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		<description><![CDATA[OBAMA WATCH CENTRAL, WorldNetDaily Exclusive, Posted: January 31, 2009, 12:00 am Eastern, © 2009 WorldNetDaily
A new lawsuit is challenging Barack Obama&#8217;s eligibility to be president, and this one targets Congress as a defendant for its &#34;failure&#34; to uphold the constitutional demand to make sure Obama qualified before approving the Electoral College vote that actually designated [...]]]></description>
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<p>A new lawsuit is challenging Barack Obama&#8217;s eligibility to be president, and this one targets Congress as a defendant for its &quot;failure&quot; to uphold the constitutional demand to make sure Obama qualified before approving the Electoral College vote that actually designated him as the occupant of the Oval Office.</p>
<p>The new case raises many of the same arguments as dozens of other cases that have flooded into courtrooms around the nation since the November election.</p>
<p>It is being brought on behalf of Charles F. Kerchner Jr., Lowell T. Patterson, Darrell James Lenormand and Donald H. Nelson Jr. and names as defendants Barack Hussein Obama II, the U.S., Congress, the Senate, House of Representatives and former Vice President Dick Cheney along with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.</p>
<p>Where&#8217;s the proof Barack Obama was born in the U.S. or that he fulfills the &quot;natural-born American&quot; clause in the Constitution? If you still want to see it, join more than 193,000 others and sign up now!</p>
<p>As WND has reported, dozens of lawsuits have been filed over Obama&#8217;s eligibility to assume the office of the president. Many have been dismissed while others remain pending.</p>
<p>The cases, in various ways, have alleged Obama does not meet the &quot;natural born citizen&quot; clause of the U.S. Constitution, Article 2, Section 1, which reads, &quot;No 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.&quot;</p>
<p>Some of the legal challenges have alleged Obama was not born in Hawaii, as he insists, but in Kenya. Obama&#8217;s American mother, the suits contend, was too young at the time of his birth to confer American citizenship to her son under the law at the time.</p>
<p>Other challenges have focused on Obama&#8217;s citizenship through his father, a Kenyan subject to the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom at the time of his birth, thus making him a dual citizen. The cases contend the framers of the Constitution excluded dual citizens from qualifying as natural born.</p>
<p>Several details of Obama&#8217;s past have added twists to the question of his eligibility and citizenship, including his family&#8217;s move to Indonesia when he was a child, his travel to Pakistan in the &#8217;80s when such travel was forbidden to American citizens and conflicting reports from Obama&#8217;s family about his place of birth.</p>
<p>Perhaps the most perplexing detail, however, has been Obama&#8217;s refusal to allow the public release of a signed &quot;vault&quot; copy of his original birth certificate.</p>
<p>The new case was launched in New Jersey, and focuses on the alleged failure in Congress to follow the Constitution.</p>
<p>That document, the lawsuit states, &quot;provides that Congress must fully qualify the candidate &#8216;elected&#8217; by the Electoral College Electors.&quot;</p>
<p>In provides, the lawsuit said, &quot;If the president-elect shall have failed to qualify, then the vice president elect shall act as president until a president shall have qualified.&quot;</p>
<p>&quot;There existed significant public doubt and grievances from plaintiffs and other concerned Americans regarding Obama&#8217;s eligibility to be president and defendants had the sworn duty to protect and preserve the Constitution and specifically under the 20th Amendment, Section 3, a Constitutional obligation to confirm whether Obama, once the electors elected him, was qualified.&quot;</p>
<p>&quot;Congress is the elected representative of the American people and the people speak and act through them,&quot; the lawsuit said.</p>
<p>The defendants &quot;violated&quot; the 20th Amendment by failing to assure that Obama meets the eligibility requirements,&quot; the lawsuit said.</p>
<p>In the Russian publication Pravda, commentator Mark S. McGrew addressed the subject:</p>
<p>&quot;The United States Congress is required, under the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, to count the Electoral College votes for president and vice president, ask if any member of Congress objects to the count and hear that Congressman&#8217;s objection. This is under Title 3, Chapter 1, Section 15, &#8216;Upon such reading of any such certificate of paper, the president of the Senate shall call for objections, if any,&#8217;&quot; he wrote.</p>
<p>Several of the cases – including those brought by Orly Taitz, Cort Wrotnowski, Leo Donofrio and Philip Berg, already have been discussed in conference at the U.S. Supreme Court, which has failed to have a hearing on any of the merits involved.</p>
<p>Taitz, in fact, is requesting information from the Supreme Court about a meeting eight of its justices held with Obama, a defendant in her case, before the justices reviewed the issues of the case in a private conference.</p>
<p>Several of the cases not scheduled for hearings at the Supreme Court still remain active at lower court levels, from which emergency requests to the high court were launched.</p>
