Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Excerpt from: "Congress Attempted to Remove ‘Natural Born Citizen’ Requirement" - Vision to America

There were eight attempts by members of Congress during the years Barack Obama was developing a power base and running for president to remove the Constitution’s requirement that a president be a “natural-born citizen,” suggesting an organized strategy, according to a new video.
Documentation for this video comes from a variety of congressional records showing that beginning June 11, 2003, and continuing through the most recent effort, Feb. 28, 2008, there were eight proposals targeting that constitutional requirement.
It outlines the specifics:
  • June 11, 2003, Rep. Vic Snyder, D-Ark., brought HJR 59. It was intended to “permit persons who are not natural born citizens of the United States, but who have been citizens of the United States for at least 35 years, to be eligible to hold the offices of president and vice president.”
  • Sept. 3, 2003, Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., brought HJR67, which would have done the same as Snyder’s, only the requirement to be a citizen was lowered to 20 years.
  • Feb. 25, 2004, Sen. Don Nickles, R-Okla., brought S.B. 2128 to “try to counter the growing Democrat onslaught aimed at removing the natural born citizen requirement.” But it defined NBC as someone who was born in and is subject to the United States,” which was not the understanding of the framers of the Constitution.
  • Sept. 15, 2004, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif., brought HJR 104, “to make eligible for the office of president a person who is not a natural born citizen of the United States but has been a United States citizen for at least 20 years.
  • Jan. 4, 2005, Conyers, D-Mich., HJR2, the same as Rohrabacher’s.
  • Feb. 1, 2005, HJR15, Rohrabacher, to require only 20 years citizenship to be eligible for the office of president.
  • April 14, 2005, Snyder, HJR42, requiring 35 years’ citizenship.
  • Feb. 28, 2008, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., tried to attach to SB 2678, Children of Military Families Natural Born Citizen Act, an amendment clarifying what “natural-born citizen” includes. Obama and then-Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., were sponsors.

Read more: Congress Attempted to Remove ‘Natural Born Citizen’ Requirement | Vision to America http://visiontoamerica.org/2054/congress-attempted-to-remove-natural-born-citizen-requirement/#ixzz1RKxRLLI

" Sneak attacks against our Constitution ?!!  Everything is unraveling !???? Have The protections that were laid in place by the founding fathers of this sovereign country called the United States of America finally become obsolete? Who is to say? Only a handful of people seem to make the decisions in this case, at least a handful in comparison to the numbers involved regarding the general population. This question should be brought before US, THE PEOPLE, NOT Those few sitting on their duffs in the White-House.
Apathy is our worst enemy in this case. I have heard of keeping your enemies closer than your friends, but I NEVER heard of letting them rule the roost!!!" - Gennai 

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