What do you mean with high falutin in this context? ( I don't remember to have tried to ofend you). Although Spain is a monarchy (I'm not very happy about it), just for give you a couple of examples of federal countries that are republics: germany, switzerland...should i go on?
Miguel --- El jue, 17/3/11, Steven Peck <[email protected]> escribió: De: Steven Peck <[email protected]> Asunto: Re: [OT] Obama birth certificate Para: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> Fecha: jueves, 17 de marzo, 2011 14:32 We're not that differnet. It's just some of the government lines of authority in the US are different from the lines in other countries. Some evolved as a result of how various territories came to become states and the concerns of the constitution committees. And we're a Republic not one of your fancy high falutin Federations. :) Steven Peckhttp://www.blkmtn.org On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Miguel Gonzalez <[email protected]> wrote: And the point is? :-) Sorry guys but I don't think that the US is that different to other federal countries. I'm coming from a federal country myself (Spain) and there are many other federal countries (and co-federal like Switzerland) in the world. That means that every region, lander or state (choose your name) can have different laws. But they can't never be against the constitution. Every federal country has a Court for watching if any new law can be the constitutional rights. What the US constitution is saying is that that there is a difference between having an US passport (second class) and having it and being born in the US (first class).That was my point. The fact that you can be a governor (or not) but not an US president was irrelevant but just a curiosity :) Miguel --- El jue, 17/3/11, Kennedy, Jim <[email protected]> escribió: > De: Kennedy, Jim <[email protected]> > Asunto: RE: [OT] Obama birth certificate > Para: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > Fecha: jueves, 17 de marzo, 2011 14:01 > > I think it points more towards the autonomy of the States. > For many things, the States can do as they wish. The US born > requirement for our President was part of our founding > Constitution. Another part of that Constitution > delegates a great deal of self-rule to the individual > States. As they became States they were able to decide that > issue for themselves. Even now if a State wanted to require > you to be US born to be a governor they certainly could pass > a State Constitutional amendment to do so. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:[email protected]] > > > > It's quite curious that you can be a governor of a State > not being born in the US but you can't elect that person as > US president. This states clear that there are first and > second class US passports. > > Miguel > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource > hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> > ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