<p>&quot;I know that Mr. Obama is not a constitutionally qualified natural born citizen and is ineligible to assume the office of president of the United States,&quot; Berg said in a statement on his ObamaCrimes.com website.</p>
<p>&quot;Obama knows he is not &#8216;natural born&#8217; as he knows where he was born and he knows he was adopted in Indonesia; Obama is an attorney, Harvard Law grad who taught Constitutional law; Obama knows his candidacy is the largest &#8216;hoax&#8217; attempted on the citizens of the United States in over 200 years; Obama places our Constitution in a &#8216;crisis&#8217; situation; and Obama is in a situation where he can be blackmailed by leaders around the world who know Obama is not qualified,&quot; Berg&#8217;s statement continued.</p>
<p>A partial listing and status update for several of the cases surrounding Obama&#8217;s eligibility to serve as president is below:</p>
<p>* Philip J. Berg, a Pennsylvania Democrat, demanded that the courts verify Obama&#8217;s original birth certificate and other documents proving his American citizenship. Berg&#8217;s latest appeal, requesting an injunction to stop the Electoral College from selecting the 44th president, was denied.</p>
<p>* Leo Donofrio of New Jersey filed a lawsuit claiming Obama&#8217;s dual citizenship disqualified him from serving as president. His case was considered in conference by the U.S. Supreme Court but denied a full hearing.</p>
<p>* Cort Wrotnowski filed suit against Connecticut&#8217;s secretary of state, making a similar argument to Donofrio. His case was considered in conference by the U.S. Supreme Court, but was denied a full hearing.</p>
<p>* Former presidential candidate Alan Keyes headlines a list of people filing a suit in California, in a case handled by the United States Justice Foundation, that asks the secretary of state to refuse to allow the state&#8217;s 55 Electoral College votes to be cast in the 2008 presidential election until Obama verifies his eligibility to hold the office. The case is pending, and lawyers are seeking the public&#8217;s support.</p>
<p>* Chicago attorney Andy Martin sought legal action requiring Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle to release Obama&#8217;s vital statistics record. The case was dismissed by Hawaii Circuit Court Judge Bert Ayabe.</p>
<p>* Lt. Col. Donald Sullivan sought a temporary restraining order to stop the Electoral College vote in North Carolina until Barack Obama&#8217;s eligibility could be confirmed, alleging doubt about Obama&#8217;s citizenship. His case was denied.</p>
<p>* In Ohio, David M. Neal sued to force the secretary of state to request documents from the Federal Elections Commission, the Democratic National Committee, the Ohio Democratic Party and Obama to show the presidential candidate was born in Hawaii. The case was denied.</p>
<p>* In Washington state, Steven Marquis sued the secretary of state seeking a determination on Obama&#8217;s citizenship. The case was denied.</p>
<p>* In Georgia, Rev. Tom Terry asked the state Supreme Court to authenticate Obama&#8217;s birth certificate. His request for an injunction against Georgia&#8217;s secretary of state was denied by Georgia Superior Court Judge Jerry W. Baxter.</p>
<p>* California attorney Orly Taitz has brought a case, Lightfoot vs. Bowen, on behalf of Gail Lightfoot, the vice presidential candidate on the ballot with Ron Paul, four electors and two registered voters.</p>
<p>Private investigator Douglas Hagmann of HomelandSecurityUS.com reported earlier he found 13 cases challenging Obama&#8217;s eligibility still active or semi-active.</p>
<p>In addition, other cases cited on the RightSideofLife blog as raising questions about Obama&#8217;s eligibility include:</p>
<p>* In Texas, Darrel Hunter vs. Obama later was dismissed.</p>
<p>* In Ohio, Gordon Stamper vs. U.S. later was dismissed.</p>
<p>* In Texas, Brockhausen vs. Andrade.</p>
<p>* In Washington, L. Charles vs. Obama.</p>
<p>* In Hawaii, Keyes vs. Lingle, dismissed.</p>
<p>WND senior reporter Jerome Corsi had gone to both Kenya and Hawaii prior to the election to investigate issues surrounding Obama&#8217;s birth. But his research and discoveries only raised more questions.</p>
<p>The biggest question was why, if a Hawaii birth certificate exists as his campaign has stated, Obama hasn&#8217;t simply ordered it made available to settle the rumors.</p>
<p>The governor&#8217;s office in Hawaii said there is a valid certificate but rejected requests for access and left ambiguous its origin: Does the certificate on file with the Department of Health indicate a Hawaii birth or was it generated after the Obama family registered a Kenyan birth in Hawaii?</p>
<p>Obama&#8217;s half-sister, Maya Soetoro, has named two different Hawaii hospitals where Obama could have been born. There have been other allegations that Obama actually was born in Kenya during a time when his father was a British subject. A one point a Kenyan ambassador said Obama&#8217;s birth place in Kenya already was recognized and honored.</p>
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		<title>Eligibility remains focus of Supremes&#8217; conferences</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dispute posted on docket twice after Electoral College votes in
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Posted: December 26, 2008 10:40 pm Eastern, © 2008 WorldNetDaily</p>
