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		<title>By: How&#8217;d We Miss This Story? &#171; Ketchup Is A Vegetable</title>
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		<dc:creator>How&#8217;d We Miss This Story? &#171; Ketchup Is A Vegetable</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Paul Simpson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Paul Simpson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As to why Obama does not provide a long form, it is no longer a legal form of birth ID in Hawaii.  Since 2000, when Hawaii went paperless with the approval of the US Govt, the Certification of Live Birth is the ONLY form of legal identification in Hawaii.  

As to your chances of overturning the Hawaiian certification:

The State of Hawaii has issued a Birth Certificate that meets all of the requirements of CFR 22.51.42. That Birth Certificate is certified by the State of Hawaii, and is considered proven by the Laws of the United States. It will be up to anyone who challenges its authenticity to prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the Birth Certificate is actually invalid. The Certification of Live Birth provided by Obama is LEGAL under Federal law for passports, drivers licenses, running for office, etc.

There is a very high standard of proof that must be met in order to override the Constitutional â€˜Full Faith and Creditâ€™ standard granted to the State of Hawaii in this matter. That standard of proof would require that the complainant show proof that there was an actual fraud committed by the State of Hawaii in the certification of that Birth Certificate, or that the certificate itself was fraudulent. Either way, the burden of proof rests with the complainant. Merely making accusations that this may have happened is not sufficient.

This would be true even if a foreign power were to present a Birth Certificate that was claimed to show birth in another country. Under the standard of â€˜Full Faith and Creditâ€™ that is specifically provided for in the Constitution, the public records of the State of Hawaii would take precedence over the public records of any foreign power. In order to meet the required burden of proof, the foreign record would not only have to be proven as true, but also the State of Hawaiiâ€™s record would have to be proven separately as false.

GAME OVER.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As to why Obama does not provide a long form, it is no longer a legal form of birth ID in Hawaii.  Since 2000, when Hawaii went paperless with the approval of the US Govt, the Certification of Live Birth is the ONLY form of legal identification in Hawaii.  </p>
<p>As to your chances of overturning the Hawaiian certification:</p>
<p>The State of Hawaii has issued a Birth Certificate that meets all of the requirements of CFR 22.51.42. That Birth Certificate is certified by the State of Hawaii, and is considered proven by the Laws of the United States. It will be up to anyone who challenges its authenticity to prove, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the Birth Certificate is actually invalid. The Certification of Live Birth provided by Obama is LEGAL under Federal law for passports, drivers licenses, running for office, etc.</p>
<p>There is a very high standard of proof that must be met in order to override the Constitutional â€˜Full Faith and Creditâ€™ standard granted to the State of Hawaii in this matter. That standard of proof would require that the complainant show proof that there was an actual fraud committed by the State of Hawaii in the certification of that Birth Certificate, or that the certificate itself was fraudulent. Either way, the burden of proof rests with the complainant. Merely making accusations that this may have happened is not sufficient.</p>
<p>This would be true even if a foreign power were to present a Birth Certificate that was claimed to show birth in another country. Under the standard of â€˜Full Faith and Creditâ€™ that is specifically provided for in the Constitution, the public records of the State of Hawaii would take precedence over the public records of any foreign power. In order to meet the required burden of proof, the foreign record would not only have to be proven as true, but also the State of Hawaiiâ€™s record would have to be proven separately as false.</p>
<p>GAME OVER.</p>
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		<title>By: Mountain Jack</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mountain Jack</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The wingnut assertion that Obama was born in Kenya is hilarious.  His mama was never in Kenya -- ever.  Who say so?  The Kenyan govt.

In a report on August 3, 2009, The Washington Independent quoted a Kenyan Embassy official:

Jon Chessoni, a first secretary at the Kenyan Embassy in Washington, canâ€™t understand why his office gets so many baseless questions about whether Barack Obama was born in Kenya.

â€œItâ€™s madness,â€ said Chessoni on Monday. â€œHis father, in 1961, would not even have been in Kenya. When this matter first came up, the Kenyan government did its research and confirmed that these are all baseless claims.â€â€¦

