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CIRCUIT COURT FOR CARROLL COUNTY, MARYLANDCase Number: 06-C-12-060692Case Folder ID : C12060692V01

F a i r Vs Barack Hussein Obama I I

: Barack Hussein Obama I I Date/Time: 99/99/2002 10:00 A.M.fee: By:---------------------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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to Pr iva te Process : This summons i s ef fec t ive fo r service only i f served 60 days a f t e r

the date i ssued. Proof of se rv ice s h a l l s e t out the name of the person served, date andthe p a r t i c u l a r place and manner of se rv ice . I f service i s not made,Please s t a t e the reasons . Return of served o r unserved process s h a l l be made promptly and inaccordance with Rule 2-126. I f th i s summons i s served by pr iva te process , Process se rve r sha l l f i l ea a f f id a v i t as required by Rule 2-126(a) .


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in Mr. Obama's elementary school records from the Franciscus Assisi Primary School inIndonesia, he was adopted by his step father, Lolo Soetoro. These records show his name

was Barry Soetoro, that his nationality was Indonesian and that his religion was Islam.However, when Mr. Obama filled out his Illinois Bar application, in the space where itasks for "full former names", Mr. Obama answered "none".

3. Mr. Obama is using a Social Security Number from the state ofConnecticut, astate in which he never resided and a number that was never issued to him. Moreover,when entering this number into the E-verifY system, it comes back as unable to verifY.

4. The Kenyan Parliament has recorded in their Kenyan Hansard minutes thatMr.Obama is a Son of the Soil of that Country and that he is not a native American. TheKenyan Ambassador to the United States is also on record claiming that, "Obama's

birthplace over in Kenya, is a well know attraction."5. Mr. Obama admitted himself that he was a dual citizen at birth because his father

was a British subject, but that he later lost his British citizenship when he became anadult, however the Founders did not recognize dual citizenship.

6. Mr. Obama, after repeated calls from the American people, posted online whatwas to be a certified copy ofhis Hawaiian long form birth certificate, however thisdocument has been labeled a forgery, by a number of experts in the field.


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7. Mr. Obama misapprehends the nature of the states authority, by asserting theyhave no jurisdiction in removing ineligible candidates from the ballot. Mr. Obama thatCongress has the sole responsibility, to decide who should be placed on the ballot, not thestates.

CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONSU.S. Constitution Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5:

No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time ofthe Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shallany person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty fiveYears, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

14th AmendmentSection 1

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof,are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall makeor enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities ofcitizens of theUnited States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, withoutdue process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection ofthe laws.

Article 1, Section 8, Clause 10:To defme and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offencesagainst the Law ofNations;

STATUTES

EL, 5-101 REGISTRATION AND ELECTION LAWS


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Subtitle 1. General Provisions. 5-101. In general.(a) Applicability.-This subtitle governs the process by which an individualbecomes a candidate for a public or party office in an election governed by thisarticle.(b) Compliance required -A n individual's name may not be placed on theballot and submitted to the voters at an election unless the individual complieswith the requirements of this title. (An. Code 1957, art. 33, 5-101; 2002, ch.291, 2, 4.)

Subtitle 2. Qualifications. 5-201. In general.An individual may become a candidate for a public or party office only i f theindividual satisfies the qualifications for that office established by law and, inthe case ofa party office, by party constitution or bylaws. (An. Code 1957, art.33, 5-201; 2002, ch. 291, 2, 4.) 5-304. Manner of filing.(c) Content. On the certificate of candidacy form prescribed by the StateBoard, the candidate shall specify:Content. - On the certificate of candidacy form prescribed by the State Board, thecandidate shall specify:(5) a statement that the individual satisfies the requirements of law for candidacy for theoffice for which the certificate is being filed; and(6) any information requested by the State Board to verify the accuracy ofthe information provided by the individual under this subsection.

Subtitle 6. Qualificationfor Primary Election Ballot. 5-601. Candidates qualifying.The name of a candidate shall remain on the ballot and be submitted to thevoters at a primary election if:(l) the candidate has filed a certificate of candidacy in accordance withthe requirements of 5-301 of this title and has satisfied any other requirementsof this article relating to the office for which the individual is acandidate, provided the candidate:(i) has not withdrawn the candidacy in accordance with Subtitle 5 of


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this title;(ii) has not died or become disqualified, and that fact is known to theapplicable board by the deadline prescribed in 5-504(b) of this title;(iii) does not seek nomination by petition pursuant to the provisions of 5-703 of this title; or(iv) is not a write-in candidate; or(2) the candidate has qualified to have the candidate's name submitted tothe voters in a presidential primary election under Title 8, Subtitle 5 of thisarticle. (An. Code 1957, art. 33, 5-601; 2002, ch. 291, 2, 4.)

Subtitle 7. Nomination. 5-701. In general. .Nominations for public offices that are filled by elections governed by thisarticle shall be made:(1) by party primary, for candidates of a principal political party;(2) by petition, for candidates not affiliated with any political party; or(3) in accordance with the constitution and by-laws of the political party,for candidates of a politica1 party that does not nominate by party primary.(An. Code 1957, art. 33, 5-701; 2002, ch. 291, 2, 4; 2006, ch. 120.) 5-702. Nomination by primary election. A candidate for public office of a political party shall be nominated in accordance with the requirements of Subtitles 2 through 4 of this title unless the candidate is: (1) nominated by:(i) petition under 5-703 of this subtitle; or(li) political party under 5-703.1 of this subtitle; or(2) a write-in candidate under 5-704 of this subtitle. (An. Code 1957,art. 33, 5-702; 2002, ch. 291, 2, 4; 2006, ch. 120.) 5-705. Certificate of nomination or election after primaryelection.(a) In general. - A certificate ofnomination that entitles a candidate forpublic office to have the candidate's name Jisted on the generaJ election ballotIn general. A certificate ofnomination that entitles a candidate forpublic office to have the candidate's name listed on the general election ballotand submitted to the voters at the general election shall be issued inaccordance with this section.(b) Issuance ofcertificates ofnomination. - (1) The State Board shall issue


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a certificate ofnomination to each candidate who files a certificate of candidacywith the State Board and who qualifies for the nomination.(2) The local board with which a candidate files a certificate of candidacyshall issue aIssuance ofcertificates ofnomination. - (1) The State Board shall issuea certificate of nomination to each candidate who files a certificate of candidacy.with the State Board and who qualifies for the nomination.(2) The local board with which a candidate files a certificate of candidacyshall issue a

JURISDICTIONThis Court has jurisdiction over this action pursuant to Mary land Election Law Code 9209.

TITLE 9- VOTING Subtitle 2 - Ballots

Section 9-209 - Judicial review

9-209. Judicial review(a) Timing.- Within 3 days after the content and arrangement of the ballot are placed onpublic display under 9-207 of this subtitle, a registered voter may seek judicial review ofthe content and arrangement, or to correct any other error, by filing a sworn petition withthe circuit court for the county.(b) Relief that may be granted.- The circuit court may require the local board to:(1) correct an error;(2) show cause why an error should not be corrected; or(3) take any other action required to provide appropriate relief.(c) Errors discovered after printing.- I f an error is discovered after the ballots have beenprinted, and the local board fails to correct the error, a registered voter may seek judicialreview not later than the second Monday preceding the election.

