“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 […]
WHY THE “LIDS?” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 28, 2020) — As has been reported by some outlets, the Biden/Harris campaign has declared a “lid” in the morning hours on nearly a dozen dates throughout the month of September without any explanation, including on Monday, the day before the first presidential debate. As some have observed, […]
AND THE DEMONIC LEFT! September 27, 2020 Dear Editor, The demonic left, along with the Democrats, detests Donald Trump because Trump plays them all at their very own game even more successfully than they themselves can play it! Now – compliments of Donald Trump! – with a Supreme Court of America reflecting the beliefs and […]
“THE LOONS OF THE LEFT” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (Sep. 25, 2020) — Soooo, faithful P&E readers, how bad do you think it could it get if – by lawful means or…, otherwise…, – Slow Joe Biden and Ineligible Kamala Harris win the general election? Better question: if the Biden-Harris team wins and the Senate […]
“THE ISSUE IS THE LANGUAGE” by Glen Day, ©2020 (Sep. 24, 2020) — Women have served the nation in Congress, the courts, and other public offices for decades. But may a woman run for and hold the office of President or vice-president of the United States? Most people would say “yes,” a woman may run […]
THE SUPREME COURT’S RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC by Contributor (Sep. 23, 2020) — Courts have faced challenges in operating during the pandemic, with the nation’s highest court, the Supreme Court, struggling to set an example. Apart from disrupting every aspect of daily living in the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic has also shone the […]
“HOW THE TIMES HAVE CHANGED” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (Sep. 22, 2020) — The Republican National Committee (“RNC”) has produced an ad which will drive the leaders of the Party of the Democrats (“POTD”) apoplectic. Cool. It could not happen to a more deserving collection of hypocritical politicians. Although the ad is still up on […]
“FOUR OR FIVE” CANDIDATES UNDER CONSIDERATION by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 21, 2020) — In an 8:00 a.m. EDT interview with “Fox & Friends” Monday morning, President Trump said on “Friday or Saturday” he will announce his nominee to replace the late U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who passed away of cancer on […]
8:00 AM EDT by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 21, 2020) — Although co-host Steve Doocy said last Tuesday that the Fox News Channel could not confirm President Trump’s claim that he would be providing telephone interviews every Monday through the November 3 election, “Fox & Friends First” co-host Todd Piro announced at approximately 5:40 a.m. Monday […]
IS KAMALA HARRIS A “NATURAL BORN CITIZEN?” by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 13, 2020) — A lawsuit challenging the constitutional eligibility of U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris to serve as vice president is now docketed at the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Filed by Robert C. Laity of New York State pro se, the […]
“THE WORST OF THE WORST” by Tom Arnold, ©2020 (Sep. 2, 2020) — First of all, let’s accept the fact that there are plenty of blameworthy people, groups, and institutions. Thousands, at least. However, I have narrowed the list down to the worst of them all. And, I am absolutely convinced that those I have […]
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 […]
AND THIS TIME, HE IS TALKING ABOUT OUR U.S. CONSTITUTION! by Tom Arnold, ©2020 (Aug. 16, 2020) — https://www.yahoo.com/news/lindsey-graham-breaks-trump-no-181850257.html Note that the above op-ed in the Miami Herald, August 14, 2020, is titled, “LINDSEY GRAHAM BREAKS WITH TRUMP: ‘NO ISSUE’ WHETHER KAMALA HARRIS IS US CITIZEN.” Lindsey Graham is quoted in the article as saying […]
“DO IT ON NOVEMBER 3RD” by Tom Arnold, ©2020 (Aug. 9, 2020) — I heard today (August 6, 2020) on FOX NEWS (Sandra Smith on “The Story” filling in for Martha MacCallum) that you had narrowed down your VP running-mate selection to two people (or, more likely, that Barack Obama and the Deep State had […]
“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 […]
“TRUST ME” by Montgomery Blair Sibley, ©2020, blogging at Amo Probos (Jun. 25, 2020) — I think Edmund Burke only got it half right when he said: “Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it.” I would add: “and they will have no idea of why what is happening is happening.” Case in […]
“IT NEEDS TO STOP” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (May 14, 2020) — The strange case against Michael Flynn metastasizes into the bizarre. After entering an order stating that he would “at the appropriate time” issue a “scheduling order” allowing essentially anyone on the planet to prepare and file amicus curiae briefs in the case of […]
“THE ONLY PRECEDENT THAT COUNTS” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (Feb. 13, 2020) — [Editor’s Note: Legal scholar Joseph DeMaio offers the following in response to comments to his February 9, 2020 article, “Is Mayor Pete a Natural Born Citizen?”] The J.J. Thompson comments of 2/12/20 are, respectfully, ill-reasoned and wrong. Neither the Ankeny case (an […]
FIRST PRESIDENT TO ATTEND ANNUAL EVENT by Sharon Rondeau (Jan. 24, 2020) — At 12:28 p.m. EST on Friday, President Donald J. Trump became the first president in U.S. history to speak at the annual March for Life, held each year to assert the right to life of all unborn children. The event began after […]
THE U.S. SENATE VS. “THE PELOSI POLKA” by Joseph DeMaio, ©2020 (Jan. 6, 2020) — Well, well, well. Maybe it is just a coincidence, but the statement yesterday morning by Senator Lindsey Graham tracks very closely the tactic posited by Ren Jander here and by your faithful servant here. Whether or not Senators Mitch McConnell […]