Liberty Maven

When I first started writing on the constitutional eligibility of both Barack Obama and John McCain after the conventions, I thought the issue would be quickly silenced.  Forgive my chuckling and a cheer as the forces of the Constitution continue their valiant charge for that “damn piece of paper.”

by Jake, the Champion of the Constitution
Originally published December 7, 2008 at http://www.nolanchart.com/article5606.html

WASHINGTON, DC, DECEMBER 8 – All eyes from the Democratic National Party, and many others from around the nation focused for a moment on the Supreme Court, which has just decided that they would not hear the lawsuit Donofrio vs. Wells, which alleges Obama is not constitutionally eligible to be president per the Washington Post.   A request had been made to postpone the Electoral College vote set for December 15 so that the case could have been heard.

[12/09/08 RETRACTION:  Previously, this article claimed that attorney Leo Donofrio of New Jersey would appear at the WTP press conference as per their WTP website and letter below.  Mr. Donofrio replied writing, "Please correct your story. I am Leo Donofrio and I have nothing to do with the National Press Club event tomorrow. Nobody will represent my case there, and I am not involved with the others who have brought suits."  It appears his name was used by the WTP without his permission.  His website is here, although I profess I cannot check it from where I live in China due to firewall issues.  My humblest apologies to Mr. Donofrio and all. ]

A group known as the We The People Foundation held a separate press conference this afternoon, and may have had another two attorneys present (Attorneys Philip Berg (PA) and Orly Taitz (CA)) to issue statements summarizing their arguments and path forward.  There are at least 10 other lawsuits in various stages filed in other states.  WTP issued their statement today, outlining their next steps.  (Photo link)

WTP paid for a scathing full-page open letter ad that ran in Obama’s hometown newspaper, the Chicago Tribune, on two days last week. WTP has sent five (5) public open letters in November to President-elect Obama requesting he immediately release his birth certificate for examination by a team of forensic experts. At the top of the WTP website is a great shot contrasting his “birth certificate” with his “birth certification.”

The Washington Times published an article December 5 titled “An Imposter in the White House?“, complete with a shifty-looking picture of Obama.

The troublesome text from Section 1 of the Constitution is:

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.

I enjoyed reading WTP’s letter (sorry, cackling in glee is in truth more apt), and have made the point in this column previously that if Obama does not address this, he will consistently be labeled an usurper for his entire reign, a la Bush-Gore 2000, only much worse since he is clearly at fault.  Here it is in full:

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Dear Mr. Obama:

Representing thousands of responsible American citizens who have also taken an oath to defend the Constitution of the United States of America, I am duty bound to call on you to remedy an apparent violation of the Constitution.

Compelling evidence supports the claim that you are barred from holding the Office of President by the “natural born citizen” clause of the U.S. Constitution. For instance:

• You have posted on the Internet an unsigned, forged and thoroughly discredited, computer-generated birth form created in 2007, a form that lacks vital information found on any original, hand signed Certificate of Live Birth, such as hospital address, signature of attending physician and age of mother.
• Hawaii Dept of Health will not confirm your assertion that you were born in Hawaii.
• Legal affidavits state you were born in Kenya.
• Your grandmother is recorded on tape saying she attended your birth in Kenya.
• U.S. Law in effect in 1961 denied U.S. citizenship to any child born in Kenya if the father was Kenyan and the mother was not yet 19 years of age.
• In 1965, your mother legally relinquished whatever Kenyan or U.S. citizenship she and you had by marrying an Indonesian and becoming a naturalized Indonesian citizen.

You have repeatedly refused to provide evidence of your eligibility when challenged to do so in a number of recent lawsuits. Instead, you have been successful in having judges declare that they are powerless to order you to prove your eligibility to assume the Office of President.  (Obama photo from bbsrock license source)

Incredibly, the judge in Hawaii actually said it would be an invasion of your privacy for him to order access to your original birth certificate in order to prove your eligibility to hold the Office of President.

Before you can legitimately exercise any of the powers of the President you must meet all the criteria for eligibility established by the Constitution. You are under a moral, legal, and fiduciary duty to proffer such evidence. Should you assume the office as anyone but a bona fide natural born citizen of the United States who has not relinquished that citizenship, you would be inviting a national crisis that would undermine the domestic peace and stability of the Nation. For example:

• You would always be viewed by many Americans as a poseur – a usurper.
• As a usurper, you would be unable to take the required “Oath or Affirmation” on January 20 without committing the crime of perjury or false swearing, for being ineligible you cannot faithfully execute the Office of the President of the United States.
• You would be entitled to no allegiance, obedience or support from the People.
• The Armed Forces would be under no legal obligation to remain obedient to you.
• No civilian in the Executive Branch would be required to obey any of your proclamations, Executive Orders or directives, as such orders would be legally void.
• Your appointments of Judges to the Supreme Court would be void.
• Congress would not be able to pass any needed legislation because it would not be able to acquire the signature of a bona fide President.
• Congress would be unable to remove you, a usurper, from the Office of the President on Impeachment, inviting certain political chaos including a potential for armed conflicts within the General Government or among the States and the People to effect the removal of such a usurper.

