(Apr. 1, 2024) — Last Tuesday, Independent 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. declared he had chosen attorney and philanthropist Nicole Shanahan, 38, as his vice-presidential running-mate.
Both are former Democrats, with Kennedy in October changing his party affiliation to “Independent” in what he said was a “very painful” decision he found necessary to break through the “two-party system.”
Shanahan, a wealthy tech entrepreneur, patent attorney, Democrat donor, full-time philanthropist and emerging farmer, said during the announcement that the Democrat Party has “lost their way in their leadership” and cares excessively for “elitism and winning at all costs.”
A donor t0 such causes as “criminal justice reform,” “social justice,” “Reproductive Longevity & Equality,” environmental efforts, autism research, and cooking oil, Shanahan provided $4 million to a Kennedy-supporting Super PAC for a controversial advertisement aired during the February 11 Super Bowl invoking the campaign of his late uncle, John F. Kennedy for which Kennedy later apologized to family members who might have experienced “pain.”
“The ad was created and aired by the American Values Super PAC without any involvement or approval from my campaign,” Kennedy said in a statement. “FEC rules prohibit Super PACs from consulting with me or my staff. I love you all. God bless you.” … continue reading at: https://www.thepostemail.com/2024/04/01/is-kennedy-vp-pick-a-natural-born-citizen/
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My analysis and conclusion: Based on the public information available Nicole Shanahan is not a “natural born Citizen” of the United States since her Chinese immigrant mother was not a U.S. Citizen when Nicole Shanahan was born. In addition to being born in the USA a person must also be born to U.S. Citizen parents, both of whom are U.S. Citizens (born or naturalized Citizens but Citizens) when their child is born in the USA. “natural born Citizen” birth status insures that the person is born with the strongest allegiance to the USA at birth and no foreign allegiance(s), and/or dual-Citizen entanglements by the circumstances of their birth, which occurs when a child is who is born in the USA is born to a foreign national parent or parents.
(Jun. 28, 2019) — Well, well, well…, who woulda thunk? Following the first round of Democrat Loser Debates, it seems that a consensus is developing that the junior representative from Hawaii, Ms. Tulsi Gabbard may just be rising in the polls. In an unofficial “poll” conducted online by The Drudge Report during and following the debate, some 40% of around 50,400 respondents picked Gabbard as the winner of the debate, with her closest 2nd place rival, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, coming in at less than 12.5%.
Say what? A relatively unknown representative from Hawaii gets more than three times the number of votes than her second-place, far more well-known competitor, Senator Warren? While the poll sample size is minute compared to the entire electorate, what is up with that? Perhaps it is because (a) Gabbard is a military veteran, having served in Iraq and now commissioned as a full major in the Hawaii Army National Guard; (b) she decimated Congressman Tim Ryan (Ohio) by correcting him that it was members of Al Qaeda, not the Taliban, who destroyed the World Trade Center towers on 9/11/01; and (c) she hails from a state that has already given us Barack Hussein Obama II.
Wait a second… while Obama claims to have been born in Hawaii, faithful P&E readers know two things: (1) that assertion is likely false or, at minimum, unsubstantiated, and (2) even if true, the documentation he has supplied seems clearly to establish in any event that he is not (and was not when he usurped the presidency) a “natural born Citizen” as required under the Constitution.
But what about Gabbard? Apart from most of her goofy ideas and positions trending toward the radical-progressive wing of the Democrat Party (she was a vice-chair of the “Democratic [sic] National Committee” for a brief period of time before resigning to endorse Bernie Sanders for president in 2016… not the smartest move…), there is another impediment she will likely face. She, along with another Democrat presidential-wannabe, Kamala Harris, must prove that she is eligible as a “natural born Citizen” under Art. 2, § 1, Cl. 5 of the Constitution.
This task arises, of course, because although from all appearances, both of her parents – Carol (née Porter) and Mike Gabbard – were both already U.S citizens on April 12, 1981, Tulsi Gabbard’s birth did not take place within the United States. Rather, it took place in Leloaloa, Maoputasi County, American Samoa. As faithful P&E readers also know, under the provisions of § of 212 of Emmerich de Vattel’s The Law of Nations – and upon which tome the Founders “continually relied” while drafting the Constitution, including the “natural born Citizen” restriction of Art. 2, 1, Cl. 5 – in order for one to satisfy the eligibility restriction, not only must the child’s parents be citizens of the nation where the birth occurs, the birth must take place on that nation’s soil.
This is where it gets sticky. While American Samoa is a “territory” of the United States, it is not an “incorporated territory.” This is the same issue that faced Sen. John McCain in 2008, when he faced off against Monsieur Obama as discussed here. Among several issues in McCain’s case was whether he was born at the Coco Solo Naval Air Station hospital, a U.S. military base in the Panama Canal Zone, or whether he was born in a hospital in Colón, Panama, which has never has been a part of the United States. Parenthetically, in a case challenging his eligibility – Hollander v. McCain, 566 F. Supp. 2d 63 (D.N.H. 2008) – the record indicated that a copy of McCain’s birth certificate was received in evidence, with the judge stating that the birth certificate “lists his place of birth as Colón.” Id. at 65.
