Tag: Congressional Research Service (CRS)
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Is Markwayne Mullin Fit to Serve?
by Miki Booth, ©2026 (Mar. 7, 2026) — I’m being told I should lay off of Markwayne Mullin because he’s a Republican and we need him. He’s even being called a warfighter, 100% behind Trump and the MAGA movement. A real American hero! Well, he became my representative in D-2 Oklahoma when he was elected…
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A Small Fly in the nbC Ointment…
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2024 (Dec. 31, 2024) — When people identify a minor problem within an otherwise acceptable situation, they sometimes say, “There’s a fly in the ointment.” A succinct definition of the phrase and its meaning is found in the Cambridge Online Dictionary, defining it thusly: “a single thing or person that is spoiling a situation that could have been very positive or enjoyable.” As brief…
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Will CRS “Sleight of Hand” Stand?
by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 22, 2024) — On Saturday evening The Post & Email published an article by legal scholar Joseph DeMaio exposing misrepresentation by omission, later alteration and the disappearance of a Congressional Research Services (CRS) report on the meaning of the Article II, Section 1, clause 5 term of art, “natural born Citizen.” The…
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Revisiting the Congressional Research Service 2016 nbC Report
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2024 (Dec. 21, 2024) — Introduction Once more, faithful P&E readers and students of the Constitution’s “natural born Citizen” (“nbC”) Eligibility Clause – not a concocted, fictitious “’natural born’ Citizenship Clause” – grab your preferred caffeinated beverage and find a comfortable chair, because what follows gets a bit convoluted. Ready? The “natural…
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Opinions Relating to Orders and the nbC Issue
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2024 (Sep. 2, 2024) — Although not specifically addressed in the formal Rules of Procedure of the Supreme Court, in practice, however, the Court recognizes a protocol whereby an individual Justice can prepare and issue his or her comment on the summary disposition of cases by orders, e.g., if a Justice wants to dissent…
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NFRA on the Natural Born Citizen Issue
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2024 (Aug. 27, 2024) — Well, whatta ya know. Yet another source – this time an established, tax-exempt IRS “527 Organization” rather than an individual human being – raises the issue of the likely compromised “natural born Citizen” (“nbC”) bona fides of Kamala Devi Harris. The National Federation of Republican Assemblies (“NFRA”)…
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More News on Bing AI’s Views of an nbC
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Dec. 9, 2023) — As the issue of what it takes to be a “natural born Citizen” (“nbC”) as intended by the Founders – as contrasted with contemporary wags and academics – continues to be “evaded” by the U.S. Supreme Court, your humble servant persists in interrogating Bing AI on the…
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The Kerchner “Hint”
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Dec. 6, 2023) — In response/comment to your humble servant’s post here, P&E contributor, reader and nbC warrior CDR Charles Kerchner (Ret) suggested asking Bing AI if any of the Founders understood French. The response could shed light on a predicate foundation for the Founders’ use and understanding of Emer de…
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Revisiting the POPE Option
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2023 (Apr. 18, 2023) — A few weeks ago, your humble servant offered an article suggesting a way of getting the “natural born Citizen” (“nbC”) presidential eligibility issue under Art. 2, § 1, Cl. 5 of the Constitution before the U.S. Supreme Court. As readers of The P&E well know, virtually all…
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The Tisdale Mirage
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2021 (Jun. 17, 2021) — As your humble servant’s favorite former Democrat, Ronald Reagan, quipped when debating and dismantling Water Mondale’s doomed 1980 presidential campaign: “There you go again…” President Reagan’s timeless observation has renewed relevance as your servant composes this response to comments from “Wilson” and “Luke” regarding the matters set…
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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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Can a House Divided be Repaired?
“MOVING TOWARD INSANITY” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (Apr. 23, 2020) — The adage that “a house divided against itself cannot stand” is found in many places, originating in the Bible and carried forward over the millennia into, among other regions, politics and presidential speeches. It is often repeated here at The P&E as well. The…
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Update: Mike Zullo to Appear on “Freedom Friday” Tonight
TO DISCUSS YAHOO! OBAMA BIRTH CERTIFICATE ARTICLE, OTHER TOPICS by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 15, 2018) — This evening, Obama birth certificate lead investigator Mike Zullo will be Carl Gallups’s guest on his “Freedom Friday” radio program beginning at 5:00 PM EDT/4:00 PM CDT to discuss, among other things, an article published by Yahoo! News on…
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Eligibility Attorney: An Image on a Computer Screen Does not Satisfy “Rules of Evidence”
“YOU HAVE TO AUTHENTICATE A DOCUMENT” by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 9, 2017) — In Part I of The Post & Email’s recent interview with Atty. Mario Apuzzo, he discussed an opinion by a three-judge panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued in response to his lawsuit alleging that Barack Hussein Obama had not…
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The Obama Eligibility Question – Part V
THE VETTING PROCESS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT by Paul R. Hollrah, ©2016 (Oct. 15, 2016) — In Parts I, II, III, and IV of this series we have discussed the Founding Fathers’ implied definition of the term “natural born Citizen;” the definition of the term as used throughout the 19th and 20th centuries; the current status…