‘Natural-born’ requirement called ‘stupidest provision’
Also ‘discriminates, outdated, undemocratic and assumes birthplace a proxy for loyalty’
wnd …for complete article
By Bob Unruh
An associate lawyer in a Chicago-based firm whose partner served on a finance committee for then-Sen. Barack Obama has advocated for the elimination of the U.S. Constitution’s requirement that a president be a “natural-born” citizen, calling the requirement “stupid” and asserting it discriminates, is outdated and undemocratic.
The paper was written in 2006 by Sarah Herlihy, just two years after Obama had won a landslide election in Illinois to the U.S. Senate. Herlihy is listed as an associate at the Chicago firm of Kirkland & Ellis. A partner in the same firm, Bruce I. Ettelson, cites his membership on the finance committees for both Obama and Sen. Richard Durbin on the corporate website.
Herlihy’s published paper reveals that the requirement likely was considered in a negative light by organizations linked to Obama in the months before he announced in 2007 his candidacy for the presidency.
“The natural born citizen requirement in Article II of the United States Constitution has been called the ‘stupidest provision’ in the Constitution, “undecidedly un-American,” “blatantly discriminatory,” and the “Constitution’s worst provision,” Herlihy begins in her introduction to the paper titled, “Amending the Natural Born Citizen Requirement: Globalization as the Impetus and the Obstacle.”
She concludes that the “emotional” reasons to oppose changing the Constitution will prevail over the “rational” reasons demanding a change.
“The current American perceptions about the effects of globalization and the misunderstanding about what globalization actually is will result in Americans deciding that naturalized citizens should not be president because this would, in effect, be promoting globalization, Herlihy wrote.
“Although this argument is admittedly circular, because globalization is the thing that makes the need to abolish the requirement more and more persuasive, Americans’ subsequent perceptions about globalization are the very things that will prevent Americans from embracing the idea of eliminating the natural born requirement.
“Logical Americans are looking for a reason to ignore the rational reasons promoted by globalization so that they may vote based on their own emotions and instincts,” she wrote.
She blamed support for the constitutional provision on “fear, racism, religious intolerance, or blind faith in the decisions of the Founding Fathers.”
Wild Thing’s comment………
My God ! My family has fought for this country and the Constitution that binds it together! I will not stand by as certain politicians make it their motive to totally disregard the laws in this great country of mine.
We live in the best country in the entire world. There is no other country like the United States of America. I will never understand where this trash like this lawyer come from, maybe they are hatched under a rock!! But there is no way they love America. NO WAY!
“She blamed support for the constitutional provision on “fear, racism, religious intolerance, or blind faith in the decisions of the Founding Fathers.”
This woman has a total disregard for our founding fathers and governing documents. Obama and his supporters are lawless. The left is always trying to lower the bar, weaken our country, lower standards into something this country has never been nor stood for.
I could care less if she is a lawyer, she is a bimbo to the max and top that off she is anti-American! She is a real piece of work.
What is next the “right to bear arms” is stupid and racist too? sheesh
What this stupid America hating broad does not realize is that by her being so against this in our Constitution and how she wrote her stupid ass paper in 2006……. And the other information of the law firm she works for
(Herlihy is listed as an associate at the Chicago firm of Kirkland & Ellis. A partner in the same firm, Bruce I. Ettelson, cites his membership on the finance committees for both Obama and Sen. Richard Durbin on the corporate website.)….she makes Barack Hussein Obama come off guilty as hell as NOT being qualified to be President.
We will have a president who is vulnerable to blackmail.
Remember last year when workers in the passport office were fired for looking at VIP passport applications? Remember who screamed the loudest? Yes, it was Obama.
At last count there are 18 suits filed on this mess, and Jan.20th it’s GAME OVER for the USA.
Obama couldn’t get a low level classified security clearance and soon he will be given the keys to all the top secret information our government possesses.
Today the Supreme Court of the United States will privately conference the case of Donofrio v. Wells, originally filed in New Jersey and recently elevated to the United States Supreme Court.
Justice Clarence Thomas picked up the petition to hear New Jersey attorney Leo Donofrio’s lawsuit after it was denied by Justice David H. Souter. Justice Thomas referred it to the full court, which decided to distribute the case for the judges’ conference.
Supreme Court decide upon these matters before the voting taken by the Electoral College, scheduled for December 15, the subsequent congressional recognition, and the Oath of Office on January 20?
1. Because our nation’s integrity and social order are based upon the firm and definite meaning of the Constitution, or we become a nation of tyrannies.
2. Because we risk having an illegal and fictitious presidency, which would mean, sooner or later, any of our false president’s decisions, including executive orders and signed legislation, would be subject to court challenge, or international challenge, and become considered null and void. This could easily bring national and international chaos.