And this 2022 article by Trevor Loudon (an expert on Socialists and Communists and their ability to pretend they are not when politically expedient to their secret agenda) at his New Zeal website: https://www.trevorloudon.com/2022/12/two-faced-tulsi/
Tulsi Gabbard may talk the right talk right now. But I still believe at her core she is still a dedicated socialist to the core. She supported Bernie Sanders after she dropped out from her presidential bid. Why Donald Trump is letting her get close to his campaign baffles me. He should have learned his lesson by now to not trust people who have not proven themselves over a lengthy period of time by their actions, not just the Tulsi-come-lately conservative talk and speeches.
P.S. Other suggested reading and viewing on being a “natural born Citizen” of the United States of which Kamala Harris, Barack Obama, Ted Cruz, and others are not:
(Jan. 23, 2024) — The blowback continues on the Substack article posted by one Paul Ingrassia positing that Nikki Haley is constitutionally ineligible because she is likely not a natural born Citizen (“nbC”) as required by Art. 2, § 1, Cl. 5 of the Constitution. Guess what: Ingrassia is more than likely absolutely correct.
He contends that, in order to be an nbC, one needs to be born on U.S. soil to two parents who at that time are already U.S. citizens. This, of course, is the definition articulated by Swiss attorney, jurist and scholar Emer de Vattel in § 212, Book 1, Ch. 19 of his 1758 treatise, The Law of Nations, hereafter, for brevity “§ 212.”
And for remaining doubters, the historical record is clear that the Founders were in possession of that treatise, both in French and English, when they were drafting the Constitution in 1787, as acknowledged by the Supreme Court here, here and here.
An earlier Ingrassia article prompted President Trump to post on his TruthSocial platform a concurrence, discussed at The P&E by the intrepid Editor here and by your humble servant here. As expected, Mr. Trump’s post triggered the usual suspect blather of “birtherism,” “xenophobia,” “misogyny,” “racist dog whistle” and, of course, the omnibus general “Orange Man Bad” pejoratives. Childish and uninformed, but not altogether unexpected. … continue reading this excellent at: https://www.thepostemail.com/2024/01/23/the-haley-nbc-issue-and-the-cnn-spin/
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Another great article by Joseph DeMaio. I will spread the word and circulate it on various social media platforms. Others should too.
Hopefully the constitutionally ineligible Nikki Haley will drop out of the race this week after her losing in NH. If she continues in the race and gets soundly beat in SC, a state where she was the governor, it will be a major political embarrassment to her imo and impact any future plans for a long time. Maybe she has it coming to her for her ignoring the U.S. Constitution presidential eligibility clause.
Vivek Ramaswamy Admits in NBC News Interview His Parents Were Not U.S. Citizens When He Was Born. This was deduced and suspected previously but he has finally admitted it.
Vivek Ramaswamy – Constitutionally Ineligible Candidate for President and Commander in Chief of Our Military
Vivek Ramaswamy admitted during live interview in Sep 2023 on NBC News that when he was born neither of his parents were citizens of the USA. Also, he admitted that although years later his mother became a U.S. citizen his father never did. Watch the interview starting at about 26:08 into the full interview: https://youtu.be/toiiWWFsWOw?si=EMOuYOGT93CmiKPor see the relevant four minute excerpt of the interview at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM4UpgZ6sQA.
Vivek Ramaswamy is thus NOT a “natural born Citizen” of the United States. To be a “natural born Citizen” of the United States one must be at least a second generation Citizen, i.e., a person born in the USA to parents who were both U.S. Citizens when their child is born in the USA. Vivek’s mother became a U.S. Citizen several years after he was born. Vivek’s father has never become a U.S. Citizen. Vivek inherited citizenship in India from his father and mother when he was born. He is thus a dual-citizen by birth and is NOT a “natural born Citizen” of the United States with sole allegiance and unity of citizenship at birth to the USA and only the USA, which is required of the person who would be Commander in Chief of our military for national security reasons. The Commander in Chief of our military forces after the founding generation was gone, per the founders and framers, cannot be someone born with divided loyalties via dual citizenship at birth. The “natural born Citizen” eligibility requirement is a national security term put into the U.S. Constitution to prevent anyone born with foreign influence via foreign citizenship at birth from ever gaining command of our military forces.
Vivek is NOT a “natural born Citizen” of the United States and thus is NOT constitutionally eligible for the office he seeks!
For more about the constitutional term “natural born Citizen” of the United States in the presidential eligibility clause of our U.S. Constitution see the following articles:
10. Read the dozen of legal essays and court briefs written by constitutional and citizenship expert Attorney Mario Apuzzo on being a “natural born Citizen of the United States” and the pretenders and usurpers in three major political parties (Democrat, Republican, and Socialist parties) – who invalidly claimed such birth status – at his legal blog: http://puzo1.blogspot.com
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