<p>A second conference has been posted on the docket for the U.S. Supreme Court over the issue of Barack Obama&#8217;s eligibility to occupy the White House, this one scheduled a week after Congress is to review the Electoral College vote tabulation.</p>
<p>The latest issue posted is a request for an injunction on the election results pending the resolution of a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by attorney Philip J. Berg, a case that is docketed for a similar conference among the justices on Jan. 9.</p>
<p>Berg&#8217;s original case raises questions about Obama&#8217;s eligibility and his injunction request first was filed early in December. It was submitted to and rejected by two different justices before it came before Justice Antonin Scalia on Dec. 18. Then just before Christmas the docket was updated to reflect that the motion had been &quot;distributed for conference of January 16, 2009.&quot;</p>
<p>On Berg&#8217;s Obama Crimes.org website, he said Congress is scheduled to hear the Electoral College results on Jan. 8. Then on Jan. 9 there&#8217;s the conference scheduled on Berg&#8217;s case itself, with the injunction issue to be addressed a week later.</p>
<p>WND has reported Berg&#8217;s case, one of the first legal challenges to Obama&#8217;s eligibility to reach the Supreme Court, alleges he cannot constitutionally be inaugurated.</p>
<p>&quot;I know that Mr. Obama is not a constitutionally qualified natural born citizen and is ineligible to assume the office of president of the United States,&quot; Berg said in a statement on his ObamaCrimes.com website.</p>
<p>&quot;Obama knows he is not &#8216;natural born&#8217; as he knows where he was born and he knows he was adopted in Indonesia; Obama is an attorney, Harvard Law grad who taught Constitutional law; Obama knows his candidacy is the largest &#8216;hoax&#8217; attempted on the citizens of the United States in over 200 years; Obama places our Constitution in a &#8216;crisis&#8217; situation; and Obama is in a situation where he can be blackmailed by leaders around the world who know Obama is not qualified,&quot; Berg&#8217;s statement continued.</p>
<p>&quot;The Supreme Court has listed the case of Berg vs. Obama for &#8216;conference&#8217; on January 9,&quot; the website said.</p>
<p>&quot;I am appalled that the main stream media continues to ignore this issue as we are headed to a &#8216;Constitution Crisis,&#8217;&quot; Berg wrote. &quot;There is nothing more important than our U.S. Constitution and it must be enforced. I am concerned that our courts have not yet decided to look into the merits of our allegations.&quot;</p>
<p>WND previously reported on a case brought by Cort Wrotnowski. It fell by the wayside when the justices heard about it in conference but refused to give it a further hearing. That was the same fate handed to a case brought by Leo Donofrio. Both challenged Obama on essentially the same issue: allegations that dual citizenship based on a father who was a British subject and a mother who was an American minor disqualified him for office.</p>
<p>Where&#8217;s the proof Barack Obama was born in the U.S. or that he fulfills the &quot;natural-born American&quot; clause in the Constitution? If you still want to see it, join more than 190,000 others and sign up now!</p>
<p>The high court previously turned down a request from Berg to stop the Electoral College from selecting the 44th president until Obama documents his eligibility for the office.</p>
<p>As WND has reported, more than a dozen lawsuits have been filed over Obama&#8217;s eligibility to assume the office of the president, many have been dismissed, while others remain pending.</p>
<p>The cases, in various ways, have alleged Obama does not meet the &quot;natural born citizen&quot; clause of the U.S. Constitution, Article 2, Section 1, which reads, &quot;No 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.&quot;</p>
<p>Some of the legal challenges have alleged Obama was not born in Hawaii, as he insists, but in Kenya. Obama&#8217;s American mother, the suits contend, was too young at the time of his birth to confer American citizenship to her son under the law at the time.</p>
<p>Other challenges have focused on Obama&#8217;s citizenship through his father, a Kenyan subject to the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom at the time of his birth, thus making him a dual citizen. Such cases contend the framers of the Constitution excluded dual citizens from qualifying as natural born.</p>
<p>Several details of Obama&#8217;s past have added twists to the question of his eligibility and citizenship, including his family&#8217;s move to Indonesia when he was a child, his travel to Pakistan in the &#8217;80s when such travel was forbidden to American citizens and conflicting reports from Obama&#8217;s family about his place of birth.</p>
<p>A partial listing and status update for several of the cases surrounding Obama&#8217;s eligibility to serve as president is below:</p>
<p>* Philip J. Berg, a Pennsylvania Democrat, demanded that the courts verify Obama&#8217;s original birth certificate and other documents proving his American citizenship. Supreme Court conferences on the case and its motions are scheduled Jan. 9 and 16.</p>
<p>* Leo Donofrio of New Jersey filed a lawsuit claiming Obama&#8217;s dual citizenship disqualified him from serving as president. His case was considered in conference by the U.S. Supreme Court but denied a full hearing.</p>