"Federal Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Compliance Act (HouseBill 6711Chapter 169)


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Specifically, the State Board of Elections must certifY the content and arrangement ofeach ballot for a primary election no more than 11 days after the filing date provided inSection 5-303 ofthe Election Law Article (Certificate of Candidacy). Within 24 hoursafter certification, the State Board must publicly display the content and arrangement ofeach certified ballot on its web site. The content and arrangement of each certified ballotmay not be modified after the second day of public display. Unless a delay is required bycourt order, the State Board may begin to print the ballots after 2 days of public displayand correct any noted errors.The bill permits a registered voter to seek judicial review of the content and arrangementof the ballot, or to correct any other error within 2 days after the content and arrangementof the ballot are certified.

VENUE33.01.02.05 .05 Judicial ReviewA declaratory ruling issued under this chapter is subject to judicial review in the samemanner that State Government Article, Title 10, Subtitle 2, Annotated Code of Maryland,provides for review of a contested case.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

1. The term Natural Born Citizen is not based upon English Common Law, but ratheron Vattel's definition written in his legal treatise of 1758 titled, The Law of Nations orPrinciples of Natural Law. An interesting illustration is offered by some early statisticsconcerning courts: within 31 years, from 1789-1820 Grotius was cited in pleadings 16times, Pufendorf 9 times; Bynkershoek 25 times; Vattel 92 times. The courts themselvescited Vattel over 60 times. (Traditional doctrine on intervention in the law of nations. pg.252.)

That the framers of the Constitution were influenced by the Law of Nations

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cannot be disputed. It has always been considered, by the Supreme Court, as relevant tointemationallegal disputes in American tribunals.

Delegates to the First and Second Continental Congress, which produced theDeclaration of Independence, often onsulted The Law ofNations, as a reference for theirdiscussions. One important reason why the delegates chose to meet in Carpenters Hall,was that the building also housed the Library Company ofPhiladelphia. The librarianreported that Vattel was one of the main sources consulted by the delegates during theFirst Continental Congress, which met from Sept. 5 to Oct. 26, 1774. Charles W.F.Dumas, an ardent supporter of the American cause, printed an edition ofThe Law ofNations in 1774, with his own notes illustrating how the book applied to the American

,situation. In 1770, Dumas had met Franklin in Holland, and was one ofFranklin's keycollaborators in his European diplomacy. He sent three copies to Franklin, instructing himto send one to Harvard University, and to put one in the Philadelphia library.

In a letter from Benjamin Franklin to Charles Dumas, dated Dec.19, 1775, Franklinstates:"I am much obliged by the k ind present you have made us ofyour edition ofVattel.It came to us in good season, when the circumstances ofa rising state make it necessary

frequently to consult the law ofnations. Accordingly, that copy which I kept, has beencontinually in the hands ofthe members ofour congress, now sitting. "


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From the 1775 edition ofVattel's text,The Law ofNations or Principles of the Law of Nature: "Les citoyenfont les memberde la societe civille: lies a cette societe par certain devoirs, &foumis afon autorite, Usparticipent avec egalite a fes avantages. Les natureIs, ou indigenes, font ceux, qui font nesdans Ie pays, de parens citoyens. ""Le DroitDes Gens ou Principes De La Loi Naturelle", E. de Vattel, (Amsterdam, 1775), 212, pg. 115. (App. Pg. 157.)Vattel's treatise was first published in 1758, in French. The first edition contains theexactsame passage as the 1775 edition give to Franklin by Dumas.Correctly translated as follows:"The citizens are the members of the civil society : bound to this soCiety by certain duties, and subject to its authority, they equally participate in its advantages. The natives, or natural-born citizens, are those born in the country ofparents who are citizens." (Emphasis added.) "The Law ofNations or Principles of the Law ofNature", E. de Vattell, (London, 1797), 212, pg. 101.(App. Pg. 161.)

Book 1, Chapter XIX. section 212 goes on to read: "As the society cannot exist and perpetuate itself otherwise than by the children of the citizens, those children naturally follow the condition of their fathers, and succeed to all their rights. The society is supposed to desire this, in consequence ofwhat it owes to its

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own preservation; and it is presumed, as matter of course, that each citizen, on enteringinto society, reserves to his children the right of becoming members of it. The country ofthe fathers is therefore that of the children; and these become true citizens merely by theirtacit consent. We shall soon see whether, on their coming to the years of discretion, theymay renounce their right, and what they owe to the society in which they were born. I say,that, in order to be of the country, it is necessary that a person be born of a father who is acitizen; for, ifhe is born there of a foreigner, it will be only the place ofhis birth, and nothis country."

The Venus, 12U.S. 253 (1813)The passage was first introduced to American Jurisprudence in the case ofThe Venus,12U.S. 253 (1813):"The whole system of decisions applicable to this subject, rests on the law ofnationsas its base. It is, therefore, of some importance to enquire how far the 24 writers onthat law consider the subjects ofone power residing within the territory of another, asretaining their original character, or partaking of the character of the nation in whichthey reside. "Vattel, who, though not very full to this point, is more explicit and moresatisfactory on it than any other whose work has fallen into my hands, says, Ithe citizensare the members of the civil society; bound to this society by certain duties, and subject toits authority, they equally participate in its advantages. The natives, or indigenes, are thoseborn in the country, ofparents who are citizens."

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Minor v. Happersett , 88 U.S. 162 (1874)"The Constitution does not, in words, say who shall be natural-born citizens. Resort

must be had elsewhere to ascertain that. At common-law, with the nomenclature ofwhichthe framers of the Constitution were familiar, it was never doubted that all childrenborn in a country ofparents who were its citizens became themselves, upon their birth,citizens also. These were natives, or natural-born citizens, as distinguished from aliens orforeigners. Some authorities go further and include as citizens childrel). born within thejurisdiction without reference to the citizenship of their parents. As to this class there havebeen doubts, but never as to the first."

u.s. v. Wong Kim Ark 169 U.S. 649 (1898) .In 1898, the Supreme Court, in U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark, construed the 14th Amendment'scitizenship clause, and determined that all persons born in the U.S. to parents who weredomiciled in the country, were, upon their birth, citizens. While Justice Gray's majorityopinion indicates that the holding is restricted to citizenship issues after the adoption ofthe 14th Amendment, the opinion discusses many important citizenship decisions leadingup to the Amendment. Unfortunately, Justice Gray made some obvious mistakes withregard to these cases, and other points of authority. As such, the decision of the Courtought to be restricted to its holding. And since we are searching for the framers' intent '.with regard to the natural-born citizen clause, the earliest decisions of the Supreme Court,


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though supersededby the 14th Amendment, and the accompanying general citizenship holding in Wong Kim

Ark, remain relevant to this discussion for their probatory value as to the specific issuenow before this Court.

Natural Born Presidents .Every President Other Than Chester Arthur Was Born In The U.S. OfCitizen

Parents, Or Was Eligible Under The Grandfather Clause In Article 2, Section 1. ChesterArthur's father, William, did not naturalize until 1843, fourteen years after Chester wasborn. (Naturalization certificate for William Arthur, 1843; Library ofCongress, ChesterArthur Papers.) (App. Pg. 163.) Therefore, Chester Arthur was, at birth, a British subject.On Nov 3, 1884, President Arthur's Fourth Annual Message to Cong'ress included thefollowing cryptic statement:"An uniform rule ofnaturalization such as the Constitution contemplates should,amongother things, clearly defme the status ofpersons born within the United States subject toa foreign power (section 1992) and ofminor children of fathers who have declared theirintention to become citizens but have failed to perfect their naturalization. A just anduniform law in this respect would strengthen the hands of the Government in protectingits citizens abroad and would pave the way for the conclusion of treaties ofnaturalizationwith foreign countries."

