New Fun From Founding Fathers
Time to dust off those crumpled copies of the Constitution every old coot pol seems to carry in their pocket for all occasions, and read up.
Specifically, Article II and the 14th Amendment, the portions demanding that presidents be a “natural born citizen” and the mid 19th Century amendment, which may or may not have clarified this.
A law prof has a new analysis on what this all means to Panama Canal Zone born John McCain. Gabriel J. Chin says Congress’s many attempts to change the status of Zonians since the 1930s can’t overcome the plain language of the Constitution.
“It’s preposterous that a technicality like this can make a difference in an advanced democracy …But this is the constitutional text that we have.â€
This would leave McCain out of luck if anyone bothered to pay attention to The Founders except as it benefits grits.
Another reason to ignore the 14th Amendment: It’s a Commie Plot anyway.