<p>* Cort Wrotnowski filed suit against Connecticut&#8217;s secretary of state, making a similar argument to Donofrio. His case was considered in conference by the U.S. Supreme Court, but was denied a full hearing.</p>
<p>* Former presidential candidate Alan Keyes headlines a list of people filing a suit in California, in a case handled by the United States Justice Foundation, that asks the secretary of state to refuse to allow the state&#8217;s 55 Electoral College votes to be cast in the 2008 presidential election until Obama verifies his eligibility to hold the office. The case is pending, and lawyers are seeking the public&#8217;s support.</p>
<p>* Chicago attorney Andy Martin sought legal action requiring Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle to release Obama&#8217;s vital statistics record. The case was dismissed by Hawaii Circuit Court Judge Bert Ayabe.</p>
<p>* Lt. Col. Donald Sullivan sought a temporary restraining order to stop the Electoral College vote in North Carolina until Barack Obama&#8217;s eligibility could be confirmed, alleging doubt about Obama&#8217;s citizenship. His case was denied.</p>
<p>* In Ohio, David M. Neal sued to force the secretary of state to request documents from the Federal Elections Commission, the Democratic National Committee, the Ohio Democratic Party and Obama to show the presidential candidate was born in Hawaii. The case was denied.</p>
<p>* In Washington state, Steven Marquis sued the secretary of state seeking a determination on Obama&#8217;s citizenship. The case was denied.</p>
<p>* In Georgia, Rev. Tom Terry asked the state Supreme Court to authenticate Obama&#8217;s birth certificate. His request for an injuction against Georgia&#8217;s secretary of state was denied by Georgia Superior Court Judge Jerry W. Baxter.</p>
<p>* California attorney Orly Taitz also has brought a complaint alleging Obama is not a &quot;natural born&quot; citizen and has written an open letter to the Supreme Court asking for the issue to be resolved.</p>
<p>Last month, WND reported the worries over a &quot;constitutional crisis&quot; that could be looming over the issue of Obama&#8217;s citizenship.</p>
<p>&quot;Should Senator Obama be discovered, after he takes office, to be ineligible for the Office of President of the United States of America and, thereby, his election declared void,&quot; argues the Alan Keyes case pending in California, &quot;Americans will suffer irreparable harm in that (a) usurper will be sitting as the President of the United States, and none of the treaties, laws, or executive orders signed by him will be valid or legal.&quot;</p>
<p>With such high stakes potentially at risk, WND earlier launched a letter campaign to contact Electoral College members and urge them to review the controversy.</p>
<p>That followed a campaign that sent more than 60,000 letters by overnight delivery to the U.S. Supreme Court when one case contesting Obama&#8217;s eligibility for the Oval Office was pending.</p>
<p>A separate petition, already signed by more than 190,000 also is ongoing asking authorities in the election to seek proof Obama was born in the U.S. or that he fulfills the &quot;natural-born American&quot; clause in the Constitution.</p>
<p>WND senior reporter Jerome Corsi had gone to both Kenya and Hawaii prior to the election to investigate issues surrounding Obama&#8217;s birth. But his research and discoveries only raised more questions.</p>
<p>The biggest question was why, if a Hawaii birth certificate exists as his campaign has stated, Obama hasn&#8217;t simply ordered it made available to settle the rumors. The image his campaign posted online has been rejected by critics since it is a &quot;certification of live birth,&quot; not a birth certificate, and under Hawaii law at the time such certifications were given to parents of children born outside the state.</p>
<p>The governor&#8217;s office in Hawaii said there is a valid certificate but rejected requests for access and left ambiguous its origin: Does the certificate on file with the Department of Health indicate a Hawaii birth or was it generated after the Obama family registered a Kenyan birth in Hawaii?</p>
<p>Obama&#8217;s half-sister, Maya Soetoro, has named two different Hawaii hospitals where Obama could have been born. There have been other allegations that Obama actually was born in Kenya during a time when his father was a British subject. At one point a Kenyan ambassador said Obama&#8217;s birthplace in Kenya already was being recognized.</p>
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&#34;Would            you rather have one tyrant 3,000 miles away or 3,000 tyrants one [...]]]></description>
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<p style="margin-top: -1px; margin-bottom: -1px;" align="left">