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8. (App. Pg. 173. ) The statement is rich with context. President Arthur indicated thatpersons born in the U.S., subject to a foreign power, required naturalization. Additionally,he calls for the status of such persons to be clarified. Which class ofpersons subject to aforeign power does he refer to? Certainly not ambassadors and ministers, since their statushas always been clear. And only four weeks earlier, in Nov. 1884, the status ofIndianswas declared in Elk v. Wilkins, so he's not making reference to them. That leaves the thirdclass of persons discussed on page 73 ofThe Slaughter-House Cases""citizens or subjectsof foreign States born within the United States".

Since Justice Gray cited to that exact page as precedent, just four weeks earlier,in the Supreme Court's opinion in Elk v. Wilkins, President Arthur, having been born toan alien father, had good reason to be alarmed. Justice Gray, at that time (Nov. 1884),certainly appeared to have adopted the opinion stated in the Slaughter-House Cases, thatchildren of aliens, born in the country, were not subject to the jurisdiction of the UnitedStates:"The main object of the opening sentence of the fourteenth amendment was to settlethe question, upon which there had been a difference of opinion throughout the countryand in this court . . . and to put it beyond doubt that all persons . . .bom or naturalized inthe United States, and owing no allegiance to any alien power, should be citizens of theUnited States and of the state in which they reside. The Slaughter-House Cases, 16 WaH.36, 73-"


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Note that Justice Gray cited to pg. 73 ofThe Slaughter-House Cases, and the statementbears repeating:"The phrase, 'subject to its jurisdiction' was intended to exclude from its operationchildren ofministers, consuls, and citizens or subjects of foreign States born within theUnited States."The Slaughter-House Cases, 83 U.S. 36, 73(1872). Furthermore, Justice Gray, at thispoint in time, treated the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause requirement, "subject tothe jurisdiction thereof', as synonymous with "owing no allegiance to any alien power".Chester Arthur's Message makes clear he believed that persons born to aliens in the U.S.required naturalization. And since those who require naturalization are not natural-born,Chester Arthur's statement appears to be a veiled admission that he was not eligible to bePresident.

Natural Born Citizen in the Congressional DebatesFurthermore, that the Civil Rights Act of 1866 was an act to naturalize the children

of aliens born in the U.S. was discussed in Congress during the debates, such discussionactually having been quoted by Justice Gray in WKA:"During the debates in the senate in January and February, 1866, upon the civil rightsbill, Mr. Trumbull, the chairman of the committee which reported the bill, moved toamend the ftrst sentence thereof so as to read: 'All persons born in the United States, and


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not subject to any foreign power, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States,without distinction of color.' Mr. Cowan, of P nnsylvania, asked 'whether it will not havethe effect ofnaturalizing the children ofChinese and Gypsies, born in this count y?' Mr.Trumbull answered, 'Undoubtedly;' (Cong. Globe, 39th Congo 1st Sess. pt. 1, pp. 498,573,574."

When the Civil Rights Act went over to the House, Representative John BinghamofOhio, father of the future 14th amendment, conftrms the understanding andconstruction the framers used in regards to birthright and jurisdiction while speaking oncivil rights of citizens in the House on March 9, 1866 and addressing Trumbull'samendment to the bill:"I fmd no fault with the introductory clause [S 61 Bill], which is simply declaratory ofwhat is written in the Constitution, that every human being born within the jurisdictionof the United States ofparents not oweing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is, in thelanguage ofyour Constitution itself, a natural born citizen"

Again in 1862, Representative John Bingham (Cong. Globe, 37th, 2nd Sess., pg1639)"All from other lands, who by the terms of [congressional] laws and a compliance withtheir provisions become naturalized, are adopted citizens of the United States; all otherpersons born within the Republic, ofparents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty, arenatural born citizens. Gentleman can fmd no exception to this statement touching natural-


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born citizens except what is said in the Constitution relating to Indians."

The 14th amendment was introduced to render the Civil Rights act constitutionaland amend it to the Constitution. It passed in the House, but failed in the Senate untilSenator Jacob Howard's amendment to the bill (the citizenship clause) was introduced. In1866 while while introducing bill H.R. 127 (14th Amendment) Jacob M. Howard (Authorof the Citizenship clause) states:"This amendment which I have offered is simply declaratory ofwhat I regard as the law ofthe land already, that every person born within the limits of the United States, and subjectto the jurisdiction thereof, is by virtue ofnatural law and national law a citizen of theUnited States."

The law he was referring to, was the Civil Rights Act of 1866 which had justrecently passed and which states:"Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRepresentatives of the United States ofAmerica in Congress assembled, That all persons born in the United States and not subjectto any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens ofthe United States;"

Everyone seems to forget the phrase "subject to the jurisdiction thereof', which iswhy the law/amendment went astray_ The Congressional records of the 14th

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Clause amendment to the bill. Who would know the intent of the Citizenship Cause, more,than the person who wrote the clause himself? Senator Lyman Trumbull, Chairman of theJudiciary Committee, author of the Thirteenth Amendment, and the one who inserted thecitizenship clause:"The provision is, that 'all persons bom in the United States, and subject to the jurisdictionthereof, are citizens.' That means 'subject to the complete jurisdiction thereof.' What dowe mean by 'complete jurisdiction thereof?' Not owing allegiance to ~ y b o d y else. That iswhat it means. I

Trumbull's words prove without a doubt that "subject to the jurisdiction thereof'means the exact same thing as ''not owing allegiance to any foreign power. Furthersupporting my claims is the Naturalization Oath ofAllegiance to the United States ofAmerica which states:"1 hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure al l allegiance andfidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, ofwhom or which I have heretoforebeen a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the UnitedStates ofAmerica against all enemies, foreign and domestic;"

Now why would immigrants becoming citizens be required to renounce allallegiance to any foreign sovereignty, but that not also be required ofAmerican citizens

already living here? It is required and this oath proves, that the Founders did notrecognize dual citizenship.

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In late 1779, Governor Thomas Jefferson, a College alumnus and member of itsBoard ofVisitors, guided the creation of a law school at the College. In contrast to thepractice of the day that aspiring lawyers serve as apprentices to members of the bar,Jefferson felt that legal education would best be accomplished in a university settingwhere students would study law amid the liberal arts.

On December 4, 1779, the College's Board ofVisitors appointed George Wythe, inwhose office Jefferson had apprenticed, as the College's -- and nation's -- first professorof law. Wythe was Jefferson's beloved mentor and an enormously distinguished figure ofthe era. A member of the Second Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration ofIndependence, Wythe had begun his career in public service as a member and later clerkin the Virginia House ofBurgesses. A distinguished lawyer and legal' scholar, he wouldlater serve on the Virginia bench and, as a member of the Constitutional Convention,became one of the architects of the federal Constitution, championing its ratification in hishome state.

Wythe's students at William & Mary attended lectures twice a week where theymight discuss the common law, American constitutional law, or the work ofpoliticaltheorists or classical authors. Wythe honed students' advocacy skills through moot courtarguments and also convened mock legislatures where students gained rich experiencewriting, debating, and revising legislation, taking as their model legislation pending beforethe General Assembly.


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Among those first students was John Marshall, who went on to become the fourthchiefjustice of the U.S. Supreme Court and whose 34-yeartenure in that post left aprofound mark on the high court and the country. Statues of Wythe and Marshall stand atthe Law School's entrance commemorating the founding of the nation's first law school atWilliam & Mary.