3. Because the People of the United States of America deserve a legitimate president and to be presented with constitutional candidates only.
I don’t think the founders ever envisioned that a man so bereft of honor would make it to the Presidency.
….Thank you Mark for sending this to me.
Holy jumping cat turds! This woman is nuts! They did this for a reason. To keep the enemy out of the White House. This is our land, our laws. Over in England, I could not run for Prime Minister or be Queen because I’m not a “natural born citizen” of England. No one questions that.
My family fought long and hard for our freedoms and to have some dumb bitch start playing the race card with me is just going to stir up a hornet’s nest with me. I do have an Irish temper. I’m not afraid of a fight.
From the French and Indian Wars, right up to today’s Desert Storm Wars, my family has always been there to fight for the rights of our people and others around the world. I have family who fought in the Crusades and other wars fought long before my time, all in the name of justice and freedom from tyranny.
No, lady, you are wrong. It is not racist to use “natural born citizen.” Racist would be to say that no blacks or indians or orientals or hispanics could ever be President because of their skin color or that Jews can’t be President because they don’t read the New Testament. That’s racist.
The Baracksheviks prefer the Communist Manifesto of Karl Marx, da? C-Span 2 delayed switching to the Pageant of Peace White House Christmas Tree lighting yesterday at 5 p.m. (that is when the little hand is on the 5 and the big hand is on the 12 for our US Army patriots) because it chose to continue the ‘Community Activist Convention’ in Washington DCCCP that was scheduled to end at 5 p.m.! When C-Span 2 televised Bush 43’s last Pageant of Peace, it was already half over. Get ready for more of the same for four more years, or for eight years God forbid!
I’m with you WT. Every male (and some females) in ALL of my family have served our country as far back as anyone remembers. Most do not want to remember.
All branches have been served by my Grandpas, Great Uncles, Father, Uncles, cousins, etc.
I keep, on my desk, a picture of my Grandfather in his WWI Doughboy uniform. I look at it daily and feel honored.
G_d Bless OUR country and PRAY for our salvation under this &^%$# the dumb masses have elected.
I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same;
Seems to me we just found out who one of those domestic enemies are.
about time we hold a class on tha
word TREASON,an implamenting it’s
meaning!I took the oath above many
times,an will defend it to the end!!
Not much different than Lynne Stewart, Eh? This is the scum that my so called fellow Americans voted for. They soil the halls of congress, usurp the supreme court, set on the judicial benchs to legislate who they want to run the country with total impunity, they are lawyers, protected by the largest Communist bodys in the land, the ACLU and the NLG.
This from the party of Law and order. They obey the law when it suits their purpose, otherwise they want nothing to do with it.
They don’t like the constitution, so why don’t they leave and live in Cuba or some other godforsaken country because they are surely screwing up ours.
Increment by increment the liberals want to destroy the Constitution, except when it can be interpreted to serve their purpose. Yes, they prefer the Communist Manifesto. The Manifesto serves ruling elites well.
When Obama takes the oath of office of the President, you know he will be lying out his ass.
Off topic but OJ just got 16 – 21 years in the Nevada slammer, a small justice has been served.
The founding founders made provision in Article V of the Constitution to legally and lawfully amend the Constitution itself. If Sarah Herlihy, Barack Obama, or anyone else wants to amend the Constitution go ahead and try. However, once they open the door then others may have things that they want amended too. Considering that a majority of Americans, unlike pro-abortionist Barack Obama, are against unrestricted abortions for any reason, at any time, at any age, that may be a good place to start. Make it clear that there never was and now won’t be any misunderstanding that the Constitution DOES NOT give anyone a ‘right’ to an abortion.
Lynn, well said, thank you!!!
Darth, I noticed that too. Thank you agian for letting me know about it.
You right more of that kind of thing will be going on.
Steve, oh wow that is so wonderful having a photo of your Grandfather in his uniform. That is very special.
BobF, yes it speaks loud and clear doesn’t it when they open their mouths or write this kind of thing. The line is easily drawn who the good guys/gals are and those that are not.
Chief, DITTO that. I honestly think few people know what treason means and how horrible it is for a country.
Jack, yessss a lot like Lynne Stewart.
Mark, it makes me sick, I am so furious with these Democrats and how they put things about our country down, how they hate the Constitution and it goes down hill from there in the things that I am fed up about them.
I agree so much, they should go to a country that does not have the freedoms we have, does not have the Constitution they hate so much and never come back.
Tom, see that is it too, I can’t believe after all he has said about the Constitution and his anger even about it, that he has the nerve to take the oath of office. To be that kind of liar, phony is treason I think. Dang him!
Jack, thank you, yes a small justice has finally been served.
Les, that is so true.
I do have a fear though, this whole thing with the birth certificate is all about changing the Constitution.