The constitution also says you have to be 35 years old to be president, which I suppose one could say implies that those under 35 are second class and those 35 and up are first class.
John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us -----Original Message----- From: Miguel Gonzalez [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 2:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: [OT] Obama birth certificate 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
