SR 511 states that John Sidney McCain, III, is a natural born citizen:
* Whereas the Constitution of the United States requires that, to be eligible for the Office of the President, a person must be a `natural born Citizen’ of the United States;
* Whereas the term `natural born Citizen’, as that term appears in Article II, Section 1, is not defined in the Constitution of the United States;
* Whereas there is no evidence of the intention of the Framers or any Congress to limit the constitutional rights of children born to Americans serving in the military nor to prevent those children from serving as their country’s President;
* Whereas such limitations would be inconsistent with the purpose and intent of the `natural born Citizen’ clause of the Constitution of the United States, as evidenced by the First Congress’s own statute defining the term `natural born Citizen’;
* Whereas the well-being of all citizens of the United States is preserved and enhanced by the men and women who are assigned to serve our country outside of our national borders;
* Whereas previous presidential candidates were born outside of the United States of America and were understood to be eligible to be President; and
* Whereas John Sidney McCain, III, was born to American citizens on an American military base in the Panama Canal Zone in 1936: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That John Sidney McCain, III, is a `natural born Citizen’ under Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution of the United States.
The resolution addresses a Constitutional clause that no law or legislative body has the right to amend.
The term "natural born Citizen" in Article II, Section 1, is not defined in the Constitution of the United States; however, other rulings by the Supreme Court, Congress, and writings such as originating with John Bingham, do define "natural born citizen."
For example, a Chief Justice stated in 1875:
"The Constitution does not, in words, say who shall be natural-born citizens. Resort must be had elsewhere to ascertain that. At common-law, with the nomenclature of which the framers of the Constitution were familiar, it was never doubted that all children born in a country of parents who were its citizens became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also. These were natives, or natural-born citizens, as distinguished from aliens or foreigners. Some authorities go further and include as citizens children born within the jurisdiction without reference to the citizenship of their parents. As to this class there have been doubts, but never as to the first."
-Chief Justice Waite in Minor v. Happersett (1875)
There is no evidence that the Framers or any Congress intended to limit the constitutional rights of children born to Americans serving in the military nor to prevent those children from serving as their country’s President; therefore, the Senate resolved to pass a ‘Gentleman’s Agreement’ or some might call it a devil's bargain when passing the provision.
Most of the resolution means very little but one clause is significant.
Whereas previous presidential candidates were born outside of the United States of America and were understood to be eligible to be President.
This is not common knowledge, and the resolution provides no examples so we do not know who the Senate referred to: unless the resolution refers to a current presidential candidate.
Who is actually referred to here as a presidential candidate, with no military experience, yet, born "outside" the United States and wants to be viewed as eligible?
The answer is simple to deduce: Barry Soetoro, or, the co-sponsor of the resolution, Barack Obama. Research has elicited a great deal of personal information on previous presidential candidates but a double-standard exists in regard to Barry. He has released no accurate documentation at all. I am reminded of the old expression, if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen. Formerly, American politicians were the target of parody, hatred, and abuse. It may be unseemly but has been part of the political process for a long time. The only reason Barry is not held accountable is the same reason why statist countries do not allow discussion because they promote the cult of personality: Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini head the list.
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