Question on Obama's Citizenship?

You need to brush up on your Constitution a little bit. The Fourteenth Amendment states "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States." Clearly, someone born in the U.S. (i.e., President-Elect Obama in the State of Hawaii) is a U.S. citizen, end of story. The US Supreme Court already has ruled on the issue of whether a son of a foreigner born in the US is a citizen, 110 years ago. I recommend reading United States v. Wong Kim Ark, 169 US 649 (1898). It really drives a nail into the coffin of this whole President-Elect Obama isn't a citizen because of his Kenyan father bit. Can we get on with some real issues now?

Sorry, but your post just shows a lack of knowledge of Constitutional law and U.S. Government. As you admit, Obama was born in Hawaii to an American mother. Thus, he is a natural born American Citizen. Just because his father had British nationality doesn't change that fact. Your so-called definition is not endorsed by the Supreme Court, and the last time I checked, they are the final arbiters of what the Constitution actually means.

hey , nothing in the constitution about " the father also a US Citizen".

Feel like a retard for not actually having read the constitution? You should.

add: LOL! NEITHER of Obama's parents would need to be citizens of the USA for him to be a natural born citizen with the birthplace Hawaii in 1961. The term natural born citizen is undefined in the consitution.

So.. you are trying to show how stupid you are, right? This is a joke, right?

I'm sorry to disappoint you but President Elect Barack Obama was born in Hawaii..

A birth announcement in the newspaper has been found on the a Aug. 4, 1961 edition of the Honolulu local newspaper..

Here is a scan of the paper:

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Here’s the full-page wider angle:

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He was born in Hawaii, which is part of the United States.

Why in the world would people think the U.S. Supreme Court, who gave the 2000 election to Bush, would now be biased in favor of Obama? Think about it.

"Barack Obama is, in fact, a natural-born citizen of the United States, for the simple reason that he was born on American soil (in Hawaii, two years after it acquired statehood). The age and citizenship status of Obama's parents at the time have no bearing on Obama's own citizenship.

Any confusion on this point is the result of misunderstanding the legal concepts of jus sanguinis (right of blood) and jus soli (right of birthplace). Here's how the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service explains the difference:

The 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees citizenship at birth to almost all individuals born in the United States or in U.S. jurisdictions, according to the principle of jus soli. Certain individuals born in the United States, such as children of foreign heads of state or children of foreign diplomats, do not obtain U.S. citizenship under jus soli.

Certain individuals born outside of the United States are born citizens because of their parents, according to the principle of jus sanguinis (which holds that the country of citizenship of a child is the same as that of his / her parents)."

Apparently, the Supreme Court does not think that Donofrio's claim is important enough for them to listen to. Time to move on. No court will overturn the American people's will in a election without criminal intent.

The interesting thing I noticed in YOUR interpretation of Article 2, Clause 5, is that no where in the Constitution does it say the word "Father" or define citizenship with paternal lineage only... and yet you inserted that word to bolster your argument. But I stress that that word is not in any Article or amendment of the Constitution. It is irreponsible to just willfully insert your own words in the basis of our nation's laws. You will be called on this... I take serious offense to your manipulation of this document to suit your argument.

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Sweetie, the US Supreme Court's opinion trumps all those lil conspiracy theories about Pres Obama. Its over. Obama won.

So far, the Courts have all ruled that no citizen has standing to demand that Obama meet the constitutional tests to serve as President.

Give it up. There are no legitimate questions about Obama's birth place. That's why the courts have bounced the nuisance suits.