Autobiography of Thomas Jefferson"On the 1st of June 1779. I was appointed Governor of the Commonwealth and retiredfrom the legislature. Being elected also one of the Visitors ofWm. & Mary college, aself-electing body, I effected, during my residence in Williamsburg that year, a changein the organization of that institution by abolishing the Grammar school, and the twoprofessorships of Divinity & Oriental languages, and substituting a professorship of Law& Police, one ofAnatomy Medicine and Chemistry, and one of Modern languages; andthe charter confining us to six professorships, we added the law of Nature & Nations,& the Fine Arts to the duties of the Moral professor, and Natural history to those of theprofessor of Mathematics and Natural philosophy"

Natural Born Citizen in the Constitutional drafts:June 18th, 1787 - Alexander Hamilton suggests that the requirement be added, as: "No person shaH be eligible to the office of President of the United States unless he be now a Citizen of one of the States, or hereafter be born a Citizen of the United States." Works of Alexander Hamilton (page 407). July 25, 1787 (-5 weeks later) - John Jay writes a letter to General Washingt0!1 (president of the Constitutional Convention): "Permit me to hint, whether it would be wise and seasonable to provide a strong check to the admission of Foreigners into the administration of our national Government; and to declare expressly that the Commander in Chiefof the American army shall not be given to nor devolve on, any but a natural born Citizen." [the word born is underlined in Jay's letter which signifies '. the importance of allegiance from birth.) http://rs6.loc.gov/cgi-binlquery/r?ammem / hlaw:(ai,field%28DOCID+r?llit%28fr00379%29%29:

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documentation from the DNC.IV. The Kenyan Parliament has recorded in their Kenyan Hansard minutes thatMr. Obama is a Son of the Soil of that Country and that he is not a native American.The Kenyan Ambassador to the United States is also on record claiming that, "Obama'sbirthplace over in Kenya, is a well know attraction."V. Obama has another ballot challenge happening in Georgia right now, where he triedto quash a subpoena to appear but was denied. In his motion to deny he says that it is notthe states jurisdiction to remove someone from the ballot, but instead is the job ofCongress. I however am confident that the state ofMaryland knows that they have thesole responsibility of removing someone from the Maryland ballot. .

CONCLUSION

For the reasons stated above, I feel I've proved there is no other choice but to remove Mr.Obama from the ballot for not filling the Natural Born citizen requirements needed torun for the Office of the President. Leaving Mr. Obama's name on the ballot in not onlyunconstitutional, but violates all Maryland citizens 14th amendment rights by enforcinga law that abridges the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, not tomention our right to free and fair elections by qualified candidates. I f this constitutionalerror is not made right, it will set precedent that all one needs, is to be is born here to '.


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be President and it won't be long before we have an anchor baby allowed to run forthe Presidency and because their parents allegiance is to another country, the child willhave no allegiance to this country whatsoever. That will be the end ofAmerica, if theunconstitutional President doesn't ruin it ftrst.

VERIFICATION

I solemnly afftrm under penalties ofperjury that the contents of the foregoing Complaint.are true to the best ofmy knowledge, information and belief.


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EXlllBITS1862 Representative John Bingham, author of the 14th Amendment (Cong. Globe, 37th Congress, 2nd Session, pg 1639): "All from other lands, who by the terms of [congressional] laws and a compliance with their provisions become naturalized, are adopted citizens of the United States; all other persons born within the Republic, ofparents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty, are natural born citizens. Gentleman can fmd no exception to this statement touching natural-born citizens except what is said in the Constitution relating to Indians." http://memOly.loc.gov/ll/llcg/059/0600/06811639 gif The Civil Rights Act of 1866 failed to pass in the Senate until Lyman Trumbull proposed an amendment to the bill adding the words "That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States;" http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edulreconstructionlsection4/section4 civrightsactl.html The bill then went to the House where Representative John Bingham (author of the "future" 14th amendment), confirms the understanding and construction the framers used in regards to birthright and jurisdiction while speaking on civil rights of citizens in the House on March 9, 1866, in regards to Trumbull's amendment to the bill: "I :fmd no fault with the introductory clause [S 61 Bill], which is simply declaratory of what is written in the Constitution, that every human being born within the jurisdiction of the United States ofPARENTS NOT OWING ALLEGIANCE TO ANY FOREIGN SOVEREIGNTY is, in the language of your Constitution itself, aNATURAL BORN CITIZEN" MIDDLE COLUMN 3RD PARAGRAPH: http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-binlampage?collld=llcg&fileName=071 /llcg071.db&recNum=332 The 14th amendment was introduced to render the Civil Rights act constitutional and amend it to the Constitution. It passed in the House, but failed in the Senate until Senator Jacob Howard's amendment to the bill (the citizenship clause) was introduced. In 1866 while while introducing bill H.R. 127 (l4th Amendment) Jacob M. Howard (Author of the Citizenship clause) states: "This amendment which I have offered is simply declaratory of what I regard as the law of the land already, that every person born within the limits of the United States, AND SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION THEREOF, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States." http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-binlampage?collId=Ucg&fileName=073/llcg073.db&recNum=11 The LAW he was referring to, was the Civil Rights Act of 1866 which had just recently pass'ed and again states: "Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign
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power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States;"http://www digitalhistOIY. uh.edulreconstructionlsection4/ section4 civri ghts act 1.html:MEANING that they changed NOTIllNG with the 14th Amendment, only that they weredeclaring what was already the law. The LAW he was referring to, was the Civil Rights Act of1866 which had just recently passed and again states:"Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America inCongress assembled, That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreignpower, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States;"http://www digitalhistOIY. uh.edulreconstructionlsection4/section4 civrightsact 1.htmlEveryone seems to forget the phrase "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" which is why the law/amendment went astray. I f you look at the congressional records, while they were debatingthe Civil Rights Act of 1866 and the 14th Amendment, you will fmd the truth and see the 14thAmendment has been 100% perverted!What exactly did "subject to the jurisdiction thereof' mean to the framers of the FourteenthAmendment? Luckily we have Sen. Lyman Trumbull, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee,author of the Thirteenth Amendment, and the one who inserted the citizenship clauseamendment to the bill, so I think he knew what HE meant::"The provision is, that 'all persons born in the United States, and subject to the jurisdictionthereof, are citizens.' That means 'subject to the complete jurisdiction thereof.' What do wemean by 'complete jurisdiction thereof?' NOT OWING ALLEGIANCE TO ANYBODY ELSE.That is what it means."http://memOIy.loc.gov cgi-biniampage?collId=llcg&fileName=073111cg073 .db&recNum= 14So this proves that "subject to the jurisdiction thereof" means the same exact thingas "not subject to any foreign power"Senator Howard concurs with Trumbull's construction:"I concur entirely with the honorable Senator from Illinois [Trumbull], in holding that theword "jurisdiction, I as here employed, ought to be construed so as to imply a full and completejurisdiction on the part of the United States, whether exercised by Congress, by the executive,or by the judicial department; that is to say, the same jurisdiction in extent and quality asapplies to every citizen of the United States now."http://memory.1oc.gov cgi-biniampage?collId=llcg&fileName=0731llcg073 .db&recNum=16

