Senate Says McCain Is Qualified
WASHINGTON — The Senate on Wednesday delivered its judgment on a constitutional question involving one of its own and formally declared that Senator John McCain is eligible to be president — at least from a citizenship perspective.
Weighing in on an arcane question that has arisen because of Mr. McCain’s birth in the Panama Canal Zone, the Senate without opposition approved a nonbinding resolution recognizing that Mr. McCain is a natural-born citizen.
Among the basic qualifications the Constitution lays out for president is that the person be a natural-born citizen, a phrase not defined and one that has been subjected to various interpretations.
At the request of Mr. McCain’s campaign, two constitutional lawyers studied the issue and found in favor of Mr. McCain, whose father was stationed in the zone with the Navy when the future candidate was born. Colleagues of both parties in the Senate, including his two potential Democratic rivals, concur.
“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,” the resolution said.
It does not have the power of law. Its authors, chiefly Senators Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont and Claire McCaskill of Missouri, both Democrats, said they wanted the Senate clearly on record.
(NYTimes)
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President of what?
He has no sense of economics, which by the way the better the economy the better our military. A better president is one who understand money. taxes kill the economy and the MacNasty-Liberman bill adds 50 cents per gallon for a cause that isn’t provable. Thats a tax.
This man insists you do as he says, ref North Carolina, not whats in the best interests of a state.
MacNasty is probably the only GOP candidate who can lose to Hussian…
May 1st, 2008 at 6:34 pmI’d say he’s more American than his adversaries in the DNC. Unlike Clinton, he didn’t insult his country during Vietnam in Red Square, Moscow. Unlike Obama, he didn’t study in a madrasah while living in Indonesia.
May 1st, 2008 at 7:01 pmThe Senate, there’s a great bunch of fucktards to be saying who’s qualified.
May 1st, 2008 at 7:08 pmNot one of em ever had a real job—arrogant lawyer bastards.
The grumpy ol’e bastard gets the thumbs up because he’s been there 20 plus yrs. and fucked up a good aircraft–what a hoot!
[[MacNasty is probably the only GOP candidate who can lose to Hussian…]]
You think a pro-abortion, lefty, elitist, black power wanna be, hard core liberal, newbi can beat a moderate, war hero, pro life guy with decades of experiance?
May 1st, 2008 at 7:51 pm[[MacNasty is probably the only GOP candidate who can lose to Hussian…]]
sorry but that statement is very hard to agree with.
May 2nd, 2008 at 7:54 am