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Eligibility Issue Refuses to Go Away April, 22 2010 The Arizona House of Representatives moved forward a provision on Monday (April 19) that would require presidential candidates to produce documents proving their eligibility to serve if they expect their name to appear on the Arizona ballot in 2012. The United States Constitution, Section 1, Article 1, requires that: 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. As an additional protection to a possible back door violation of this article, the 12th Amendment to the Constitution requires that: [N]o person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States. The Arizona legislature’s target is President Barack Obama, who, according to some accounts, has two law firms on his payroll (costing $1.7 million thus far), along with Hawaiian Governor Linda Lingle on his errand, both employed in the dubious duty of keeping the President’s official birth certificate under lock and key. Also under lock and key: the President’s academic records (which may, so goes the speculation, provide proof that young Barack Obama attended American universities registered as a foreign national). The Arizona provision, attempting to unmask the mystery and uphold the Constitution, moved forward by a 32-21 vote. A similar provision is expected to be introduced in the Arizona Senate. If made law it would require the following: 1.Written notice from a national political party committee for a presidential candidate that is entitled to representation on the ballot be sent to the Arizona Secretary of State, that contains the party’s nomination of candidates for president and vice-president. 2.Within 10 days of the submittal of the names of the candidates, the national political party committee shall submit an affidavit of the presidential candidate which states the candidate’s citizenship and age. 3.As to the presidential affidavit, it must include documents that prove the candidate is a natural born citizen, prove his age, and prove that he or she meets the residency requirements for President of the United States as prescribed in the United States Constitution. Arizona Democrats are calling the measure the work of “fringe groups” that are “wasting valuable tax dollars” and making Arizona the “laughing stock” of the nation. But the fact that several state legislatures (besides Arizona: South Carolina, New Hampshire, and Indiana) have introduced similar measures, and that there is a federal version before the U.S. House, to accompany a plethora of private lawsuits, and even an Army Lt. Col’s refusal to follow the President’s orders in the news today, makes this no laughing matter but a potential constitutional crisis come 2012 if even one state goes the distance. Frankly, it’s hard to imagine why a President of the United States would refuse to produce something as common and necessary to legitimacy in public affairs as a birth certificate. And it’s hard to fathom why anyone would believe that this refusal to produce and to hire top law firms to keep that document and others out of the eyes of the courts and the American people would do anything but throw fuel on the fires of suspicion. It didn’t help the President’s cause that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas took a jab at the President’s citizenship issue last week before a U.S. House appropriations panel. In response to repeated prying by Subcommittee Chairmen Rep. Jose Serrano, D-N.Y. as to whether or not a Puerto Rican can run for President of the United States (Rep. Serrano was born in Puerto Rico), Justice Thomas replied, “We’re evading that one.” A subtle but pointed reference to the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear the half-dozen eligibility appeals that have been sent their way. Justice Thomas being one of three justices who believed that at least one of those cases had enough merit to be heard by the High Court, and so voted. One more vote in favor and we would have had a presidential crisis of monumental proportions. Besides the looming possibility of state eligibility laws on the books for 2012 demanding the President show his birth certificate, more legal cases are still in motion and one of them may yet make it before the High Court. So the question is, why not make this below the surface nightmare go away before it is scandalously shouted upon the housetops? Why not step forward now, birth certificate in hand: a full, legal, long-form original, and bring to an end the growing suspicions, fears, and conspiracy theories that failure to do so has wrought? All of us are required to do it: to obtain a driver’s license, to enroll a child in elementary school, to join the military, to obtain a security clearance, to get a job, to apply for a loan, even to join a baseball team, and to do a thousand other things in this great country of ours because there are just so many things that require a little bit of honesty about identity, age, and citizenship. Until the President decides to do what we all do — and in so vital a matter — it is likely that queries into his birth, his academic history, and his past associations will not go away. In fact, it is likely they will only multiply. Written by Steve Farrell |
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PRAGUE - Reaching anew for Peace April 8, 2010 Seeking to end years of rancor, President Barack Obama and
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday signed the biggest
nuclear arms pact in a generation and envisioned a day when they can
compromise on the divisive issue of missile defense.
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DNC Hails DecisionDNC Hails Decision to Keep in Place Consent Decree Barring Republicans From Voter Intimidation. Washington, DC—DNC Chairman Tim Kaine and DNC Vice Chair for Voter Registration and Participation Donna Brazile issued the following statement on yesterday’s ruling by the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey keeping in place a consent decree barring the Republican National Committee from voter intimidation and asserting that Republicans still have an incentive to engage in such illegal practices. Late last year the RNC asked that the consent decree, which it agreed to in 1982, be nullified, going so far as to argue that because the President and U.S. Attorney General are African American, there is no longer any reason for Republicans to be subject to limits on efforts to engage in “ballot security measures.” To read the decision, click here: http://my.democrats.org/page/-/pdf/voter_protection/DNCvRNC_Opinion_12.1.09.PDF “Yesterday's ruling is a victory for all Americans who believe that every eligible citizen should have the right to vote and have their vote counted. It also represents a resounding repudiation of the Republican Party's trumped up claims of voter fraud. Our great nation was founded on the principles of equality and freedom, and our founders envisioned the right to vote as central to our ideals. Yet for years, Republicans have engaged in deplorable practices that intimidate voters and make it more difficult for them to cast their ballot. “This is wrong, and it is illegal. As the court made clear, these types of actions stand in the way of Americans’ fundamental rights under the Constitution of the United States. Republicans would be better served trying to engage minority and under-represented voters rather than trying to intimidate them. Yet there is overwhelming evidence that these types of practices still occur, that Republicans have engaged in them in recent elections and that without a consent decree barring such actions Republicans will continue to have an incentive to engage in them. That Republicans, who attempted to use foreclosure lists in the 2008 election to deny people the right to vote in Michigan, even asked the court to nullify this decree, shows just how eager they are to continue engaging in practices to suppress the rightful votes of thousands of American citizens. “These are not the ideals that our country was founded on, and they should not be tolerated. We applaud yesterday’s decision and recommit ourselves to fighting to ensure that the right to vote is fully protected. And we encourage Republicans to work with us to reform our electoral system to remove any impediments to voting and to ensure our voting rights laws are enforced consistent with the law.”
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