U.S. Supreme CourtThe Venus, 12 U.S. 8 Cranch 253 253 (1814)12 U.S. (8 Cranch) 253
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MR. CHIEF JUSTICE MARSHALL cites Vattel Page 12 U. S. 289The evidence of this intention will rarely, if ever, be given during peace. It must therefore befurnished, if at all, after the war shall be known to him, and that knowledge may be preceded bythe capture ofhis goods. I t appears to me, then, to be a case in which, as in many others, justicerequires that subsequent testimony shall be received to prove a preexisting fact. Measures takenfor removal immediately after a war may prove a previous intention to remove in the event ofwar, and may prove that the captured property, althoughprimafacie belonging to an enemy,does in fact belong to a friend. In such case, the citizen, in my opinion, has a right, in the natureof the jus postliminii, to claim restitution.As this question is not only decisive ofmany claims now depending before this Court, but isalso of vast importance to our merchants generally, I may be excused for stating at some lengththe reasons on which my opinion is founded.The whole system of decisions applicable to this subject rests on the law ofnations as itsbase. It is therefore of some importance to inquire how far the writers on that law considerthe subjects of one power residing within the territory of another, as retaining their originalcharacter or partaking of the character of the nation in which they reside.Vattel, who, though not very full to this point, is more explicit and more satisfactory on it thanany other whose work has fallen into my hands, says"The citizens are the members of the civil society; bound to this society by certain duties, andsubject to its authority, they equally participate in its advantages. The natives or indigenes arethose born in the country ofparents who are citizens. Society not being able to subsist and toperpetuate itself but by the children of the citizens, those children naturally follow the conditionof their fathers, and succeed to all their rights.""The inhabitants, as distinguished from citizens, are strangers who are permitted to settle andstay in the country. Bound by their residence to the society, they are subject to the laws of thestate while they reside there, and they are obliged to defend it because it grantsSupreme Court Minor V. Happersett:"At common-law, with the nomenclature ofwhich the framers of the Constitution werefamiliar, it was never doubted that all children born in a country ofparents who were itscitizens became themselves, upon their birth, citizens also. These were natives, or natural-borncitizens, as distinguished from aliens or foreigners. Some authorities go further and include ascitizens children born within the jurisdiction without reference to the citizenship ofthe parents.As to this class there have been doubts, but never as to the first. " Id. (Emphasis added.)htt;p:llcaselaw.lp.fmdlaw.com/cgi-binigetcase.pl?court=US&vol=88&invol=162

Natural Born Citizen in the Constitutional drafts:June 18th, 1787 - Alexander Hamilton suggests that the requirement be added, as: "No personshall be eligible to the office ofPresident of the United States unless he be now a Citizen ofoneof the States, or hereafter be born a Citizen of the United States."

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u.s. Supreme CourtElk v" Wilkins" 11,2 U.S .. 94 1884)Elk v. WilkinsArgued Ap'rir 28, 1884Decided N o v e ~ m b e r 3, 1884

Justice Horace GrayThe distinction between citizenship by birth and citizenship by naturalization is dearly markedthe provisions of the Constitution, by which

"No person, except a natural born citizen or a citiz.en of the United States at the time of theadoption of this Constitution shaH be eligible to the office of President/'and 'IThe Congress shall have power to establish an uniform rule of naturalization:'Constitution. Artide II , Section 1; Article I, Section 8. By the Thirteenth Amendment of theConstitution, slavery w a s ~ r o h i b i t e d . . T h ~ , r n a i n ' 9 b j e ( : t 9 f , ~ l l e q . p ~ ~ I ~ $ e l i t e r i c e of.theFourteenth A m e n d r n ~ n t w a S : : t o s e t t i e t l i ~ : ~ u e s t i o n / ~ p o n : ~ h i ~ h ' t h : ~ r t ? ' . h a d b e e n 'ofc>pinion t h f O U g h o ~ the ~ ~ u n t f Y " , ~ n d J n ~ h i ~ C o \ i r t ' a $ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ e n ~ ~ p of f ~ e n e 9 r P e s (Scott:v. S a ~ p f f ) r d , \ , : ~ 9 How\ 3 9 3 ) t a n d t q ! . p u t . i t > b e y o n d ~ d o : u : b t t h a t . a i : p e f s o o : s , .whitt!. orblack, andwhetherformerh/ stpVe5i Qf'no.tJ born o r . n a t ~ t C 1 ~ i i e d j n t h e [ J o i t e d S t a t e s / a n d. . -. - . .....ow;ing no allegiance .io any!a,l'ien PQwer, s h o u l d l l e ' d t i z e n ~ ofJheUntted :States, and of tile

, "".,"", , ' , , ' "1""state(" which they reside. Slaughterhouse Cases, 16 Wall. 36, 83 U. S. 73; Strauder v.West Virginia, 100 U. S. 303 1 100 U. S. 306.
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RESPUBLICA v. DE LONGCHAMPS.1 U.S. 1.11 (1784)

1 Dall. 111RESPUBLICA

versus DE LONGCH.UiPS.

Supreme Court of United States.M'Kean Chief J u s t i c e ~ Thisi ,a case of theJlrst impre.ss.Jori If) the Untted;States. I t must

- . 'be determined on' the prindplesof 'the faws, ofnatioos,wtllchfQflQa parto.fthemuniclpallawofPennsylvaola;and, If'theoffences c h ~ i g ~ d h 1 tbe.iridlctmeht have been committed,-. " , .there can be no doubt, that those laws have 'been vidiated. " , ", ' ,Therefore, we conclude, that the Defendant cannot be imprisoned, unti l his mostChristian Majesty shall declare, that the reparation is satisfactory,' 3. 'The answer to thelast question is rendered unnecessary by the above answer to the second quesUon" Theforegoing answers having been given, it only remains for the Court to pronouncesentence upon you. This sentence must be governed by a due consideration of theenormity and dangerous tendency of the offences you have committed, of tiMe wUfulness,deltberatlon, and malice, wherewith they were done, of th e quality and degree of theoffended and offender, the proyocatlon givenI and all other circumstances which may anyway aggravate or extenuate the g u U t . l b e ' ~ ' f s t : ( ; r l r o f ! j n < t b ~ : . n a i ~ n e t . l t J , ~ a n ' i n f t a c t i ( ) n . ~ f

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on Oath of Allegiance to the United States of

hereby declare, on oath. that I ~ b s o l u t e l y and entirely renounce.and abjure: all allegiance,andto any foreign prince, potentatsrsta teorsovereigntYr ofwhom;orwhich I have heretofore

a sUbJect or Citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the Unitedof America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegianceI will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will

of the United States when required by the law;t I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and

I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me


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U.S. Supreme Court MINOR v. HAPPERSETI, 88 u.s .. 162 (1874)

88 u.s. 162 (Wall.)J.\IIINOR

v. HAPPERSETr.

CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE The Constitution does not, in words, say who shall be natural-born citizens. Resortmust be had elsewhere to aSQertain that. At common-law, with the nomenclatureof which the framers of the Constitution were familiar, { ~ c t . , ~ ' f i

C ~ h 1 ~ r ! ~ ~ ~ ~ ; ~ ~ ~ ~ 1 ! ~ t ~ I I I ~ ~ ~ ! ~ 1 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ W ~ ~ ~ i l ~ ~ ~ ~ a s distinguished from aliens or foreigners: .. Some authorities go further and include as,citizens children born within the jurisdiction without reference to the citizenship oftheir [p168] parents . As to this cLass there have been doubts, but never as to thefirst. For the purposes of this case it is not necessary to solve these doubts. It issufficient for everything we hav,e now to consider that all children born ofcitiZienparents within the jurisdiction are themselves citizens .


