Re: FEC Prepared to UnConstitutionally Permit another Muslim, non-Natural Born Citizen run for President

I don't see a problem.... the restriction is against holding the
office, not running for office.

On Aug 30, 2:11 am, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> B: How can the FEC consider this switch is a direct violation of the
> Constitution ??? Because a president has already been illegally allowed?
> Where this****
>
> has taken place with the election of BHO. And who is it that is thinking
> about it ??? Another Muslim........ and we sit still for this crap ???****
>
> WTF is going on ??? Soon any foreigner who becomes a citizen who may owe
> allegiance to someone else other than the US can run for prez........Wide***
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>
> distribution please, this is no joke............****
>
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> -m****
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> http://www.rollcall.com/news/fec_drafts_opinions_for_guyana_born_man_...
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> FEC Drafts Opinions for Guyana-Born Man About Presidential Run****
>
> **·         **By Alex Knott <http://www.rollcall.com/reporters/54.html> ****
>
> **·         **Roll Call Staff****
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> The Federal Election Commission is showing signs that it might allow a
> Guyana-born American citizen to file papers and raise money to run for
> president of the United States. ****
>
> The agency released two draft advisory
> opinions<http://saos.nictusa.com/aodocs/1185406.pdf>Friday that could
> permit New York lawyer Abdul Hassan to go through the
> initial steps to run for president. But the FEC's pending decision won't be
> the last word on the constitutional issue of whether someone born outside
> the United States can be president.****
>
> Hassan was born in the South American country in 1974, and he asked the FEC
> in July<http://www.rollcall.com/news/guyana_born_man_asks_fec_if_he_can_run_f...>whether
> he could raise funds as a candidate for president.
> ****
>
> The request put the FEC in the rare role of deciding a large constitutional
> issue that has only a few intersections with campaign finance law. The two
> commonly held constitutional requirements to run for president are that the
> candidate be 35 years or older and be a "natural born citizen." ****
>
> The agency quickly signaled that it would decide the technicalities of
> filing requirements while leaving the broader issue of who can run for
> president to the judicial branch. In an email to Hassan on July 18, the FEC
> stated that he understood "that although the Commission can respond to the
> questions asked in [his] advisory opinion, the Commission cannot make any
> determination as to whether [Hassan] can, as a naturalized citizen, serve as
> President."****
>
> Both advisory opinions answer three of Hassan's four questions in a similar
> way. They state that Hassan could be a candidate, may solicit funds and
> would be required to file disclosure reports. But the two opinions differ on
> whether he may receive federal matching funds. ****
>
> The first draft states that Hassan would not be allowed to receive matching
> funds because "the United States Constitution provides that '[n]o 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.'" ****
>
> The second draft ducks the issue, stating that the "Commission expresses no
> opinion regarding this question" because it is a "hypothetical."****
>
> The FEC is slated to discuss and possibly vote on the draft opinions at an
> open meeting Thursday. Four of the six commissioners must support an opinion
> for it to be approved.****
>
> Hassan told Roll Call that he has almost no political background but is a
> "political junkie" with various legislative ideas.****
>
> "I follow politics closely, but I have never held elected office," he said.
> "I would admit that I am not well-known, and I would admit that my chances
> of winning are not as good as other candidates. That's obvious."****
>
> Although Hassan said he sees the far-reaching implications of his FEC
> request for future candidates, he said he did not make his request as a
> response to long-refuted claims that President Barack Obama was not born in
> America.****
>
> "I wasn't even thinking about the birthers, though I am ideologically
> opposed to people on the birther side of the argument," he said.****
>
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