS EMPHATICALLY DECIDED NO IT WAS NOT! by CDR Charles F. Kerchner, Jr. (Ret), ©2020, blogging at CDRKerchner (Sep. 17, 2020) — During the process of developing the U.S. Constitution Alexander Hamilton submitted a suggested draft for a Constitution on June 18, 1787. At some point, he also suggested to the framers…