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1S66. TPM1. CONGRESSlONAL G L Q i B J J ~ = = ~ ~ = = = = = = = = = = = = title as proud lIS \hat of kil!S, and whose QaDJer _lYe!! tj.lm own. t r i b a l r e g u l a ~ : 1 . DGe& the prOvillj 1 the 8ttbjeC!r cieatell iiB.1r :teW-ioixis that you 1llJi;~ d e ~ e tlui.t citize.Ullhip, . G Q v e m m e n ~ o( tile United States p ~ t e ~ d ) ~ o f c i t i i ~ .I.theUnited ::;tate8,;' ,c : i , ......Mr.J'reaideilt, mtizeruiliip, .if Cl)XIferred, car- take jlU'isdietiQD of ro1:iberies IIlld The a m e D t : b n e n ~ ptOpoeedby-my friend frOm.nes with it, I!il a inil.tter of OOUl'S1lt the ~ h t s , ' other erimes c o m m i ~ by ane Indhui uEOn Wisconsin I think, alldI stihmit it tothe Sen-'the I"l\S the dnties, th e IlnlllUnlties, nnothjn' 'I !.hey wbject to onr jnrisdietion ate, .should be adopted.: T b e . h O D o J ; a l i l ~ ~ " ' .'he pr ' citizena1 for t h a ~ ill the very in !In.ttust sense? They are. not s.nb,j.ecttooQl. 'ber from Illinoisseems t h i i U , i t n l l . ) ! ~ t ; ; ; ,Qbject constitlltioruil amendment to j n ~ o n . We do not uereise jurisdicti on becanslt, according to his interi>retati9nDr.th.eextend.. 0 nol; intend toad\lress th.e S ~ I l - over theJD. I t isOIlly t h o s e ~ r s o n $ w h o wme alllendtUentas it ~ n b ; i t e x c l u d l ! S t h O S e ~ ; tP;e li t length on this question qow. Iha,ve oompletelyWithinoudtttisdictioQ, who are sub- $I'e proPOSed to b e . e x e l : r ~ e d bJ- a t I l $ l ~ ~ simply' raiSed t h . e qa+ . I tlUnk .tha.t!t ject to QurJaws, that we think of making citi- .or the Senator from WISConsIn, and he tmnkl:kwould b e e x e e ~ g l y u . tto a d o ~ this zens "m d there can be no objection to the that that & done b,: saying that thoSe onlywhe'amendment !ldld to ]>ut Q I I s t i ~ t i Q n 9 f .proposition that me h .persons .&konld be cid- in the United Statesare to .become the U n i t e d S ~ t e s t b e b sed. zena. . thereof, wRoat th e time of birth ar eOur fathem eertainl'ng ~ I ) them as such ;soo latiOIl toibe lDdian tribes. ,.,We ~ n i s h Illlll'of lbe Scnntor from Wiscoilsin.TheprQy1sion the. object of thisaJ:ilendment ia to settle that der committed \VithiIltheterritonal limits inis, ihat ' ~ a U . bo m in the United State8jqUestiQll.I think, therefore, with{heoommit- which the ~ . r e to fouad.. Ithillk we8lld su.bJect tionthereot;. are. cit- .tee to whollt the matterWll8 referred. and by p u n i s h ~ e c r i I n e ofmwder eomrllitte(lby oneizens."Th. . subjf}(:t to i b e e o l l l p l e ~ WBi;)m the reporthaebeeamatie, that. j\ is very Indian 1:i.ponanother In!iian. 1 think my friend. i u r U \ d i e t ~ o l l thereof.. ,Now, does the senator 4 d v i ~ l e i l l l ! o m ~ fo= or other to define what from Illinois is \ftODg insoppQSing,tha.t:tliat isfrom Wisconsin pretendtoaat that :the Nava ~ t i z e n an.d I . know. .no t dolle. .. sp ;is.;; no bette.r."'Il1.o'rjo e Indians er e s ~ c t to t h e o o ~ l e t e Juris- . aceoD;lplishlng that than thewa.y adOpted by Mr. TRUMBULL. No t except where iH sdi


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iii your 1;>.,1.. ,..,1, -,:..NCdd...J drerein.'l'heConslitution lell.\'esno room for doubt upontlijs subjeet .Theworde u nlltw:aI'Dorn citizenof tlie UnitedStxtes" oe!!Ul' ill if,lIlld !he otherprovisinu also oceu,l1!I, in ilc that, U C,ongreSashallbaVl' po we . tapass: tI: ,uniform ilysl.(lm 0,",nlltumJmation ... 'T o nsutn1lil:eapersOD is 10 lUimit himto citiZenship . ; lVhpare nmt#lzl-b,orn ~ b u t thoseborn withinH,,, I t e l ' u l . l l ; c ? ' l ' / j Q ~ brirnwithiu tb e Republi" wbetber, bfae" ( I ~ white,nrecitizcIIsily birtli-naturolborll ,,#izenll.' , l.'hereis JIO sl iehwordu ,'!DAile, ip YO,ur COIl.l\titliuon.Citizenshil'. werefor". ilOl'.8 depen 'plexi...n sn y m ( ) ~ ilian it depends uof election or ofotlill1l ./l11 f.om otherlands.fly tbe terms of yoar laws aIld 11OOn1[lliance wnlltheir provisions become !l!lttll'slizeo. nI'li adoptedcitizens of the Un ited SlIUeSj 11.11 odler[lCl"IIOflS bornwi1.hin th e Repubrre, of parents owing n l l t ! ~ i ...n1letOJl() other soveri!ign'ty, are natural-born citizens.Gentlemen can find noexceptioll tathill atalciu!!nt~ o u e b i l ! J n n r ~ r " ! - b o t : n e i t i z ! ! l i ~ ~ l l ( I p t 'Yhl t t is 811 idmLIIO\,;{)tU!UlutlOn In ...,latlon .t o Indlalllt,Tllere!l'3on wh y th"t exception wtlsmae.in the Coll"atitution is apparent to everybody_ T.hc severalIndian tribes were reeognized li t the orgnnjzlltlon(I f Lllis Government til! i n d e p ~ n d e n t 80vl!'reiglltieB.They.were tre!lted with as sueh. ~ n d ther bnvebeen dealt with by tbe Government ever smce asseparnto sover";gnlics. Therefore, they wore exc!uderl from the general rule.I adopt the woids of that man whoac cleal" i n ~ teifcct, thl'ough 0. long and laborious life, coni..ibmuch tlmt will endure to the jurisprudence'of his eoul1trJ--the lnmented Chancellor Kent, ofNew York-who declared thateverYPcl"sono( A f ~ ric . " delltent, born in thls land, is a citizen of theUnited S 1 4 ~ S , nnd although born in 11 conditionof sll:'-vpry un1er tbe laws of lilly S,!IIIC in which Ihe might bo held In service or Jllbar, sliD he WIISD. citizen of the United States: under dillabiliurns.Th e Federal G legislate, it WasordtUncd an d established throu/l:I, the suffrage ofp e r ~ o n " ~ f ~ f r i c t t n as well as of Europe,,!, de9N!ntm l n e m ~ o r n y o f tneStxtesofwe Repubhc.TbeylU'Isieu:olln tho election of the verypersonS throughwhoseagency the Constitution WIIS finally I'lItilied.,Look Il t tlte recol"Qa of North C,u"Olina /i.r information on UIAI subject; lank inta the legislative reeords of Maryland Alid D ~ l l l w a r e , Ilnd look at !.bereeordsof the Ne w England S t a ~ I I , I I . l ! d io u willind that the pel1lons of'Afrieon descent dId enjoy

polity thanr C l l r ~ e d tMmLlle .imple" butof Hi m who went abOilt un",,,, "'0...."rIlS(lecter of P:.117ti,that " . nr.lIWi" fire erE!&lf)d eqWl.!,"

