Our Undocumented White House Resident

Our Undocumented White House Resident
by JB Williams

Unconfirmed Obama Scenarios

• Obama was not born in Hawaii, but rather Kenya. He would in this case be a “naturalized” citizen (IF) he went through the standard US Naturalization process. He would in no way be a “natural-born citizen” in this possible scenario. Obama has thus far refused to prove beyond any doubt that he was born in Hawaii.
• Obama was born in Hawaii, but to a US mother and Kenyan Father. In this possible scenario, Obama could be a “native-born” citizen of the US. He would certainly be a “natural-born” citizen of Kenya, due to the birthrights of his father. This would make Obama a “dual citizen” with “divided” national loyalties. On this basis, he would not pass the test for office, but would be the poster-child for why the natural-born citizen clause exists.
• Following scenario (1) or (2), Obama was adopted by Lolo Soetoro. In this case, Obama’s mother would have exchanged his US claim to citizenship for citizenship of Indonesia, as the adoptive son of Lolo Soetoro, for which he has at times claimed the name “Barry Soetoro,” citizen of Indonesia. Even if Obama had endured a naturalization process to return to US citizenship status, he would then be a “naturalized-citizen” rather than a “natural-born” citizen eligible for the office he currently holds.

As the term “citizen” is very broad and includes “naturalized” citizens, it is NOT the requirement for the office of president or vice president.

As the term “native-born” relates only to “place of birth,” and is also not the stated requirement for the Oval Office mentioned in Article II – Section I, it has no bearing on the matter of Obama’s eligibility for office.

Our Founding Fathers could not have been any more specific about the requirements for the office of president, “NO PERSON except a NATURAL-BORN Citizen.” It isn’t their fault that too many Americans don’t care about or can’t comprehend this term or the purpose behind it today.

Vattel could not have been any more clear about the definition of “natural-born citizen,” “I say, that, in order to be of the country, it is necessary that a person be born of a father who is a citizen; for, if he is born there of a foreigner, it will be only the place of his birth, and not his country.”