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My Fellow Americans, What have we done!

December 13, 2008

Do you know what a Natural Born Citizen is?  If you answer “a child born on American soil,” you are only partially correct.  The Framers of the Constitution and American citizens at the time of the writing of the Constitution understood the term so well, that there was no need to define it.  Through the years, however, the term has fallen from public conversation.  Its meaning, however, is still the same today as it was over 200 years ago.  There are many, many references to the term in our written history, and one common definition is repeated over and over: 

    A Natural Born Citizen is born to two American Citizens on American Soil.

The Framers of the Constitution made this a special requirement of the President, and only the President.  It is not a requirement of any other position, including Senators, Representatives, or Supreme Court Justices.  It makes complete sense that the Founding Fathers would make this strict requirement to ensure that no President had split or divided loyalty to any other nation.  The President of the United States should have allegiance to America, and America only. 

Despite widespread, popular belief, Mr. Obama’s father was not an American Citizen.  Mr. Obama, Sr was a Kenyan (British)  citizen in the United States on a student visa.  Thus, Barack Obama was born with both Kenyan (British) and American citizenship.  This is precisely what the Framers guarded against when they wrote the Constitution and put the strict Natural Born Citizen requirement in place.  It makes no difference that he lost his Kenyan citizenship at the age of 21, the Constitution is only concerned with citizenship at the time of birth.

Mr. Obama freely admits that he was both an American and Kenyan citizen at birth (see his official website called fightthesmears.com).  This is no secret.  Despite repeated requests for the media to cover this most important issue during the election, it was repeatedly ignored.  Why it was not covered is a mystery, but it does not matter.  The fact remains that on January 20, 2009, our Constitution will be violated if Mr. Obama is sworn in.

Secretaries of State, our Chief Election Officials, have been sued across the country to challenge Mr. Obama’s eligibility.  The lawsuits have been denied repeatedly because Secretaries of State, despite widespread popular belief, are not required to check the eligibility of presidential candidates.  Please call your Secretary of State to verify this fact.  Whose job is it to determine eligibility?  It is the responsibility of the Electoral College voters.  Mr. Obama’s electors have been notified, and so far this issue has fallen on deaf ears.  Electors respond by saying that since Natural Born Citizen is not spelled out in the Constitution, it means whatever they want it to mean.  This is an outrage!

I am one person.  I am not a member of any group.  I do not want money.  I want you to contact your elected officials and demand that this be challenged.  Show them this letter. Demand that they do their jobs! The only way to stop the swearing in of an ineligible President is through Congress on January 6, 2009 when the electoral ballots are opened and counted.  At that time, one Senator and one Representative can challenge the eligibility.  We need one brave Senator and one brave Representative to stand up for the Constitution, to stand up for us.

Below are several references to the meaning of Natural Born Citizen.  I invite you to investigate on your own.  These references are a good starting point, but they are not all inclusive.  Nowhere in history is Natural Born Citizen defined in such a way that would allow a person with divided loyalty to be President. 

-1758 Vattel’s “The Law of Nations” –The Framers relied on many of the principles to write the Constitution

-1787-1788-The Federalist Papers, including Justice John Jay’s letter to George Washington

-Article II, Section I, United States Constitution

-The Naturalization Act of 1790-repeal of “Natural Born” from the 1790 Act in 1795

-The Framers of the 14th Amendment-(citizenship granted, not Natural Born Citizenship); Rep. John Bingham and Sen. Lyman Trumball define Natural Born Citizen

-Congressional Hearing on Dual Citizenship, 2005, “subject to the jurisdiction thereof” discussion