t l : r e l t ~ r a , t l O n o f '"i!egrea( U'Utli announced bythe apostle of file N : ~ r e n e ? W h l l t bot tills is the~ u b l i m e principle oryour Constitution, the e < i u ~ . lLy of el l men before the law? To-day we dehberale wl>e!.bei we shal l maKe good, by legislation,this vill.! principle or ihe Coriatirution, herelD thecapital or the Republic! . 'Thequeslion. I rePeat; is Dot whether thesebondmen,about to be declar ed freemen ,shall vote.That question is not now before Us;ilie queStionis o n ~ of m i g h t ~ e r i ~ p o r t : "l!Ihall theee men beperm.Itt.ed to enJ.0.y lire .and rtyy.IIier'tyllU.d. p r u ~ . nunder the aanet.lolland shelter 9f tile law?" ,Repr e s e n t a t i v ~ of the p ~ o p l e . ~ I u \ ~ !lIeae men,natu'raj-born Cltll:ens or the RepubliC. be by-your lawmndo-lIccute in their person". in thei r li.-ell, i.D theirliberty. ill their property. wit.hin tbis Dilittict; orwill yo u reject this wise 8.Qd benelieent bill,and,like your predeccssors in tlli& HOllR,ignore t.lieroqulremenlll of tbe C6nlltitauon, andiflSl"eg;atd.the obligatiollsofyoul'ootha? ,lmay be allowedto flAY, without i n ~ n d i n g O I f " D ~ e to any, 1\8 myown judgment, in no spirit of censure upon an youe wh e ("onseientiou$ly diJlen with m ~ i n opinion, that tbe RepreSen!llUViJ' wbo ,refuses to p r o ~ .. de the n means, in neC9rtlttnce witli the"pait or theo COll8titlltion,' for the protection Otevery person in life, in liberty, in property. whereever ou r jurisdiction ill exclusive, trilles with hisoath aud breaks it. Such legislation is tbe:firstdilly of the llatiolllli Legislature, an d its faithfulexecution the first duty of the nation al E:s:ecoul'e.'I'hat is the view which I entertain olthil!l measure ant! ohur duty. J go for this bill.beCause itis eOllsuLutionoJ, as the gentlem an froll}KentueJty.aid in bi ..argument,and becaaseitis l l l l t as. well

M eonstitutio nal, ' I t it is no t Qllt to protect the righlll of aU nD1ler

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J oint Resolution proposing an Alnencllnent to the Oonstitution of' the United States.

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()d faithCitiell&ndDf. the pa,stjivesible.".:Bnt! feel thatI a.mjustifiElslhuaying,inviewot'the text oftheConlltitntiono.fmy conntry, inview of.n iespast i u t e r p ~ ~ o n s . j u vie...o !the ffilcmiteat aniLdOOl!!.rild. intent of .m4100n, 'Who franied . entofthd bill of

' a ~ q ~ P e r o -:wltllfu .eveJ:1o r P n i z e d 8 t a t e ~ f t h ls.9fthe ro-Sei'veifpowe)!1!. . ~ f t h e St.atell,t.n ., e enforc;ed fJYState tribunals Ilnd by B.tate:officiak ..tUlder the solemn li!!ll.tLOuS ~ f . l ! . n .Cl#h~ s e l i uP9 1llltitutiouoUnited S . ' . . i lmibt this cOlicIn-Irion who, cOllllidei'llthe,words of tlie Consti-intion.:


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1181"1111,. IJbde-.. the Cou.UltttlOD fol" the Offt_ orPre.let.! . tiT AL&XAlfUU POltT'Ul HOM&.

Tbe provlBion ottbe CoDstitutlon In t.bls .reIa .tlon .e III tbe wordefollowing: liNo. peraon ex..cept II I l a t u r a l ~ b o m CitlMD. or a OIt-JleD of theUnited Mt&tes at the time or the adoption. oftbls OonsUtatloD,abalJ be ellglbJe to ,lie oflioe01 Prealdent"U i< .. toPro. 'Jme to time thereb u been aplrlted con .troversy In regan) to the real alfDilleaace orthe phraae '.'Da.tara..l"bon dtlsen3' bat t.. m.oatfreqae , art . . when tbe elipblUtyto theotDee 0 reeldeDt ofa child bornot AmencaopareDte at aea, or lnforelgD terrltor1, II Inqoe,s.. ,DOD. .00 ODe aIde It baa beeu contended: UA citlMnla (1) Dat.and born; {2lmadeacJtiau byltatute.. Oblldreuboro wlthiu the allealauoo ofthe.Uolted Sta t . are natural-bom CItizens..Ohlldren borDor American parenta oatstde tbe,lurildlotloD are made01 t i l t01by 8 ~ k 1 t e (DultedlItatee Reviaed Statot.ee, aeotion 2172). and arebot C('li'eD8 nataral bom. If there were no stat-utea tbe, wonldnotbeoltlzeD&u 00 tbeotberhand, It iemalataioedthat ohlldren ot citizensof ,be Guiled 8&atee, wherever bora. areDaturalborn. beoaaae the. 118101la1 cbuacter. NSDllsfrom pafeotap, whlob is Ilatural, and Dot ae-peudeat apoaleg1a1aUve actton or RCOgDltiOD.A DatuNl"bOiaolttzenhae _nddaed &aonewhoeeoI1laDahlp la eatabUab. ad by the jurledlotiOD wblch the tTDJted states alnNMJ,. haa ove,.tile ~ D t e ot the f l b U ~ Dot what 18 thereafteracgulred br oholoeotNeidenoe In this country.Tile ooDOJlI8lon Ie, tha\ tbechlld otoIUseD. ofthe UnIted BtatM, wbetever bora, I. tIa Datura!bomeitlleD ot the United 8 ~ " wltbJnDleaulue of the Oonatltatton, andt . . 8Qoh,lfpo....ea of the other quaDl_tlon!', .would beaUl'lbJe for the olJoe of PreeJdent ot the UnitedStatee.
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358 TmRTY-NINTH CONGRESS.. IJtss. I. RES. 4:6,47,48. 1866.June 1&, l ~ . [No1.] .A.lWsolution mqkinn an . A . ~ i o n II ) tnabktAe President to ~ . 7.TewJ.. . ite.r fI1itJi, c m Ttibu. ' ,

.' . ' Resolved bytlte Benak andH(}1JSe of RepreSeT4ttztivlls of tile UnitedApp !!otion States of Amenca in Con!p;euasle'I'lJ1Jled,That on6!'!undred 8ndtwenty-.=el3 , ' ~ one t h o u ~ ~ d s e v ~ n ~ ~ c k Q ~ . and ~ i g h ; t l - a v e d ( ) 1 1 ~ r s J J , @ a s e v e D t y - 8 ~ v e n " certain In(lian eents,or'samuch thereof as may b e ~ e c e ~ r Y t " n 4 t b ~ ~ ~ is'llel-e-.. , # , ~ \ ' b y , ~ p P , t ' Q p t j ~ t e d , t o be. p ~ ~ outofanjrnioney j n t l i ~ TreasufJlloto t h e r w i s e a p p r o p r i a ~ d , to ~ n ~ 1 ) , l e the. P ~ ~ n t to negt?tiate t ~ t i e 8 witht h e I I 1 4 i ~ 1 l . tribes of thij Upper l\fisSoup, and the U P l l e l " ~ l a t ~ dveill jlJaid $qm to be e l q > ~ n d e d bytheoommissioner ofIndian' atrairs,under thedireetion,of theSecretllryof t.helQ:tedQr. '. A P P R ( ) V ~ D , J u n e 15, 1866.