Chessoni didnâ€™t understand what Taitz was talking about or what her discovery (the gift of an â€œanonymous sourceâ€ whoâ€™s â€œafraid for his lifeâ€) was supposed to prove. He showed the image [fake Kenyan birth certificate] to other embassy employees, who rolled their eyesâ€¦.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The wingnut assertion that Obama was born in Kenya is hilarious.  His mama was never in Kenya &#8212; ever.  Who say so?  The Kenyan govt.</p>
<p>In a report on August 3, 2009, The Washington Independent quoted a Kenyan Embassy official:</p>
<p>Jon Chessoni, a first secretary at the Kenyan Embassy in Washington, canâ€™t understand why his office gets so many baseless questions about whether Barack Obama was born in Kenya.</p>
<p>â€œItâ€™s madness,â€ said Chessoni on Monday. â€œHis father, in 1961, would not even have been in Kenya. When this matter first came up, the Kenyan government did its research and confirmed that these are all baseless claims.â€â€¦</p>
<p>Chessoni didnâ€™t understand what Taitz was talking about or what her discovery (the gift of an â€œanonymous sourceâ€ whoâ€™s â€œafraid for his lifeâ€) was supposed to prove. He showed the image [fake Kenyan birth certificate] to other embassy employees, who rolled their eyesâ€¦.</p>
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		<title>By: Lawyer</title>
		<link>http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/10/29/alan-keyes-loses-lawsuit-on-presidential-qualifications/comment-page-1/#comment-780318</link>
		<dc:creator>Lawyer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How many of Obama&#039;s queer boyfriends have &quot;visited him&quot; in the White House???</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How many of Obama&#8217;s queer boyfriends have &#8220;visited him&#8221; in the White House???</p>
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		<title>By: Lawyer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lawyer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Obama/Holder/DOJ loons posting in defense of Obama on every website that speaks against the administration are PAID WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS to blog, search â€œThe Obama Justice Departmentâ€™s Secret Blogging Teamâ€¦ Is it Illegal?â€ and see for yourself! Also search â€œTRACY RUSSO, DOJ BLOGGERSâ€ and learn how â€œBIGâ€ (ACTUALLY MASSIVE!) TRACY RUSSO and the DOJ are ILLEGALLY wasting OUR TAX DOLLARS TO SUPPORT THE TOTALLY EVIL MARXIST, GLOBALIST POLICIES of CONSTITUTIONALLY ILLEGAL OBAMA! OBAMA HAS ALMOST NO â€œGRASSROOTS SUPPORTâ€, THE FALSE IMPRESSION HE DOES IS BEING FOSTERED and FED BY THE DOJ PAID BLOGGING TEAM! HOW LOW WILL WE ALLOW OBAMA/HOLDER/DOJ TO STOOP BEFORE THE UPSTANDING CITIZENS of THIS NATION ARISE AND FIGHT?! THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS A TOTAL DISGRACE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Obama/Holder/DOJ loons posting in defense of Obama on every website that speaks against the administration are PAID WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS to blog, search â€œThe Obama Justice Departmentâ€™s Secret Blogging Teamâ€¦ Is it Illegal?â€ and see for yourself! Also search â€œTRACY RUSSO, DOJ BLOGGERSâ€ and learn how â€œBIGâ€ (ACTUALLY MASSIVE!) TRACY RUSSO and the DOJ are ILLEGALLY wasting OUR TAX DOLLARS TO SUPPORT THE TOTALLY EVIL MARXIST, GLOBALIST POLICIES of CONSTITUTIONALLY ILLEGAL OBAMA! OBAMA HAS ALMOST NO â€œGRASSROOTS SUPPORTâ€, THE FALSE IMPRESSION HE DOES IS BEING FOSTERED and FED BY THE DOJ PAID BLOGGING TEAM! HOW LOW WILL WE ALLOW OBAMA/HOLDER/DOJ TO STOOP BEFORE THE UPSTANDING CITIZENS of THIS NATION ARISE AND FIGHT?! THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS A TOTAL DISGRACE FROM TOP TO BOTTOM!</p>
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		<title>By: Mike</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Forget all the reasons and argumments why he&#039;s not legit, and all myopic, cynical, derogetory rebuttals, one very simple question remains for ANYONE to provide a reasonable and intelligent answer: Why would a sitting President continue to refuse to produce the single requested document that everyone is asking for as proof of citizenship and legitimacy to hold office, continue to spends several hundreds of thousands of his own money defending filed claims, and continue to ensure every acedemic document, from grade school through college, remains locked away from inquisitive eyes? Simple question...and many are waiting for what should be a very simple answer.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Forget all the reasons and argumments why he&#8217;s not legit, and all myopic, cynical, derogetory rebuttals, one very simple question remains for ANYONE to provide a reasonable and intelligent answer: Why would a sitting President continue to refuse to produce the single requested document that everyone is asking for as proof of citizenship and legitimacy to hold office, continue to spends several hundreds of thousands of his own money defending filed claims, and continue to ensure every acedemic document, from grade school through college, remains locked away from inquisitive eyes? Simple question&#8230;and many are waiting for what should be a very simple answer.</p>
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		<title>By: Quincy</title>
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		<dc:creator>Quincy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Re: &quot;We shall endure and prevail, so help me God.&quot; (#27)

