Isn’t Kansas the state in which the POTUS’ mother was born? Shame on Kansas!
The Raw Story
The Kansas State Objections Board is considering removing President Barack Obama from the November ballot because of doubts over his place of birth, according to the Topeka Capital-Journal.
The panel of Republicans, which consists of Secretary of State Kris Kobach, Attorney General Derek Schmidt and Lt. Gov. Jeff Colyer, received a complaint from a resident who claimed Obama was not a natural born citizen and therefore ineligible to be president.
Obama has been dogged by questions about his eligibility to serve as President of the United States since 2008. Some of the so-called “birthers” believe Obama is not a natural born citizen because his father was a British subject.
“As for Mr. Obama’s citizenship, there are many doubts,” said Joe Montgomery, who filed the ballot challenge. “Doing the right thing can be hard and unpopular.”
Courts have ruled that anyone born within the borders of the United States is a natural born citizen under the U.S. Constitution, regardless of the citizenship of their parents.
The Kansas State Objections Board has requested documentation of Obama’s birth from Hawaii, Arizona and Mississippi.
In an attempt to quiet the “birther” conspiracies, Obama released his long-form birth certificate last year. It confirmed what his other birth certificate released in 2008 said: the president was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 4, 1961.
But Montgomery claims “there is substantial evidence showing that much of Mr. Obama’s alleged birth certificates have been forged or doctored, and have not been confirmed as legally valid, true and accurate.”
Hawaii officials have insisted the birth certificate released by Obama is authentic.
[H/T: TPM]
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Dear Kansas,
Sometimes black guys are born in the US. Get over it.
Sincerely,
The rest of the country
That’s why you’re one of my favorites, WK!
This “born in the U.S.A.” as it relates to a natural-born American citizen is a moot point because of the following:
Title 8 of the U.S. Code fills in the gaps left by the Constitution.
Section 1401 of Title 8 of the U.S. Code defines the following as people who are “natural-citizens of the United States at birth:”
(A subset of Section 1401 reads as follows:)
Any one born outside the United States, if one parent is an alien and as long as the other parent is a citizen of the U.S. who lived in the U.S. for at least five years.
Ted
Ted, thanks a lot for putting that out there for all to see. However, as we all know with “birthers”, facts get in the way of their agenda!
BTW Ted, you’re on my secret “favorites list” too.
LTL, before you ask…YES! LOL
You know how my mind works. I appreciate that – as well as the fact that you’re thinking about me.
BTW have you noticed how many of your readers are male?
Just sayin’.
I don’t understand why they are requesting information about the President’s birth from Arizona and Mississippi. That makes no sense at all – not that any of this does. Does anyone know why those states?
That’s one list I’m PROUD to be on!
Ted
Mhasegawa, apprently those states also had questions about Obama’s birth certificate. It looks like the Kansas board wants to compare notes. I’m sure Obama’s legal team won’t let that happen.
The bottom line is that they are trying to find anything to stop Obama’s momentum from repeating the 2008 election.
That’s the reason for the voter ID laws and similar GOP moves across the country. They literally hate the man…for being “black”, IMHO. That’s just downright sad.
I agree. This election is ultimately all about race. That is why when Obama tries to introduce formerly Republican ideas into legislation all of them vote against it. They have so few scruples and convictions that they would rather not see their ideas implemented than to give any credit to a black man.