Or Not
Patriot types in the alt media are warning their followers and the public/whomsoever else will listen about threats to the country and its Constitution in emergency powers having been self-granted to the Executive by way of what are called Executive Orders, which spell out in detail the types of powers that would make the darkest of tyrants drool with envy. They are saying that these powers are, quote, “unconstitutional”. My response: to these guardians at the gate:
Are you having us on?
You are talking about things 'unconstitutional' NOW?? When the horse has left that barn so long ago that it is past the point of being a fleeting image and is now in the territory of a fleeting memory???
Let me count some of the ways.
1. The federal government’s policy since 1898 (it turns out, upon research into the matter) has been that all children born on American soil are citizens of the United States. (They are called ‘anchor babies’’ because they give their families an ‘anchor’ in the U.S. And by ‘families,’ the definition of that word and the term behind it has been extended far and wide, like a door being pushed further and further open.) What is this strange policy based on, that just any pregnant female who happens to be on U.S. soil at the time of her child’s birth can automatically claim U.S. citizenship for it, have her child be declared ‘legally’ a U.S. citizen??
Well, let’s go to the rule of law of the nation - its Constitution, for an answer to this strange ‘policy’. Let’s see…ah, here it is. The practice is based on what is called The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.(1) This clause says the following:
“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
Right. Seems straight-forward enough. Let’s read that again, and slower this time, to give full comprehension time to kick in, than from just a quick read of it:
“All persons born or naturalized in the United States,…
“and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,…
“are citizens of the United States…
“and of the State wherein they reside.”
Does anybody really have any trouble understanding that? Even if their first language is not English?? There is a qualifying phrase in there:
“and subject to the jurisdiction thereof”
before the sentence goes on to its conclusion.
Pure and simple.
For those in the back of the room, looking out of the window:
The qualifier to the statement signifies that the birth parent is “subject to the jurisdiction” of the United States - that is, is a citizen of the U.S., and the child follows suit to the citizenship of the parent. Someone from another country who just happens to be in the U.S. at the time of the birth of their child is “subject to the jurisdiction” of their home country; their country of citizenship.
Come on, folks. It really couldn’t be any clearer. And as of the intention of those who wrote the Amendment - which is part of the historical record - and of the law that Congress and the qualifying number of State legislatures passed on the subject.
This country has, for all intents and purposes, not been operating under the/its rule of law ever since at least that error in interpretation of its constitutional contract.
2. Another item in this regard that is not rocket science to understand: This - as longtime readers of these pages will be more than familiar with - has to do with the eligibility requirements for the office of the president of the United States. (Rather a major issue, that, wouldn’t one say, fairly.) That requirement reads, in part:
“No Person except a natural born Citizen…shall be eligible to the Office of President…”
What is the definition of a ‘natural born’ citizen? More specifically, what was it at the time that it was codified in the U.S. Constitution as an eligibility requirement for the office of the presidency (unless that requirement has been subsequently amended)?? It turns out that it is easy to find out the answer to that question, because there is ample evidence from the historical record both as to the general understanding of the term and its academic source. The latter is from the definitive tome of the day on such nation-building matters, Emer de Vatell’s ‘The Law of Nations’. Its definition of the term: A ‘natural born’ person is a person “born in the country, of parents who are citizens” thereof.(2) And thus the requirement to qualify as such a person of having been born both ’of the soil’- jus soli in legal parlance - and ‘of the blood’ - jus sanguinis.
And that eligibility requirement for the office of the presidency of the U.S. STILL STANDS, absent a constitutional amendment to the contrary.
Forget the 'birther' contretemps. Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. - according to his testimony - was born of a non-U.S. citizen father.
He was therefore ineligible to be a candidate for that office, much less to occupy that office, much less to be re-elected to that thus-purloined office.(3)
Therefore, all of the legislation that he signed into law, and all of the E.O.’s and P.D.’s that he issued, and all of the appointments that he made - including to the SCOTUS - are fruit of the poisoned tree. And - by rights - need to go with him. Into the trash bin.
And don’t let me get started regarding the turning of the 14th Amendment on its head wholesale, which gross canard has resulted in the unconstitutional likes of Roe v. Wade. But I have covered that general subject, and that little specific unconstitutional incident growing out therefrom, in these pages very recently, so I’Il let that one and its specific 'poisoned tree' extension ride, to stay with my purposes for this particular blog. So let me move on to my Conclusion:
Things now need to be set to rights, as regards Truth. So, rather than go back and undo all the ‘fruit of the poisoned tree’ (and there is more, far more of that - and involving individuals and decisions on both sides of the political aisle - than listed here), the most logical and intelligent answer to our dilemma is clear. In the dawning of
a New Day. Embodying capital-t Truth.
And capital-l Love.
As we move on from here -
from this classroom for aspiring gods; and
as many souls as are ready to; together -
up the spiral stairway -
of consciousness -
to the heavens.
Those inhabitants just awaiting us. To celebrate, with us,
our Graduation.
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footnotes:
(1) As the Heritage Foundation points out in a recent cover letter to a mailing on this subject: “This Amendment was passed after the Civil War in order to make it clear that slaves who had been freed were now U.S. citizens.”
(2) Book One, Ch. XIX, Sect. 212. Look it up. It’s right here, on the Internet. No need to try to find some dusty tome in a law library somewhere.
(3) And if it turns out that he was in point of fact a natural-born citizen after all - as some information attests to, regarding his true birth father - then he is still guilty,, of fraud, and perjury. To go with charges of treason.
All in all: A sad event in the history of this country.
Which has had quite a few of those. And quite enough.
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