<p style="margin-top: -1px; margin-bottom: -1px;" align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&quot;Would            you rather have one tyrant 3,000 miles away or 3,000 tyrants one mile            away?&quot; Mel Gibson as Benjamin Martin, <em>The Patriot</em> </span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">This            is the latest on the Obama citizenship crisis and then some research            resources for you on major issues.</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">In            my last column, Part II, was devoted to the growing crisis over Barack            Hussein Obama refusing to prove he is a natural born citizen; <a href="http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd414.htm">see            here</a> . You can get involved with the effort to contact electoral            college delegates to stop their vote on December 15, 2008 <a href="http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd414.htm">by            clicking here</a> ; those links are identified as such.</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">New            developments</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><a href="http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&amp;pageId=80931">Dr.            Alan Keyes filed a lawsuit in California, November 14, 2008</a> : &#8216;Constitutional            crisis&#8217; looming over Obama&#8217;s birth location. Alan Keyes lawsuit warns            America may see &#8216;usurper&#8217; in Oval Office. &quot;The California secretary            of state should refuse to allow the state&#8217;s 55 Electoral College votes            to be cast in the 2008 presidential election until President-elect Barack            Obama verifies his eligibility to hold the office, alleges a California            court petition filed on behalf of former presidential candidate Alan            Keyes and others.&quot;</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><a href="http://www.blogtext.org/naturalborncitizen/">Let            me focus on Leo Donofrio&#8217;s lawsuit</a> which I covered in Part II of            my last column. Leo is asking you to please write a short letter to            Justice Clarence Thomas now that his case is docketed. You need only            ask Justice Thomas to hear Leo&#8217;s case on an expedited basis because            Obama&#8217;s refusal to prove he&#8217;s a natural born citizen is building into            a constitutional crisis that cannot be allowed to progress to the swearing            in process should the electoral college actually go ahead and vote him            in on December 15, 2008. Provide the case title and name: </span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Leo            C. Donofrio, v. Nina Mitchell Wells, Secretary of State of the State            of New Jersey<br />
United States Supreme Court Docket No. 08A407</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">The            Honorable Associate Justice Clarence Thomas<br />
United States Supreme Court<br />
One First Street, N.E.,<br />
Washington, D.C. 20543. </span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">I            have been exchanging emails with Leo and he continues to reinforce the            main issue of &#8216;natural born citizen&#8217;. His latest posting for your convenience:</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&quot;Barack            Obama&#8217;s official web site, Fight The Smears, admits he was a British            Citizen at birth. At the very bottom of the section of his web site            that shows an alleged official Certification Of Live Birth, the web            site lists the following information and link thereto: FactCheck.org            Clarifies Barack’s Citizenship</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">“When            Barack Obama Jr. was born on Aug. 4,1961, in Honolulu, Kenya was a British            colony, still part of the United Kingdom’s dwindling empire. As            a Kenyan native, Barack Obama Sr. was a British subject whose citizenship            status was governed by The British Nationality Act of 1948. That same            act governed the status of Obama Sr.‘s children.</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&quot;Since            Sen. Obama has neither renounced his U.S. citizenship nor sworn an oath            of allegiance to Kenya, his Kenyan citizenship automatically expired            on Aug. 4,1982.” That is a direct admission Barack Obama was a            British citizen &quot;at birth&quot;. </span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&quot;My            law suit argues that since Obama had dual citizenship &quot;at birth&quot;            and therefore split loyalties &quot;at birth&quot;, he is not a &quot;natural            born citizen&quot; of the United States. A &quot;natural born citizen&quot;            would have no other jurisdiction over him &quot;at birth&quot; other            than that of the United States. The Framers chose the words &quot;natural            born&quot; and those words cannot be ignored. The status referred to            in Article 2, Section 1, &quot;natural born citizen&quot;, pertains            to the status of the person&#8217;s citizenship &quot;at birth&quot;.