Tag: natural born citizen
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What is a Natural Born Citizen of the United States? | by John Greschak
by CDR Charles F. Kerchner, Jr. (Ret), blogging at cdrkerchner, ©2026 (Oct. 12, 2026) — What is a Natural Born Citizen of the United States? | by John Greschak | Copy Provided Courtesy of ProtectOurLiberty.org Read and get your copy here: http://www.kerchner.com/protectourliberty/naturalborncitizen/What_is_a_Natural_Born_Citizen_of_the_United_States_by_John_Greschak.pdf # # # Plus: The truth about the original intent meaning and the…
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The Fallout From Trump v. Barbara
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2026 (Aug. 22, 2026) — INTRODUCTION The recent SCOTUS decision in Trump v. Barbara – holding, among other things, that if born here on U.S. soil, the child of an illegal alien or a foreigner unlawfully present here is nonetheless a U.S. citizen – continues to produce fallout. While technically not radioactive,…
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In Defense of Professor Ilan Wurman
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2026 (Jul. 31, 2026) — Professor who? … you may ask. Pay attention, faithful P&E readers, as the following will give you a better understanding of the intellectual goo that presently passes for “viewpoint tolerance” and “academic integrity” on many of the Republic’s university and college campuses, especially in the law “schools”…
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86 – nbC
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2026 (Jul. 26, 2026) — Introduction The following offering on the “birthright citizenship” decision in Trump v. Barbara picks up where your humble servant’s initial offering left off. Specifically, it will address in greater detail the remote – yet now thanks to the Barbara decision – actual potential for the neutering…
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Poll: Who Should Be the 2028 Republican Presidential Nominee?
by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 24, 2026) — Columnist, author, commentator and podcaster Jeff Crouere has posted a poll asking who should win the Republican nomination for the next presidential election. Beginning with an independent podcaster, the ten choices include several whose constitutional eligibility has been questioned by many in this audience. Some analysts and constitutional…
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Former Obama Eligibility Challenger: “Undivided Political Allegiance at Birth” a Presidential Requirement
by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 23, 2026) — On July 3, former Obama eligibility litigant Tracy Fair, writing as Lexi Fehr, announced she published a book addressing what she says are “the immense procedural hurdles citizens face when seeking judicial review of constitutional questions.” The work, titled “We The Sheeple: How the Media, Congress, and the…
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Trump vs Barbara–Too Much Thinking and Not Enough Wisdom
by Leonard Daneman, paraleaglenm, ©2026 (Jul. 13, 2026) — The U.S. Supreme Court accomplished nothing in the Trump vs Barbara [henceforth cited as Barbara] case except to preserve the ‘national consensus’ that the constitution guarantees that all children born on U.S. soil are U.S. citizens. Of course, children of ‘invaders’ are not citizens,[1] and any person entering our country…
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Birthright Citizenship, the 14th Amendment and the Inertia of Indifference
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2026 (Jun. 30, 2026) — [Author’s Note: A more detailed analysis will follow after the opinion (and the dissents) are more carefully reviewed.] Heads up, faithful P&E readers: this is big. The Supreme Court has released its decision in Trump v. Barbara, the “birthright citizenship” case that has attracted much attention since…
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Yet Another Modest (Somewhat) Proposal
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2026 (Jun. 1, 2026) — OK, faithful P&E readers, buckle up for yet one more modest (as modified in the title, “somewhat”) proposal. Over the years, your humble servant has offered several proposals aimed at addressing the anomalies and conundrums affecting the body politic. Thus far, none have been adopted. That said,…
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Watters: Obama “Definitely not Born in Africa”
by Sharon Rondeau (May 6, 2026) — On his Wednesday night program, “Jesse Watters Primetime,” in a comparison drawn between “Barack Hussein Obama” and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, host Jesse Watters declared Obama “definitely not born in Africa.” Mamdani was born in Uganda, which Watters pointed out would preclude him from running for…
