Birthers' case... http://birthernovel.com Free ebook! When state representative and family man Joe Renfro's brother is murdered, he finds himself sucked into a deadly world of deception.
As Joe takes up his slain brother's mantle to prove that President Louise Campbell is ineligible to occupy the highest office in the land, the country is rocked by a chain of terrorist attacks stretching from New York to California.
In the chaos following the attacks, Joe stumbles across evidence that President Campbell's administration orchestrated the destruction, and now he must risk everything in order to expose the president before she unleashes war on the American people.
John bin Laden: A Birther's Case
What if Osama bin Laden and American citizen, Jane Doe, had a baby, John bin Laden, and John bin Laden grew up to be President of the United States? Would we question John's loyalty to his mother's homeland? Probably so.
But what if British citizen, Average Joe, and American citizen, Jane Doe, had a baby, John Average Joe, and John Average Joe grew up to be President of the United States? Would we question John's loyalty to his mother's homeland? Probably not.
And while these two scenarios may seem quite different to us, the question arises, did our founders envision and provide defense against the likes of John bin Laden assuming the mantle of the Oval Office, and in such a provision, necessarily exclude John Average Joe as well?
History shows that they did. In a 1787 letter to George Washington, John Jay wrote, "Permit me to hint whether it would not be wise and seasonable to provide a strong check to the admission of foreigners into the administration of our national government; and to declare expressly that the command in chief of the American army shall not be given to, nor devolve on any but a natural born citizen."
It is significant to note that the first draft of the Constitution listed the citizenship requirement for the President as one who was "born a citizen", but following Jay's letter to Washington, the final draft of the Constitution demanded that the President of the United States be a "natural-born citizen". And so while it is true that John bin Laden and John Average Joe would each be "born a citizen" of the United States, it is evident by the difference between the first and final drafts of the U.S. Constitution that being "born a citizen" is not the same thing as being a "natural-born citizen".
Unfortunately, our founders did not define the term "natural-born citizen" in the Constitution, a fact recognized by the Supreme Court in Minor v. Happersett: "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."
Supporting the idea that "natural-born citizens" are "children born in a country of parents who were its citizens" is the oft-referenced English translation of Law of Nations, which unequivocally states, "The natives, or natural-born citizens, are those born in the country, of parents who are citizens."
Additionally, Congressman John Bingham, who would later be instrumental in framing the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, declared before the US House of Representatives on March 9, 1866, "I find no fault with the introductory clause, which is simply declaratory of what is written in the Constitution, that every human being born within the jurisdiction of the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is, in the language of your Constitution itself, a natural born citizen..."
Given the above, what is one to make of the much maligned, scarlet-branded "birthers" who claim that Barack Obama is not eligible to be President because his father was a British subject, a fact acknowledged by Obama himself? As incredible and disturbing as it may seem, it would appear that they are right.
According to the definition of "natural-born citizen" given in Law of Nations and to the citizenship requirement demanded by the U.S. Constitution, Barack Obama is, in fact, an illegitimate president because he was NOT born "of parents who are citizens" of the United States. Only his mother was a United State citizen. His father was a British subject.
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Barack Obama Admits He Is Not A Natural Born Citizenby ETPaws29,141 views
I think the funniest line of this novel is when it's revealed that Harry chewed up his phone. Presumably he was hungry. That combined with his soccer injury makes this an absolutely hilarious read.
TheJcanno8 10 months ago