Is Obama Impeachable?
by
Paul R. Hollrah
Article II, Section 4 of the United
States Constitution tells us that “The President, Vice President and all civil
Officers of the
Following the assassination of
Abraham Lincoln, his successor, Andrew Johnson, served some two years, seven
months, and six days before the first articles of impeachment were lodged
against him.
Richard Nixon served four years,
three months, and ten days before the
Washington Post published a report tying the Watergate burglars to his 1972
reelection campaign. There were
immediate calls for his impeachment.
Bill Clinton served five years, six
months, and twenty-eight days before perjuring himself before a federal grand
jury and before a federal judge. There were immediate calls for his impeachment.
In more recent times, Democrats
seized upon the
Now it appears that Barack Obama
may be setting a new record of sorts.
And although it is unclear what impeachable offense he may have
committed… other than financing his campaign with untold millions in illegal
foreign contributions smuggled into the country and millions more in illegal
contributions distributed through American Muslim conduits… Obama occupied the
White House for less than nine months before the first calls for his impeachment
were heard.
But the question arises, is Obama
impeachable? In order for a
president or a vice president to be impeached, they must first hold office
legitimately. Article II, Section 1
of the U.S. Constitution states that a candidate for president or vice president
must be at least thirty-five years of age and a “natural born” citizen of the
United States. In other words, if
suitable grounds could be found for impeachment, is it possible to impeach an
individual who occupies an office extra-legally?
Many of those who question Obama’s
eligibility are convinced that he was born, not in
If the footprints on the birth
certificate turn out to be Obama’s, we will have conclusive proof that he was
not born on American soil. And
since his father was a British subject and his mother was not old enough at the
time of his birth to automatically confer American citizenship on him, we can
then be absolutely certain that Obama is a usurper and does not meet the
Constitutional requirements to serve as president.
Until a court orders full discovery, the only thing we can be certain of
is that Obama probably won’t be running around barefoot, except in his own White
House bathroom. For now, the Kenyan
birth charge is only an interesting supposition.
Others are convinced that Obama
became a citizen of
These are all interesting questions
for which we have no definitive answers.
At the age of ten, Obama was sent
back to
These, too, are interesting
questions, but Obama has ta
So what do we actually know about
this man who purports to be the President of the United States, other than the
fact that he is sublimely naïve, totally inexperienced and unqualified, and
grossly inadequate? What do we know
about Obama that would convince us that he is ineligible for the office he
occupies and that he must be removed for the good of the country?
For starters, we know for certain
that he held British citizenship during the first two years and four months of
his life… from August 4, 1961 until December 11, 1963… and that he became a
citizen of Kenya on December 12, 1963, the day that Kenya won its independence
from Great Britain, until at least his 21st birthday on August 4,
1982. Whether or not Obama also
held
Those who require independent
confirmation of Obama’s British and Kenyan citizenship may wish to consult The
British Nationality Act of 1948, Part II, Sections 4 and 5, and the Kenyan
Constitution, Chapter VI, Sections 87[3] (Citizenship) and Section 97 (Dual
Citizenship).
Part II, Section 4 of the Nationality Act provides the basis under which Obama’s
father became a British citizen… having been born in Kenya, a British colony…
while Section 5(1) of the Act provides the basis under which Obama held British
citizen by descent from his father.
Chapter VI, Section 87[3](1) of the Constitution of Kenya provides the basis
under which those who were born in Kenya and who were British citizens on
December 11, 1963, the day before Kenya won its independence from Great Britain,
automatically became citizens of Kenya.
Chapter
VI, Section 87[3](2) of the Kenyan Constitution provides the basis under which a
British citizen, born in a country other than
Chapter
VI, Section 97 of the Kenyan Constitution governs the question of dual
citizenship. This section provides
that any individual holding citizenship in
So it is
clear that Obama was, for the first twenty-one years of his life, a dual citizen
of the
If the founding fathers intended that only “natural born” citizens should serve
as president or vice president… where “natural born” is defined as: a) one who
was born to parents who were both United States citizens, no matter where the
birth occurred, or b) not a dual citizen with potential or implied loyalty to
another country… then Barack Obama is clearly not a “natural born” U.S. citizen
and can lay no claim to the presidency.
So the question arises, can a president or vice president who does not meet the
Constitutional requirements for their office in the first instance be subject to
impeachment? And if Obama is
ultimately proven to be ineligible, by what process could he be removed from
office?
In the
interest of an orderly transition of power, the process used to remove Richard
Nixon from office may serve as a model. In
that instance, a number of prominent Republicans, including Senator Barry
Goldwater, called on the president and urged him to resign.
Sadly, statesmen of that caliber are rare in Democratic ranks.
Not even Diogenes, who wandered the highways and byways of ancient
The debate
over Obama’s eligibility is far more than just an “academic” exercise.
Regardless of his self-serving view on the matter, his status as a
“natural born”
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