In consideration of the escalating constitutional crisis brought on by the total lack of evidence needed to conclusively establish your eligibility, I am compelled to serve you with this First Amendment Petition for a Redress of this violation of the Constitution.

With all due respect, I ask that you immediately direct the appropriate Hawaiian officials to allow access to the vault copy of your birth certificate by our forensic scientists on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, December 5, 6 and 7, 2008.

In addition, I ask that you deliver the following documentary evidence to the National Press Club in Washington DC by 10 am on December 8, 2008, marked for my attention:

• A certified copy of your original, signed “vault” birth certificate.
• Certified copies of your reissued and sealed birth certificates in the names Barack Hussein Obama, Barry Soetoro, Barry Obama, Barack Dunham and Barry Dunham.
• A certified copy of your Certification of Citizenship.
• A certified copy of your Oath of Allegiance taken upon age of maturity.
• Certified copies of your admission forms for Occidental College,
• Columbia University and Harvard Law School.
• Certified copies of any legal documents changing your name.

Each member of the Electoral College, who is committed to casting a vote on December 15, 2008, has a constitutional duty to make certain you are a natural-born citizen. As of today, there is no evidence in the public record (nor have you provided any) that defeats the claim that you are barred by law from assuming the Office of President because you fail the Constitution’s eligibility requirements.

All state Electors are now on Notice that unless you provide documentary evidence before December 15, that conclusively establishes your eligibility, they cannot cast a vote for you without committing treason to the Constitution.

“In a government of laws, the existence of the government will be imperiled if it fails to observe the law scrupulously. Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.” Olmstead v. U.S., 277 U.S. 438

Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in this urgent matter.

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FreeRepublic.com has call-in numbers for all of Hawaii’s hospitals, and claims to have called each one and been told by each that Obama was not born there, nor did his mother ever visit. Now, I am certainly not a “right-winger,” and Philip Berg, the attorney that started this whole circus, is a politically-active Democrat (until he started this lawsuit, that is!). I would still raise these questions even if it was an individual I liked, but geez, tonight I may have to laugh myself to sleep.

Back to my bold title, which I thought about in September but did not wish to publish since it seemed so far-fetched at the time. If Obama is ruled constitutionally ineligible, it does seems likely Joey Biden will be selected by the Electoral College. Perhaps Obama would be eligible to be his VP. This would be an utter irony since Joey was destroyed early in the Democratic primaries by the lawyers three – Obama, Clinton, and Edwards.

In conclusion, Obama certainly appears as if he is hiding the truth from us; he is on trial for no crime, but to prove his qualification to be President, which is the responsibility of each individual aspiring to this office. His lack of cooperation proves this man will treat the Constitution with the same disrespect as Bush.  When Obama opens his mouth to start stating the oath without proving he is eligible, he will be a fraud for the rest of his life in my eyes, edging out George W. Bush for the new all-time record.

For more depth on this issue, I recommend reading my last update “Can Barack Obama Be President? – THE SAGA CONTINUES! (10/29 Update)“.

In memory of the deaths on Pearl Harbor Day, the start of the last American war that was legal and just per the Constitution. What an interesting “damn piece of paper”!

Jake, the Champion of the Constitution

www.CampaignForLiberty.com [Reach the Author Here!]

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We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

As always, unlike the NFL, the author grants full permission to allow any accounts of, rebroadcasts, retransmissions, repostings in part or full of this article to your blog or anywhere else in order to promote the Restoration of our Republic.

Veritas numquam perit. Veritas odit moras. Veritas vincit. Truth never perishes. Truth hates delay. Truth conquers.

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Summary of Articles for Jake, the Champion of the Constitution (12/03/2008)

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The “Deep Fry The Barackcuda” Series

1. Barack Obama – America’s Half-Blood Prince
2. Can Barack Obama Be President? – THE SAGA CONTINUES! (10/29 Update)
3. Is Barack Obama “The One”?
4. THE SAGA CONTINUES – John McCain and Barack Obama – Can They Even BE President?
5. A Speech Barack Obama Could Give to Win the Presidency, Ron Paul, and Carroll Quigley’s “Tragedy and Hope”
6. John McCain and Barack Obama – Can They Even BE President?
7. Utter Chaos in Afghanistan and Pakistan as Barack Obama Sanctions Preemptive War
8. US Military Draft Creeps Closer – Ron Paul and I Defy Senators “Barackcuda” Obama and “Just-Bomb-It” McCain

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