â€œThe definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different resultsâ€. --Albert Einstein



This a waste of your own time as much as anybody&#039;s, Orly. Hopefully you&#039;ll realize that sooner rather than later.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Re: &#8220;We shall endure and prevail, so help me God.&#8221; (#27)</p>
<p>â€œThe definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different resultsâ€. &#8211;Albert Einstein</p>
<p>This a waste of your own time as much as anybody&#8217;s, Orly. Hopefully you&#8217;ll realize that sooner rather than later.</p>
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		<title>By: smrstrauss</title>
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		<dc:creator>smrstrauss</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Re: &quot;What about Senator Howard?&quot;

The quotation you show does not refer to Natural Born. The words Natural Born do not appear in it at all. 

He said: This amendment which I have offered is simply
declaratory of what I regard as the law of the
land already, that every person born within the
limits of the United States, and subject to their
jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and
national law a citizen of the United States.
This will not, of course, include persons born
in the United States who are foreigners, aliens,
who belong to the families of embassadors or
foreign ministers accredited to the Govern-
of the United States, but will include
every other class of persons.

Moreover, it is apparently garbled. It says that every person born in the USA is a citizen. But then it says that this does not include foreigners. Yet he could not mean that the children of foreigners are excluded from being citizens if they are born in the USA. 

It is true that the children of diplomats are excluded from being citizens, but not the children of foreigners.

More important, this is the view of ONE person. The decision in the Kim Wong Ark case reflected the view of six justices in a six-to-two ruling, by far the majority. And it said that all children born in the USA are Natural Born.

Here is what it said: 

&quot;It thus clearly appears that, by the law of England for the last three centuries, beginning before the settlement of this country and continuing to the present day, aliens, while residing in the dominions possessed by the Crown of England, were within the allegiance, the obedience, the faith or loyalty, the protection, the power, the jurisdiction of the English Sovereign, and therefore every child born in England of alien parents was a natural-born subject unless the child of an ambassador or other diplomatic agent of a foreign State or of an alien enemy in hostile occupation of the place where the child was born.

III. The same rule was in force in all the English Colonies upon this continent down to the time of the Declaration of Independence, and in the United States afterwards, and continued to prevail under the Constitution as originally established.&quot;

NOTE that it said EVERY child born in England of alien parents was Natural Born (except for the children of diplomats). Note that it said that this rule continued in the Colonies and in the United States.

It says that every child born in the USA is Natural Born. What does Natural Born mean? The original meaning is simply &quot;born in the USA.&quot; To this we added some special situations, such as a child born abroad of two US parents, but we never eliminated the original definition which was simply born in the USA.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Re: &#8220;What about Senator Howard?&#8221;</p>
<p>The quotation you show does not refer to Natural Born. The words Natural Born do not appear in it at all. </p>
<p>He said: This amendment which I have offered is simply<br />
declaratory of what I regard as the law of the<br />
land already, that every person born within the<br />
limits of the United States, and subject to their<br />
jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and<br />
national law a citizen of the United States.<br />
This will not, of course, include persons born<br />
in the United States who are foreigners, aliens,<br />
who belong to the families of embassadors or<br />
foreign ministers accredited to the Govern-<br />
of the United States, but will include<br />
every other class of persons.</p>
<p>Moreover, it is apparently garbled. It says that every person born in the USA is a citizen. But then it says that this does not include foreigners. Yet he could not mean that the children of foreigners are excluded from being citizens if they are born in the USA. </p>
<p>It is true that the children of diplomats are excluded from being citizens, but not the children of foreigners.</p>
<p>More important, this is the view of ONE person. The decision in the Kim Wong Ark case reflected the view of six justices in a six-to-two ruling, by far the majority. And it said that all children born in the USA are Natural Born.</p>
<p>Here is what it said: </p>
<p>&#8220;It thus clearly appears that, by the law of England for the last three centuries, beginning before the settlement of this country and continuing to the present day, aliens, while residing in the dominions possessed by the Crown of England, were within the allegiance, the obedience, the faith or loyalty, the protection, the power, the jurisdiction of the English Sovereign, and therefore every child born in England of alien parents was a natural-born subject unless the child of an ambassador or other diplomatic agent of a foreign State or of an alien enemy in hostile occupation of the place where the child was born.</p>
<p>III. The same rule was in force in all the English Colonies upon this continent down to the time of the Declaration of Independence, and in the United States afterwards, and continued to prevail under the Constitution as originally established.&#8221;</p>
<p>NOTE that it said EVERY child born in England of alien parents was Natural Born (except for the children of diplomats). Note that it said that this rule continued in the Colonies and in the United States.</p>
<p>It says that every child born in the USA is Natural Born. What does Natural Born mean? The original meaning is simply &#8220;born in the USA.&#8221; To this we added some special situations, such as a child born abroad of two US parents, but we never eliminated the original definition which was simply born in the USA.</p>
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		<title>By: Demo Rep</title>
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		<dc:creator>Demo Rep</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What about Senator Howardâ€™s 1866 comment -- the person who WROTE the first sentence of 14th Amdt, Sec. 1 ???

