• About

The Radio Patriot

~ Because I have so many words…

The Radio Patriot

Daily Archives: August 1, 2012,

Marco Rubio simply is not Constitutionally eligible. And he knows it.

01 Wednesday Aug 2012

Posted by Radiopatriot in American Spirit

≈ 3 Comments

Tags

Bobby Jindal, Constitution, constitutional principles, constitutional scholars, fourteenth amendment, Fred Thompson, Law & Order, Marco Rubio, Mario Apuzzo, Mitt Romney

Law & Order actor (and former presidential candidate) Fred Thompson apparently needs schooling on what exactly is meant by the term “natural born citizen” as written in our Constitution. 

Even Senator Marco Rubio has been educated on the matter by several Constitutional scholars.  This I know for certain as many have told me, and I suspect that fact might be a HUGE consideration as to why Rubio continues to demur from suggestions that he be chosen by presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney. (This despite polls that show a majority of folks who identify themselves as tea partiers  — people who claim to want our government to return to its constitutional principles and should know better — want Rubio to be Romney’s VP. Go figure.)

Are they deliberately ignoring Article 2 Section 1 Clause 5 or is it lack of education on the fundamentals of the Constitution that lead so many  — including “tea party” citizens — to think men like Rubio and Jindal are eligible to be a heartbeat away from the presidency.

So attorney Mario Apuzzo, an expert in such matters, spent quite a bit of time educating the Law & Order actor. (Is anyone catching the inference?  Law and Order?)

Attorney Apuzzo’s explanation is detailed, comprehensive, scholarly and somewhat lengthy, and you can read the entire text of it here.

But for our purposes, I’ll cut to the chase with the final paragraphs that summarize Apuzzo’s argument for the actor Fred Thompson:

So, Minor confirmed the original definition of a “natural born Citizen” used by the Founders and Framers. That definition is a child born in a country to parents who are “citizens” of that country at the time of the child’s birth. To date, that definition has not been changed, not even by the Fourteenth Amendment (only defines a “citizen of the United States) or U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark (construing the Fourteenth Amendment, only defined a “citizen of the United States”). Any other U.S. “citizen” is a “citizen of the United States” under the Fourteenth Amendment, Act of Congress, or treaty. So, today, a “natural born Citizen” is still a child born in the United States to parents who were “citizens” at the time of the child’s birth. That definition continues to be the supreme law of the land until changed by constitutional amendment.

Barack Obama, Marco Rubio, and Bobby Jindal were all not born to U.S. “citizen” parents (“natural born Citizens” or “citizens of the United States” at birth or after birth) at the time of their birth. Being born to just one U.S. “citizen” parent (Obama’s birth circumstance) is not sufficient because the child inherits through jus sanguinis from the one non-U.S. citizen parent a foreign allegiance and citizenship just as strong as if born to two non-U.S. “citizen” parents. Hence, Obama, Rubio, and Jindal are all not “natural born Citizens.” Rubio and Jindal, being born in the United States and “subject to the jurisdiction thereof,” are “citizens of the United States” under the Fourteenth Amendment. If Obama was born in Hawaii, he too is a “citizen of the United States” under the Fourteenth Amendment. But what this means is that since Obama, Rubio, and Jindal are neither Article II “natural born Citizens” nor “Citizens of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution” they are not eligible to be President and Commander in Chief of the Military or Vice-President.

Mario Apuzzo, Esq.
July 31, 2012

You can be assured that if Rubio is chosen by Romney to be his running mate, there’ll be such a hew and cry (translation: “stink”) about it, they will regret ever having made the move. I can guarantee it. And it will cost them precious votes from the constitutional conservatives who should be the most motivated voters of all.

***

***

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Email
  • Print
  • More
  • Reddit

Like this:

Like Loading...
← Older posts

Email Subscription

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 5,704 other subscribers

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

In the Twitterworld

Follow @RadioPatriot

Body of Work

August 2012
S M T W T F S
 1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031  
« Jul   Sep »
wordpress stat

Andrea King

Andrea King

Recent Posts

  • We’ve been told why…
  • Totally predictable
  • Georgia Republican primary results
  • Kash Patel: Jake Sullivan should be prosecuted
  • Day 7 Sussman Trial
  • Tucker Carlson “This should make you nervous”
  • Meet all 3,800 graduates of Klaus Schwab’s globalist WEF education programs by name – The Rio Times
  • Maniacal maniac.
  • Diabolical
  • Let’s Celebrate America
  • We Are Americans!
  • Clip from “The Trump I know”
  • Kash not too concerned about selected jurors
  • It’s Showtime!
  • The bait.

Top Clicks

  • dinesh.locals.com/?showPo…
  • riotimesonline.com/brazil…
  • dropbox.com/s/1ezk41bmo3s…
  • vancouvertimes.org/vp-of-…
  • facebook.com/andrea.king.…

Follow me at Facebook

Follow me at Facebook

Categories

Sitemeter

Site Meter

Powered by WordPress.com.

 

Loading Comments...
 

    loading Cancel
    Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
    Email check failed, please try again
    Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.
    %d bloggers like this: