I don't see a problem.... the restriction is against holding the office, not running for office.
On Aug 30, 2:11 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > B: How can the FEC consider this switch is a direct violation of the > Constitution ??? Because a president has already been illegally allowed? > Where this**** > > has taken place with the election of BHO. And who is it that is thinking > about it ??? Another Muslim........ and we sit still for this crap ???**** > > WTF is going on ??? Soon any foreigner who becomes a citizen who may owe > allegiance to someone else other than the US can run for prez........Wide*** > * > > distribution please, this is no joke............**** > > ** ** > > -m**** > > ** ** > > http://www.rollcall.com/news/fec_drafts_opinions_for_guyana_born_man_... > **** > > ** ** > FEC Drafts Opinions for Guyana-Born Man About Presidential Run**** > > **· **By Alex Knott <http://www.rollcall.com/reporters/54.html> **** > > **· **Roll Call Staff**** > > ** ** > > The Federal Election Commission is showing signs that it might allow a > Guyana-born American citizen to file papers and raise money to run for > president of the United States. **** > > The agency released two draft advisory > opinions<http://saos.nictusa.com/aodocs/1185406.pdf>Friday that could > permit New York lawyer Abdul Hassan to go through the > initial steps to run for president. But the FEC’s pending decision won’t be > the last word on the constitutional issue of whether someone born outside > the United States can be president.**** > > Hassan was born in the South American country in 1974, and he asked the FEC > in > July<http://www.rollcall.com/news/guyana_born_man_asks_fec_if_he_can_run_f...>whether > he could raise funds as a candidate for president. > **** > > The request put the FEC in the rare role of deciding a large constitutional > issue that has only a few intersections with campaign finance law. The two > commonly held constitutional requirements to run for president are that the > candidate be 35 years or older and be a “natural born citizen.” **** > > The agency quickly signaled that it would decide the technicalities of > filing requirements while leaving the broader issue of who can run for > president to the judicial branch. In an email to Hassan on July 18, the FEC > stated that he understood “that although the Commission can respond to the > questions asked in [his] advisory opinion, the Commission cannot make any > determination as to whether [Hassan] can, as a naturalized citizen, serve as > President.”**** > > Both advisory opinions answer three of Hassan’s four questions in a similar > way. They state that Hassan could be a candidate, may solicit funds and > would be required to file disclosure reports. But the two opinions differ on > whether he may receive federal matching funds. **** > > The first draft states that Hassan would not be allowed to receive matching > funds because “the United States Constitution provides that ‘[n]o Person > except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the > time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office > of President.’” **** > > The second draft ducks the issue, stating that the “Commission expresses no > opinion regarding this question” because it is a “hypothetical.”**** > > The FEC is slated to discuss and possibly vote on the draft opinions at an > open meeting Thursday. Four of the six commissioners must support an opinion > for it to be approved.**** > > Hassan told Roll Call that he has almost no political background but is a > “political junkie” with various legislative ideas.**** > > “I follow politics closely, but I have never held elected office,” he said. > “I would admit that I am not well-known, and I would admit that my chances > of winning are not as good as other candidates. That’s obvious.”**** > > Although Hassan said he sees the far-reaching implications of his FEC > request for future candidates, he said he did not make his request as a > response to long-refuted claims that President Barack Obama was not born in > America.**** > > “I wasn’t even thinking about the birthers, though I am ideologically > opposed to people on the birther side of the argument,” he said.**** > > ** ** -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