Various other 1866 Senators agreed with Senator Howard.

Various Democrats tried to say something about American Indian tribal members in 1866.

Response from Republican Senators -- Indians are internal foreign persons not *totally* subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S.A. regime.

ALL American Indians were NOT naturalized by an Act of the Congress until about 1923.

Of course in this nonstop New Age of party hack extremist leftwing / rightwing expedient politics it is inconceivable in party hack so-called brains that a top party hack just might NOT be legally QUALIFIEd to hold a public office.

Sorry - even an election does NOT make an UNQUALIFIED person suddenly a QUALIFIED person to hold a public office.

On to the appellate courts -- where brain power is a bit more than in the lower brain dead party hack courts.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What about Senator Howardâ€™s 1866 comment &#8212; the person who WROTE the first sentence of 14th Amdt, Sec. 1 ???</p>
<p>Various other 1866 Senators agreed with Senator Howard.</p>
<p>Various Democrats tried to say something about American Indian tribal members in 1866.</p>
<p>Response from Republican Senators &#8212; Indians are internal foreign persons not *totally* subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S.A. regime.</p>
<p>ALL American Indians were NOT naturalized by an Act of the Congress until about 1923.</p>
<p>Of course in this nonstop New Age of party hack extremist leftwing / rightwing expedient politics it is inconceivable in party hack so-called brains that a top party hack just might NOT be legally QUALIFIEd to hold a public office.</p>
<p>Sorry &#8211; even an election does NOT make an UNQUALIFIED person suddenly a QUALIFIED person to hold a public office.</p>
<p>On to the appellate courts &#8212; where brain power is a bit more than in the lower brain dead party hack courts.</p>
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		<title>By: Jerry</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jerry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>From The Michigan Law Review (2008)
by Gabriel J. Chin, Chester H. Smith Professor of Law, Professor of Public Administration and Policy,
University of Arizona

&quot;Those born in the United
States are uncontroversially natural born citizens.&quot;

From a Senate hearing October 5, 2004

Statement of Senator Orrin G. Hatch-
&quot;What is a natural born citizen? Clearly, someone born in the United States or one of its territories is a natural born citizen.&quot;

Statement of Senator Don Nickels-
&quot;It is clear that a child born within the physical borders of the United States and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States is eligible to run for President.&quot;

Clear, clear, uncontroversial.  Nuff said.

These birther arguments are simply a waste of time by people who have no lives.  I&#039;m sure they will continue making these pointless arguments well into Obama&#039;s second term.  They will have no more effect then they have so far.  The world has moved on to actual discussion of issues rather than a rehashing of the 2008 election, just as baseball has moved on to play the 2009 World Series, rather than attempting to replay 2008.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From The Michigan Law Review (2008)<br />
by Gabriel J. Chin, Chester H. Smith Professor of Law, Professor of Public Administration and Policy,<br />
University of Arizona</p>
<p>&#8220;Those born in the United<br />
States are uncontroversially natural born citizens.&#8221;</p>
<p>From a Senate hearing October 5, 2004</p>
<p>Statement of Senator Orrin G. Hatch-<br />
&#8220;What is a natural born citizen? Clearly, someone born in the United States or one of its territories is a natural born citizen.&#8221;</p>
<p>Statement of Senator Don Nickels-<br />
&#8220;It is clear that a child born within the physical borders of the United States and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States is eligible to run for President.&#8221;</p>
<p>Clear, clear, uncontroversial.  Nuff said.</p>
<p>These birther arguments are simply a waste of time by people who have no lives.  I&#8217;m sure they will continue making these pointless arguments well into Obama&#8217;s second term.  They will have no more effect then they have so far.  The world has moved on to actual discussion of issues rather than a rehashing of the 2008 election, just as baseball has moved on to play the 2009 World Series, rather than attempting to replay 2008.</p>
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