</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&quot;The            other numerous law suits circling Obama to question his eligibility            fail to hit the mark on this issue. Since Obama was, &quot;at birth&quot;,            a British citizen, it is completely irrelevant, as to the issue of Constitutional            &quot;natural born citizen&quot; status, whether Obama was born in Hawaii            or abroad. Either way, he is not eligible to be President. Should Obama            produce an original birth certificate showing he was born in Hawaii,            it will not change the fact that Obama was a British citizen &quot;at            birth&quot;. </span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&quot;Obama            has admitted to being a British subject &quot;at birth&quot;. And as            will be made perfectly clear below, his being subject to British jurisdiction            &quot;at birth&quot; bars him from being eligible to be President of            the United States. </span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&quot;As            I have argued before the United States Supreme Court, the 14th Amendment            does not confer &quot;natural born citizen&quot; status anywhere in            its text. It simply states that a person born in the United States is            a &quot;Citizen&quot;, and only if he is &quot;subject to the jurisdiction&quot;            of the United States. </span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&quot;Article            2, Section 1, Clause 5 of the Constitution of the United States:</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&quot;No            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; neither shall any Person be eligible to that            Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years,            and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.&quot;</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&quot;The            most overlooked words in that section are: &quot;&#8230;or a Citizen of            the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution&#8230;&quot;            You must recall that most, if not all, of the framers of the Constitution            were, at birth, born as British subjects. </span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&quot;Stop            and think about that.</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&quot;The            chosen wording of the Framers here makes it clear that they had drawn            a distinction between themselves - persons born subject to British jurisdiction            - and &quot;natural born citizens&quot; who would not be born subject            to British jurisdiction or any other jurisdiction other than the United            States. And so the Framers grandfathered themselves into the Constitution            as being eligible to be President. But the grandfather clause only pertains            to any person who was a Citizen&#8230; at the time of the Adoption of this            Constitution. Obama was definitely not a Citizen at the time of the            adoption of the Constitution and so he is not grandfathered in.</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&quot;And            so, for Obama or anybody else to be eligible to be President, they must            be a &quot;natural born citizen&quot; of the United States &quot;at            birth&quot;. It should be obvious that the Framers intended to deny            the Presidency to anybody who was a British subject &quot;at birth&quot;.            If this had not been their intention, then they would not have needed            to include a grandfather clause which allowed the Framers themselves            to be President.</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&quot;If            you click through to Factcheck.org, a more detailed discussion as to            why Obama was a British citizen at birth explains the relevant statutes:</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&quot;When            Barack Obama Jr. was born on Aug. 4,1961, in Honolulu, Kenya was a British            colony, still part of the United Kingdom&#8217;s dwindling empire. As a Kenyan            native, Barack Obama Sr. was a British subject whose citizenship status            was governed by The British Nationality Act of 1948. That same act governed            the status of Obama Sr.&#8217;s children:</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&quot;British            Nationality Act of 1948 (Part II, Section 5): Subject to the provisions            of this section, a person born after the commencement of this Act shall            be a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by descent if his father            is a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies at the time of the birth.</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&quot;In            other words, at the time of his birth, Barack Obama Jr. was both a U.S.            citizen (by virtue of being born in Hawaii) and a citizen of the United            Kingdom and Colonies (or the UKC) by virtue of being born to a father            who was a citizen of the UKC.&#8217; &quot;</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&quot;The            article goes on to state that Obama&#8217;s British citizenship was transferred            to Kenya as Kenya became independent from the UK and that Obama&#8217;s Kenyan            citizenship expired when he turned 21 years old. But none of that is            relevant since the Constitution requires that every President be a &quot;natural            born citizen&quot;. The word &quot;born&quot; is proof positive that            the status must be present &quot;at birth&quot;. If this were not the            case, then, as stated above, the Framers would not have needed to put            in a grandfather clause. </span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&quot;The            Framers recognized that even they were not &quot;natural born citizens&quot;            and so they wrote the grandfather clause in to allow any of them to            become President. But the grandfather clause only pertains to those            who were Citizens at the time of the Constitution&#8217;s adoption. And so,            Barack Obama is not a &quot;natural born citizen&quot; of the United            States and neither is John McCain who was born in Panama, and neither            is Roger Calero who was born in Nicaragua.