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A Brief Review of Nationality Law
by Leonard Daneman, paraleaglenm, ©2026 (Mar. 20, 2026) — Author’s Note: If parents have existing foreign citizenship, the 14th Amendment ‘born in the United States’ citizenship at birth clause DOES NOT APPLY to their children. WHY? Because the child already has the citizenship of their parents. The 14th Amendment was drafted from the 1866 Civil Rights…
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First Amendment Protected Discussion
by Tom Arnold, ©2026 (Mar. 8, 2026) — To begin, I ask you who or what gives us (America) the right or authority to be the “world’s policeman”? May I suggest that we ask CIA Director John Ratcliffe. One more thing: why is the name Ratcliffe always underlined in bright red on my computer screen? …
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The SEIU Phantom Sob Stories
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2026 (Feb. 27, 2026) — Introduction The “birthright citizenship” saga continues with the filing of a series of amicus curiae briefs in the Trump v. Barbara “birthright citizenship” case now pending in the Supreme Court. One of the latest is the brief of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), opposing, of course,…
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Exclusive: Yahoo AI: Vattel “Primary Authority” on “natural born Citizen”
by Sharon Rondeau (Feb. 26, 2026) — On Wednesday, “Scout,” Yahoo!’s artificial intelligence tool, asserted to longtime P&E reader Creg Maroney that Emmerich de Vattel is “the primary legal authority” on the Article II term “natural born Citizen.” The Framers settled on just three requirements for the President and Commander-in-Chief contained in Article II, Section…
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Revisiting the Birthright Citizenship and nbC Issues
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2026 (Jan. 26, 2026) — INTRODUCTION As dedicated P&E readers are well aware, there is now pending in the Supreme Court the case of Trump v. Barbara. The case involves a challenge to President Trump’s Executive Order 14160 regarding the meaning of “birthright citizenship” under the 14th Amendment. Following a post by…
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SCOTUS Dockets Harris Eligibility Case
by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 29, 2025) — New York State resident and registered voter Montgomery Blair Sibley, who challenged the claimed “natural born Citizen” status of former Vice President Kamala Harris, reported Monday on his Substack and website that the U.S. Supreme Court has docketed his petition for a Writ of Certiorari in his long-running…
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American Military Officers Honoring Their Oath To Defend The Constitution
November 23, 2025 Mr. President, a US Army surgeon and lieutenant colonel, Dr. Terrance Lee Lakin, once requested of his chain of command to authenticate his orders as legitimate and legal to redeploy to a combat theater of operations and was soon after court-martialed for failing to show up for his unit’s deployment after he…
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Common Sense and Mr. Katyal
by Joseph DeMaio, ©2025 (Nov. 7, 2025) — Earlier this week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case challenging President Trump’s use of Tariffs. In that case – Learning Resources Inc. v. Trump, the now-private attorney representing the challengers was one Neal Katyal, a former Acting Solicitor General of the United States under Barack…
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Proof John Jay Had a Copy and Used Vattel’s Legal Treatise ‘Law of Nations or Principles of Natural Law’ During Nation’s Founding
by CDR Charles F. Kerchner, Jr. (Ret), blogging at cdrkerchner, ©2025 (Sep. 27, 2025) — Vattel’s legal treatise was mentioned in communications between John Jay and others during the revolution and founding and framing time period. Vattel’s legal treatise was a very important guiding light and legal reference to the Founders and Framers in the justifying…
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The Linguistic and Logical Aspects of the Term “Natural Born Citizen” by Andy Prior
Reposted by CDR Charles F. Kerchner, Jr. (Ret), at cdrkerchner from Andy Prior, Medium, “No rights reserved,” Jan. 15, 2016 (Sep. 20, 2025) — Recently, I was advised by a fellow Texan, who supported an ineligible candidate for POTUS, that: “In order for your argument to have any merit at all, you must provide evidence…