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FrankRep
07-12-2008, 02:26 AM
Arizona Law Professor: McCain Not Eligible To Be President

NY Times
July 11, 2008

In the most detailed examination yet of Senator John McCain’s eligibility to be president, a law professor at the University of Arizona has concluded that neither Mr. McCain’s birth in 1936 in the Panama Canal Zone nor the fact that his parents were American citizens is enough to satisfy the constitutional requirement that the president must be a “natural-born citizen.”
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FrankRep
07-12-2008, 02:27 AM
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EvilEngineer
07-13-2008, 01:43 AM
November headline:

Surprise! Bush takes on third term

Neither candidate is eligible to actually hold office due to restrictions on the place and time of their birth and the status of their parents. Bush takes on 3rd term as a result of the defunked election.

RSLudlum
07-13-2008, 01:49 AM
Neither candidate is eligible to actually hold office due to restrictions on the place and time of their birth and the status of their parents. .


If any of that were true then it would be quite a statement on what our country has come too. :(

cjhowe
07-13-2008, 10:37 AM
November headline:

Surprise! Bush takes on third term

Neither candidate is eligible to actually hold office due to restrictions on the place and time of their birth and the status of their parents. Bush takes on 3rd term as a result of the defunked election.

Even if the claim on the candidates were valid, our Constitution provides for a remedy. First succession would be the individual elected to the Vice Presidency. If he/she is unable to full, then the newly elected Speaker of the House.