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| − | '''[[Barack Obama]]''' claims to have been born at the [[Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women & Children]] in [[Honolulu]], [[Hawaii]],<ref name="maraniss">{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082301620_pf.html |title=Though Obama Had to Leave to Find Himself, It Is Hawaii That Made His Rise Possible | author=Maraniss, David | publisher=''The Washington Post'' | date=2008-08-22 | accessdate=2008-10-27}}</ref> to [[Barack Obama, Sr.]], a [[Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)|Luo]] from [[Nyang’oma Kogelo]], [[Nyanza Province]], [[Kenya]], and [[Ann Dunham]], a US citizen <ref name="factcheck">{{cite web|publisher=[[FactCheck]] |url=http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/born_in_the_usa.html |title=Born in the U.S.A. |date=August 21, 2008 |accessmonthday=October 24 |accessyear=2008}}</ref> of mainly [[English (ethnic group)|English]], [[Irish people|Irish]] and smaller amounts of [[German people|German]] descent.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,269836,00.html |title=FOXNews.com - Report: Obama's Irish Roots Unearthed - Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political Spectrum |publisher=Foxnews.com |date=May 3, 2007 |accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usnews.com/blogs/john-farrell/2008/10/30/barack-obamas-irish-heritage.html |title=Barack Obama's Irish Heritage - John A. Farrell (usnews.com) |publisher=Usnews.com |date= |accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/12/AR2007051201551.html |title=Tiny Irish Village Is Latest Place to Claim Obama as Its Own - washingtonpost.com |publisher=Washingtonpost.com |date= |accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref> | + | '''[[Barack Obama]]''' claims to have been born at the [[Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women & Children]] in [[Honolulu]], [[Hawaii]],<ref name="maraniss">{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/23/AR2008082301620_pf.html |title=Though Obama Had to Leave to Find Himself, It Is Hawaii That Made His Rise Possible | author=Maraniss, David | publisher=''The Washington Post'' | date=2008-08-22 | accessdate=2008-10-27}}</ref> to [[Barack Obama, Sr.]], a [[Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)|Luo]] from [[Nyang’oma Kogelo]], [[Nyanza Province]], [[Kenya]], and [[Ann Dunham]], a US citizen <ref name="factcheck">{{cite web|publisher=[[FactCheck]] |url=http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/born_in_the_usa.html |title=Born in the U.S.A. |date=August 21, 2008 |accessmonthday=October 24 |accessyear=2008}}</ref> of mainly [[English (ethnic group)|English]], [[Irish people|Irish]] and smaller amounts of [[German people|German]] descent.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,269836,00.html |title=FOXNews.com - Report: Obama's Irish Roots Unearthed - Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political Spectrum |publisher=Foxnews.com |date=May 3, 2007 |accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usnews.com/blogs/john-farrell/2008/10/30/barack-obamas-irish-heritage.html |title=Barack Obama's Irish Heritage - John A. Farrell (usnews.com) |publisher=Usnews.com |date= |accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/12/AR2007051201551.html |title=Tiny Irish Village Is Latest Place to Claim Obama as Its Own - washingtonpost.com |publisher=Washingtonpost.com |date= |accessdate=2008-11-08}}</ref> However, requests, including lawsuits, asking he make his official birth certificate public have gone unanswered. |
The [[Constitution of the United States|US Constitution]] Article II, Section 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; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States''", thus prohibiting those who were born in another country, even if they are US citizens, from legitimately becoming President. | The [[Constitution of the United States|US Constitution]] Article II, Section 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; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States''", thus prohibiting those who were born in another country, even if they are US citizens, from legitimately becoming President. | ||
Revision as of 02:41, August 12, 2009
Barack Obama claims to have been born at the Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women & Children in Honolulu, Hawaii,[1] to Barack Obama, Sr., a Luo from Nyang’oma Kogelo, Nyanza Province, Kenya, and Ann Dunham, a US citizen [2] of mainly English, Irish and smaller amounts of German descent.[3][4][5] However, requests, including lawsuits, asking he make his official birth certificate public have gone unanswered.
The US Constitution Article II, Section 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; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States", thus prohibiting those who were born in another country, even if they are US citizens, from legitimately becoming President.
In total, there are at least 6 lawsuits in the effort to compel President-elect Obama to prove his birthplace and US Citizenship. The lawsuits include those by Democrat former-Assistant Attorney General of Pennsylvania Philip Berg[1], American Independence Party founder and former-Republican Party Presidential Primary candidate Alan Keyes[2], and independent author Andy Martin.[3]
Philip Berg explains his lawsuit in this linked video [4]
In response to the smear campaign, the White House released a scanned version of his original birth certificate. This has been inspected by Fact Check reporters who confirmed the seal is present. Additionally, according to FactCheck.org, "The director of Hawaii’s Department of Health confirmed Oct. 31 that Obama was born in Honolulu.". [2]
Bloggers continued to complain that the "Certification of Live Birth" records Obama's father's race as "AFRICAN" versus "Negro" and that the document contains the word "LASER" in the lower left hand corner identifying the form type. They claim both words are incompatible with a document generated in 1961. They also note the certification number is blacked out.[5]
At this point, even Ann Coulter believes Obama was born in the US [6]
Sources favoring the Courts' compelling Obama to prove his birthplace and citizenship:
http://www.obamacrimes.com Philip Berg's website
Sources opposed to the Courts' compelling Obama to prove his birthplace and citizenship:
http://www.stopthesmears.com A Barack Obama Campaign website
- ↑ Maraniss, David. "Though Obama Had to Leave to Find Himself, It Is Hawaii That Made His Rise Possible", The Washington Post, 2008-08-22. Retrieved on 2008-10-27.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Born in the U.S.A.. FactCheck (August 21, 2008). Retrieved on October 24, 2008.
- ↑ "FOXNews.com - Report: Obama's Irish Roots Unearthed - Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political Spectrum", Foxnews.com, May 3, 2007. Retrieved on 2008-11-08.
- ↑ Barack Obama's Irish Heritage - John A. Farrell (usnews.com). Usnews.com. Retrieved on 2008-11-08.
- ↑ Tiny Irish Village Is Latest Place to Claim Obama as Its Own - washingtonpost.com. Washingtonpost.com. Retrieved on 2008-11-08.
- ↑ ""On Geraldo, Coulter proclaims Dobbs "wrong on this issue" of Obama's birth"".