Oh give me a break.........geeeesh. I don't give two shits what the founding fathers meant by "natural born citizen". There. I said it. I'm tired of having to genuflect everytime someone utters the phrase "Founding Fathers".
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 1:59 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since he wasn't born on in the US. > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/01/AR2008050103224.html?nav%3Drss_politics&sub=AR > and for the wrap challenged: > http://antiwrap.com/x481b63cb855ae > > McCain's Birth Abroad Stirs Legal Debate > His Eligibility for Presidency Is Questioned > > By Michael Dobbs > Washington Post Staff Writer > Friday, May 2, 2008; A06 > > The Senate has unanimously declared John McCain a natural-born citizen, > eligible to be president of the United States. > > That is the good news for the presumptive Republican nominee, who was born > nearly 72 years ago in a military hospital in the Panama Canal Zone, then > under U.S. jurisdiction. The bad news is that the nonbinding Senate > resolution passed Wednesday night is simply an opinion that has little > bearing on an arcane constitutional debate that has preoccupied legal > scholars for many weeks. > > Article II of the Constitution states that "no person except a natural > born citizen . . . shall be eligible to the office of president." The > problem is that the Founding Fathers never defined exactly what they meant > by "natural born citizen," and the matter has never been fully tested in > court. At least three pending cases are challenging McCain's right to be > sworn in as president. > <snip> -- I'm young, I'm wild, and I'm free Got the magic power of the music in me ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:259649 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
