A beneficial political influence, and a difficult issue
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“I have been extremely impressed and inspired every time I see an interview, speech, or statement you deliver. Your patriotism, intelligence, and visionary thought process is always front and center. Thank you for doing everything you can to help us dig out of the mountain of trouble America is suffering, today.
I have a difficult and uncomfortable issue to take up with you, and I hope I can encourage you to see my devotion to our Constitution, our wonderful country, and the necessity of our return to Constitutional principles. I am a Veteran, and continue to stand by the oath I took to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. Today, I am completely disheartened with the anti-Constitutional condition I find in our country. We must return to a full understanding and enactment of Constitutional Law and the rights of all American citizens.
Currently, we are so far removed from our Constitutional governance, that America seems closer to Socialist France, or even early Soviet Russia. Many of our precious rights as American citizens have been compromised. For instance, today, political opposition is a basis for imprisonment without due process. Communicating opposition with conviction will cause a loss of any ability to openly communicate our thoughts, and our votes can and will be diluted in one way or another to illicit a predetermined outcome. Political proposals about statehood for Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico, stacking the Supreme Court, and elimination of the Electoral College have been made in open congressional sessions. We must reestablish the Constitution as our foundational instruction for governing ourselves, or give up any recognizable connection to the freedom and responsibilities the Founders established when they gave us a republic to protect and defend.
To that end I want to review part of the Constitution and my understanding of a particular aspect thereof. Article 2 of the Constitution establishes the method and processes needed to set up and maintain our democratically activated Constitutional Republic. There are descriptions of specific considerations, actions, and processes required to establish the legitimacy of a government of, by, and for the People. The clear language, intention, and power of Article 2 has never been amended, or rescinded, so it is still in place and in full effect.
From our Constitution, Article 2, Section 1, Clause 4:
“A person being elected to the Office of President or Vice President must be a ‘natural born citizen,”… This section of the Constitution, usually referred to as “Birthright Citizenship”, has been the subject of debate for decades. From the first part of this clause, the mechanics of Birthright Citizenship requires the father of the candidate must be a natural born citizen, and the birth of the candidate must be within the established borders of the United States, thereby rendering the candidate a Natural Born Citizen. In 2008, John McCain’s birthright citizenship was called into question when he ran for President. McCain was born in Panama, but his father was a natural born American and a Naval officer. John was born on a Navy base on Panama, which is considered sovereign American soil. Mr. McCain was finally determined to be qualified to run for President as a natural born citizen.
The second part of this clause says, …”or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution,”. At the time when the Constitution was to be adopted and ratified there were Founders who were first generation citizens. These specific people had shown their alliance to America by being Founders, risking their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. The Founders trusted those facts to represent their allegiance. Afterward, all subsequent candidates for President or Vice President are required to be natural born citizens.
Clause 4 of Article 2 is meant to enhance the qualification for the highest offices in the country by elevating the candidate’s citizenship to the highest possible level, in order to ensure, as well as it can be, that the candidate will have allegiance to only one country, America. Therefore, neither you, Nikki Haley, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Ilan Omhar, nor any other first generation American citizen, whose father is not also a natural born citizen can constitutionally qualify as a candidate for President or Vice President of the United States.
The value you bring to the political conversation in America cannot be disparaged. Your youth, strength, intelligence, and understanding of American politics, economics, and business are a benefit for all of us, and we thank you. Again, I am not claiming any personal distrust for you, or any reason for opposing you as a political candidate. What I have outlined should not be construed as opposition, but only as adherence to constitutional allegiance, and my earnest desire to return to the ideals and principles clearly stated in the Constitution.
We can claim that others, before us, made less than proper runs for President, or political decisions, but that does not excuse our informed insult to what is right and proper. We need to return to the Constitution, before it becomes so far removed from our way of life and of our governance, that it no longer matters. Then we become something other than the American Republic, which was carefully crafted to allow everyone the rights to life, liberty, and our individual pursuits of happiness. After that, returning to a Constitutional Republic will not be possible.
Please, continue to flavor the stew, stir the pot, and express your ideas which help us understand how all our lives are benefitted by being American citizens and participating in political debate.”
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United States of America ·
04/28/23
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