Arizona Birther Bill V.02

[toddwv]

It's baaaaaaaaaaack!

Continually rearing it's ugly head, the birthers are introducing yet another unConstitutional bill that requires candidates not only to prove the place of their birth but the very fact that they were born. Way over and above the Constitutional requirements, the Arizona birther bill is nothing more than an attempt by birthers to continue to push their ludicrous position regardless of the fact that the last 4 years has resulted in no legal victory for their fringe group.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/01/26/2011-01-26_birther_bill_back_in_arizona_rep_judy_burges_pitches_birth_certificate_law_again.html

An Arizona legislator has revived her effort to require presidential candidates to show their birth certificate if they want to get on the state's ballot.

State Rep. Judy Burges submitted a new version of the "Birther Bill" on Tuesday, even though a similar bill failed to gain support last year.

This new legislation is extremely specific, seeming to target each of the issues "birthers" have continued to raise regarding President Obama.

Members of the fringe group who believe Obama is not eligible to be commander in chief have argued he was not born in Hawaii, has dual citizenship, or is simply not a "natural born citizen."

Burges' HB 2544 would address each of these concerns by requiring any and all candidates to provide "an original long-form birth certificate that includes the date and place of birth, the names of the hospital and the attending physician and signatures of the witnesses in attendance."

"Birthers" have argued that despite the fact that the Certification of Live Birth the Obama campaign provided in 2008 is a legally recognized document, they want him to release his long-form certificate.

Candidates would also be required to provide "a sworn statement attesting that the candidate has not held dual or multiple citizenship and that the candidate's allegiance is solely to the United States of America."

Anyone looking to run for President must, according to Article II of the Constitution, be "a natural born citizen."



Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/01/26/2011-01-26_birther_bill_back_in_arizona_rep_judy_burges_pitches_birth_certificate_law_again.html#ixzz1C75mSSI1

[Xipe Totec]

1. Can Americans born through C-section be president?

Since they were not naturally born?

[kestrel91316]

2. How does a birth certificate help if they are insisting that one be their

version of a "natural-born" citizen (ie both parents citizens)? Birth certificates do not state what nation the parents hold citizenship in.