Obama Citizenship Proof May Be Required

An article on the Freedom’s Phoenix web page stated:

“Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) Justice David Souter has agreed that a review of the federal lawsuit filed by attorney Phil Berg against Barack Hussein Obama II, et al., which was subsequently dismissed for lack of standing is warranted. SCOTUS Docket No. 08-570 contains the details.”

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Feature-Article.htm?InfoNo=041441

In an action entitled:  Philip J. Berg, Petitioner v. Barack Obama, et al. (SCOTUS Docket No. 08-570), a petition for a Writ of Certiorari was filed with the Supreme Court on October 30, 2008. The Supreme Court response is due December 1, 2008.

The Freedom’s Phoenix article further stated:

 “A review of that docket and the Rule 10 of the Supreme Court makes abundantly clear that Justice Souter's granting of a review on the Writ of Certiorari is not a right entitled to citizen Phil Berg, but rather is a matter of judicial discretion based upon a compelling reason. That compelling reason is the Constitutional requirement that "No person except a natural born citizen ... shall be eligible to the office of President..."

What this means is that on or before 1 December 2008 Barack Hussein Obama II must respond to the writ of certiorari, and since the Berg v Obama case hinged primarily on the question of Obama's place of birth, it is almost inconceivable that Barack Obama will thumb his nose at the Justices of the Supreme Court and he is absolutely compelled to provide a vault copy his original birth certificate.”

Some of the unanswered issues hanging over the head of President-elect Barack Obama include:

• The allegation that Obama was born in Kenya to parents unable to automatically grant him American citizenship;
• The allegation that Obama was made a citizen of Indonesia as a child and that he retained foreign citizenship into adulthood without recording an oath of allegiance to regain any theoretical American citizenship;
• The allegation that Obama's birth certificate was a forgery and that he may not be an eligible, natural-born citizen;
• The allegation that Obama was not born an American citizen; lost any hypothetical American citizenship he had as a child; that Obama may not now be an American citizen and even if he is, may hold dual citizenships with other countries. If any, much less all, of these allegations are true, the suit claims, Obama cannot constitutionally serve as president.
• The allegations that "Obama's grandmother on his father's side, half brother and half sister claim Obama was born in Kenya," the suit states."  Reports reflect Obama's mother went to Kenya during her pregnancy; however, she was prevented from boarding a flight from Kenya to Hawaii at her late stage of pregnancy, which apparently was a normal restriction to avoid births during a flight. Stanley Ann Dunham (Obama) gave birth to Obama in Kenya , after which she flew to Hawaii and registered Obama's birth."

Prior to being allowed to serve in the United States Navy, I was required to show proof of citizenship. How can we let a person serve as Commander in Chief of the United States military do less?

Obama must be required to ante up a valid birth certificate to prove his right to fill the office of President of the United States.

Section 1, paragraph 5 of the U.S. Constitution states:

“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.”

Therefore three requirements of eligibility to be elected President are listed:

• Natural born citizen
• Attained to the age of thirty five years
• Fourteen years a resident within the United States

Obama meets the last two requirements, but his proof that he is a natural born citizen is currently lacking.

Failure to satisfactorily submit such proof should, if he is actually allowed to take the oath of office, and later proven to have lied or submitted fraudulent evidence of his birth, should subject Obama to prosecution under the High Crimes and Misdemeanors clause of Article 2, section 4 of the U.S. Constitution.

Senator Crapo replied to an inquiry about Obama's citizenship (or lack of it):

". . . about the eligibility of President-elect Barack Obama (D-Illinois) and Senator John McCain (R-Arizona) for the office of President of the United States. Having confidence in the electoral process and our public officials is critical to maintaining public confidence in our democracy. As such, the voters must be confident in the integrity of the electoral process and our electoral institutions.

The Constitution and federal law require that, among other things, only native-born U.S. citizens (or those born abroad, but only to parents who were both American citizens) may be President of the United States. In President-elect Obama's case, some individuals have filed lawsuits in state and federal courts alleging that he has not proven that he is an American citizen, but each of those lawsuits have been dismissed. Furthermore, both the Director of Hawaii's Department of Health and the state's Registrar of Vital Statistics recently confirmed that Mr. Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on August 4, 1961 and, as such, meets the constitutional citizenship requirements for the presidency. If contrary documentation is produced and verified, this matter will necessarily be resolved by the judicial branch of our government under the Constitution."

In my reply to Senator Crapo, I said, "You stated that, "As such, the voters must be confident in the integrity of the electoral process and our electoral institutions." I think a more accurate statement would be, ". . . voters should be confident . . ." We are not confident in the electoral process, however because of too many violations of ethical and moral guidelines from the days in which a handshake was a gentleman's bond. Such is no longer the case! Obama has made far too many statements later proven patently false to believe him without solid proof.

As a citizen, I must respect the office of the President, but do not have to respect the individual filling that office.

Elected legislators must begin to realize that they will have to earn the trust of the American public they represent. Simply asserting that something should be true does not make it so. I am tired of the rhetoric that passes for ethics today without substance.

With the corruption of judges and the judicial process, a great gap of veracity exists in my mind and the mind of many of my friends about Obama's citizenship. It has not been proven to the satisfaction of many Americans.

An interesting 90 minute blog radio show (at http://politicalpistachio.blogspot.com/2008/11/why-is-obamas-birth-certificate-still.html) discussed this lack of proof in much more detail even than this blog.