&quot;</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">All            of Leo&#8217;s court filings are posted on his site. Barack Hussein Obama is a &#8216;creation.&#8217; He has had so many names,            no one can keep track of his real history. He refuses to release his            records for Harvard and Columbia. It has been reported that Obama attended            Harvard under a foreign student classification and that is the reason            he refuses to open his records. An individual obtained Obama&#8217;s SS registration            form (selective service); <a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com/">click            here and scroll down until you see the form</a> . </span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Obama            reportedly traveled to Pakistan in 1980 and 1981 using an Indonesian            passport. I am working on getting documentation on that.</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><a href="http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/07/atlas-exclusive.html">This            web site presents the final, very technical report</a> on the document            produced by the Obama people in June. After studying the credentials            of the individual and the analysis, I feel the case has been made the            Certificate of Live Birth released by Obama&#8217;s camp is a forgery.</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Barack            Hussein Obama, aka Barry Soetoro, aka Barry Obama, aka Barack Dunham,            aka Barry Dunham is simply an empty husk delivered up as the messiah            and answer to America&#8217;s problems when he&#8217;s nothing but a fake and a            devout Marxist. If this constitutional issue isn&#8217;t decided by either            the courts or the electoral college on December 15, 2008, and Obama            is sworn in, when the truth does come out, and it will, we will truly            have a mess of monumental proportions. Even a pro-abortion supporter            (<a href="http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=813996">who            calls abortion murder</a> ) of Obama is <a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/paglia/2008/11/12/palin/">now            questioning why won&#8217;t Obama produce a real, legal document</a> ?</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&quot;In            the closing weeks of the election, however, I became increasingly disturbed            by the mainstream media&#8217;s avoidance of forthright dealing with several            controversies that had been dogging Obama &#8212; even as every flimsy rumor            about Sarah Palin was being trumpeted as if it were engraved in stone            on Mount Sinai. For example, I had thought for many months that the            flap over Obama&#8217;s birth certificate was a tempest in a teapot. But simple            questions about the certificate were never resolved to my satisfaction.            Thanks to their own blathering, fanatical overkill, of course, the right-wing            challenges to the birth certificate never gained traction.</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">&quot;But            Obama could have ended the entire matter months ago by publicly requesting            Hawaii to issue a fresh, long-form, stamped certificate and inviting            a few high profile reporters in to examine the document and photograph            it. (The campaign did make the &quot;short-form&quot; certificate available            to Factcheck.org, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at            the University of Pennsylvania.) And why has Obama not made his university            records or thesis work widely available? The passivity of the press            toward Bush administration propaganda about weapons of mass destruction            led the nation into the costly blunder of the Iraq war. We don&#8217;t need            another presidency that finds it all too easy to rely on evasion or            stonewalling. I deeply admire Obama, but as a voter I don&#8217;t like feeling            gamed or played.&quot;</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">What            Congress and the media won&#8217;t tell you</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">My            incoming email is simply more than one person can handle; I can&#8217;t answer            all the questions coming in on issues like social security, the IRS            and so many more. This is column number 415 for NWVs. I have written            thousands in almost 20 years; a huge number of them are on my CD. By the time this column is posted, I&#8217;ll be well on my way            to the West coast. God willing, I will return home to West Texas around            December 3, 2008. Because I won&#8217;t have a column for a couple of weeks,            what I&#8217;ve done is take a half dozen of the biggest issues like health            care and put together a compilation of columns. That way, in your spare            time (no chuckling, please), you can use these references for research            and get the truth. </span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Also,            many of my columns as well as Dr. Edwin Vieria and others are available            for free on audio on my web site.  