Punctuation was not standardized at the time the Constitution was written.
Spelling was not standardized at this time either, not that it has been called into question at this time, it will probably be next in an effort to legitimize* the bamaster.
If people are grasping at commas in an effort to legitimize Obama, his support fgr his case must be disappearing. A comma being smaller than a piece of straw, so this indicates some real weakness.
* The term legitimize refers only to his citizenship status because there is NFW he can change the fact that his parents were not married.
Does a COMMA make Barack Obama eligible, as a citizen, to run for President?
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Article II Section I clause 5 of the Constitution of the United States of America:
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.
a natural born citizen, ...OR...a citizen of the United States (COMMA) at the time of the adoption of this Constitution...
A comma is a punctuation mark used to separate clauses.
Does the indicated comma mean that only non natural born citizens in 1787 are eligible, or does it separate individual clauses "or a citizen" separated from "at the time"?
For Obama to be ineligible, would not the comma have to be omitted to read:
"or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution..."?
To ME, it sounds as if either a natural born citizen OR a citizen is eligible. Far be it from me to correct James Madison...lol.
Either way, who says punctuation is not important?
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.
a natural born citizen, ...OR...a citizen of the United States (COMMA) at the time of the adoption of this Constitution...
A comma is a punctuation mark used to separate clauses.
Does the indicated comma mean that only non natural born citizens in 1787 are eligible, or does it separate individual clauses "or a citizen" separated from "at the time"?
For Obama to be ineligible, would not the comma have to be omitted to read:
"or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution..."?
To ME, it sounds as if either a natural born citizen OR a citizen is eligible. Far be it from me to correct James Madison...lol.
Either way, who says punctuation is not important?
Top Opinion
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Red Branch 2012/04/13 16:18:31
"or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution..."?" Carol didn't call YOU a birther either; show me where she did. Unless one doesn't believe that Obama was born in Hawaii, the comma has nothing to do with the president's eligibility.
Carol did not call YOU anything. You did, however, say "Carol is a buzz word for lazy and illiterate". I already read everything, before I commented, and you have changed something in the text; "To ME, it sounds as if either a natural born citizen OR a citizen is eligible". That wasn't there before, and baiting people just to insult them is something that must be "fun" for you?
You still haven't shown me where Carol insulted you, or called YOU anything.
At least ONE parent MUST be a United States Citizen to become President
NOR would the REAL OLD SALT allow his body to reduce its physical appearance to admit his overwhelming fat was simply.... "Love Handles!"
He doesn't bother me at all! Don't let him bug any on you! :)
OLD SALT!
There you are love ♥
You had me worried there !! LOL :)
watermelon on your head and your a pussy !!
Either way Obama does not qualify as his daddy was a British subject and not an American citizen.
•Only native-born U.S. citizens (or those born abroad, but only to parents who were both citizens of the U.S.) may be president of the United States, though from time to time that requirement is called into question, most recently after Arnold Schwarzenegger, born in Austria, was elected governor of California, in 2003. The Constitution originally provided a small loophole to this provision: One needn't have been born in the United States but had to be a citizen at the time the Constitution was adopted. But, since that occurred in 1789, that ship has sailed.
here he states he is not an American citizen and he was born in Kenya.. his wife also supports that ...
http://www.bostonherald.com/n...
or http://capoliticalnews.com/20...
or http://www.washingtonpost.com... , not mosques... christian et al churches ...
etc etc
Spelling was not standardized at this time either, not that it has been called into question at this time, it will probably be next in an effort to legitimize* the bamaster.
If people are grasping at commas in an effort to legitimize Obama, his support fgr his case must be disappearing. A comma being smaller than a piece of straw, so this indicates some real weakness.
* The term legitimize refers only to his citizenship status because there is NFW he can change the fact that his parents were not married.
If one seeks to determine the intent of the Constitution, you need to look in the Federalist Papers or the minutes of the Convention and the notes of the members taken during the same problem.