You can listen on your computer while doing things around            the house or download to your IPod or a CD and listen while driving            or on the commute train or plane. Additionally, I have a limited selection            of must view videos on my web site. Please feel free to also download            those and get them out to family, colleagues and friends. <a href="http://www.devvy.com/videos.html">Click            here</a> .</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">America            is not a democracy. Popular web sites and &quot;progressive&quot; sites            all push for the destruction of this country when they chirp &quot;Our            democracy!&quot; America&#8217;s legal form of government is a constitutional            republic. <a href="http://www.devvy.com/pdf/larosa/larosa_democracy_or_republic.pdf">Please            learn the difference and stop supporting mob rule</a> . Fisher Ames,            a founding father said: &quot;A democracy is a volcano which conceals            the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption            and carry desolation in their way.&quot; Benjamin Rush said: &quot;A            simple democracy is the devil&#8217;s own government.&quot; John Adams said:            &quot;Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts,            and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit            suicide.&quot;</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">What            can I do? is the common question. The ballot box is dead, this last            election proves it beyond any doubt. The same Congress, with a whopping            17 &quot;new&quot; faces, will go back in in less than two months. Come            January, our thrust has to be to the states as I have written about            and an all out, constant assault (not violence) on the U.S. Congress.            There is no other way until the final break down, and then no one can&#8217;t            say we the people didn&#8217;t do everything the right way first.</span> <a href="mailto:newsforyou-list-subscribe@newswithviews.com"><br />
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<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">As            my regular readers know, but perhaps not new readers, I always provide            my source reference material. At the end of my columns are additional            resources. Over almost 20 years I have learned from warriors; experts            in their respective fields on all these issues. Because time is so short,            I have made every effort to get the most credible and legally factual            information available for you to get the truth. Unless we&#8217;re all on            the same LEGAL battlefield, Americans will continue to demand more failure            instead of the constitutional solutions that held us true for so long            &#8212; until the special interest groups began purchasing the favors of            Congress about a half century ago. We are now at the end of all the            corruption as the system has rotted to near extinction.</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><a href="http://devvy.net/pdf/nov08/issues_columns.html">That            compilation file is here</a> .</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Here&#8217;s            one more for the day. Obama&#8217;s &quot;home&quot; state is Illinois. The            &#8216;Pick 3&#8242; for the Illinois State Lottery on election night: 666. </span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><strong>Links:</strong> </span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><a href="http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd364.htm">How            do I make a difference</a> ?</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><a href="http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd359.htm">Do            you have a plan?</a> (Personal)</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">I            forgot to add one thing in that column. Everyone has seen people standing            in front of what used to be their home when disasters hit. These folks            are crying because, not only have their homes been destroyed, their            treasured family photos with so many memories got burned up or destroyed            in a hurricane or tornado. Scan all your favorite family pictures onto            your computer and burn them onto a CD. Put that CD in a small fireproof            safe in your home (best place is a floor safe in the closet). That way,            if you have to evacuate in a hurry, when you return, your valuables            and those pictures of your loved ones will be preserved.</span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><a href="http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd360.htm">Do            you have a plan for freedom</a> ? </span></p>
<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><a href="http://www.devvy.com/fes_20020710.html">This            is what happens when the mob takes over</a> </span></p>
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