, J ~ . e 11:;, ~ S 6 6 . [ N o ~ 4 8 . 1 Joint Re$Oliltion.proposing an .Ametu1.menl:totRe ~ ( R I qff/uJ United$taIA, Be it 'rtl:$olved. "" the Senate andH0us8 o f R e p : r ~ ~ n . t a . t i v e s o f a e l J n i t e i J : r r o ~ ( l . ,Statuo/"America in Oonflri!8$ QS$8mhled, (two thirds of both Houses con

~ r : e O J : : ~ : J ~ o n e u r r i n g ~ ) , ThfU the fonowing a r t i ~ ~ . ' b e : p r ~ p o s e d ,t? legisllltures..ofor the United the s e v ~ l StatesaaanslD.endment to the C , o ~ ~ ~ J t u ~ l o n of t h ~ UnitedStates., . , ., States, which, wheq ra,t,ified .by three fourths of said legislatures, shall bovalid as part,of the Constitution, namely: - ".Article xiv. . A R T I C L ~ XIV.

a,reeiti- S ~ C . 1. AU persons born or naturalized in the Urrlted 8'4\t68, and= r ~ : e a ~ : t subject to t b e j u r i s d i ~ t i o n t b e r e o r , are citizens oftbeUnited States ando ( ~ e S ~ t ~ i of the State ",herein they reside. No S ~ ~ . $ h a l l make or enforce anyt b e i r ~ p r i v i l e ~ law. which s h ~ n ebddge the privileges, or immunities of eitizens of theand lDUllnDltles. United States; nor shall any' State deprive any person of life, 'liberty,orproperty,.without due process 'of l",w, nor deny to any person withinits j u r i s ~ i e t i o n t h ~ e q u a I protection of the Jaws.Apportionmen.t SEC. 2. Representatives shall be. ~ p p o r t i ( ) n e d ' among the several: f v ! : ~ r e s e n t a . StatesacC,Qf.dingtotl;teir respecti!e numrs, ~ t m t i ~ ~ the whole tlQmberof persons In e a c h S ~ t e , excludmg IndIans. Dot taxed. Butlvhen theright' to vote at any election for the cboiee of electors fQr Presideqt and,Vice-Presi(lent oftbe United States, r e p r ~ e n t a ~ i v e s i n C o n g r e s 3 ~ the executive and judicial officers of a State, or the members of the legislature

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ptember 24(h, 2011To: 1," H u , i"'am--1600 Pennsyivania Ave NWWashington, DC 20500Re. iai Security Admini ration Notice of Mismatch Letter:...

Mr.Obama,Currently, the Immigration Reform and Control Act (1986) requireemployers, by law, to establish that elr employees are eligible to workin the Un States. The Fo(m 1-9 Vv3S developed for verifvina' thatpersons are e igible to work in t United States.Employers are uired by la'vv to have employees hired r November 6,1986 fill out Section 1 of the Form 1-9 when they start t6 work. on 1'd ~ m ! asks for ur name, birth d ,ao ress and soC! securitynum r (SSN). it also asks you to attest i f u are: A citizen of the Un dStates, 11011- citizen national of the United A lavvfut permanentresident (Aiien#) or An alien authori work.As one of your employers I used due diligence attempting to find a copyof your I 9 on the White House We ite and other public record S vllebsitesand could not. ! am includi an 1-9 rm for you to fi! 10 so I can keepit on file as required by law.On the vVhite House we ite I did find your name, d of oi h and youraddress. I fou the SSN you are US! on a copy of your Selective

rvice istration. I have heard you say many times you are acitizen of United StatES.i regl red witi i the government I'un E-Verify System and on gust17th, 2011, I entered your name, rthdate, address, SSI\1 and citizen
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status in to E-Verify. The data was correctly entered. I was allowed to runa check on your .2ligibility to work in the United States.I received back a "Notice of Mismatch with Social SecurityAdministration Records: SSA. record does not verify. other reason.nThe immigration and Custom Errfon:ement (ICE) have stated that anemployer's faiiure to adequately follow-up on a Notice of Mismatch couldconstitute evi nee of or contribute an employer's constructiveknowledge of an employee's unauthori status.When an employer receives a Notice of Mismatch concerning one theiremployees the Office o f Special Counsel for Immigration RelatedUnfair Employment Practices states that the employer'

L Must inform the employee of the no-match notice. nsider 'llOurself informed by means of this letter.

2. Must ask the employee to confjrm his/her name an,d N. Please(ontlrm or corle the name and SSN i entered in to E- VerifySystem: Barack H Obama 042-68-4425.

3. Please co or confi rm the i t izenship Status I entered \llJitn yourname, birth date and SSN: citizen of the United States.

Sincere!

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the way to look at devolution is about governance. If at all we take this ConstitutionwithQutlo9kingat the,elements of devolution properi.y. then I am afraid webave missedthe boat. We should be very pourageous:and brave becauseinJ963, resources were goingto the regions. It was not by. ch3nginglbe Constitution tluIt the regions went but bystarving the regions of :funds and even power to tax the regions. That is how theregions were killed. But when the r e g i o ~ were workirtg.evenhon. Ngala was, feelingbetter and ~ f e r as the president of the'Coast region rather than being a Member of'Parliament here. ",'The othet; thingthat V(eareagdressing through devolution is exclusion. What hasmade us suffer asa nation is exclusion. Qncepeople feel excluded, even when you wantt o ~ l o y a policeman or constableot you to build a dispensary. it must come ftomthe centre." In the colonial days, these thirigs were being done on the ground and theycouldgive bursaries ~ d b u i 1 d f()ads. I commend devolution. Those who fear devolutionare livingfu past. They,are, being guided their ethnic consideration and objectives.They are living in the past. Ift\merica was living in a situation w h ~ ~ t h e y fearedetbnicity andqid not See itselfas,a niultipartystate or nation,llOw could a young manbomhere,inl(enya, who ,isilotevena, native Attlerican,becomethe P r ~ i d ~ n t ofAmerica? It,,'js because they'did away with, exclusion. What haS killed, us here, isexclusion; that onceMr. Orengo is President, I k n 0 ~ o f I l ( ) o t h e r place.than Ugenya. Thatis why\Ve ~ e i e J i g h t i n g a g a i J I s t these tnanyJ!residtlDcies in the,past. Ihppe that Kenyawill cmeof age.:Tbis country Diust come ofage. People want f t e e ~ o m and nations wantl i ~ a t i o n , p u t o o u n t r i e s want i n d e p e n d ~ n c e . I beg to support.Prot: Kamar: Thank you, l,vIr. Deputy Speaker. Sir,for giving me the opportunityto contribute tothish,istoric Motion. I would like tosupport it with amendments and Iwill be mehtioning which ones. " 'f, ' ,Mr. Deputy'Speaker,'Sir, alloW,pIe,first, to congratuJatethose who haveparticipated in the process ofCbnstitutioil-matting in this country. I want to recognize theveterans- ~ e D r e J l g o s a n d I m a n y a r a s 7 PElSt a n d p ~ n t . I also want to remember ,tor e c o g n i Z ~ the,Bomtlsgroup,of d e l e g a t e s ~ ( g a v e u s the first Draft (20Q4}.I also want torell1ember ' theCommittee , 0 f E x p e r t s ~ ( C o E ) a n d "OW', own, Parliamentary, SelectConunittOO. These ,people have done a'eommeIldabIe job. The C o ~ i t u t i o n makingp r o ~ h a s been very long and tedious. 80Dletin)es itbasbeen acrimollipJiS and tempersbavegone up and down. But a.D in all, the process hasbroughtustIriS far and we mustthank God for that.Mr. DeplltySPeaker, Sir, it is instructive to note that while it bas taken averylong time, there are sOme ar,eas that have consistently remained,in all the drafts that wehave today. As we consider that, we are renllnded o fwhy Kenyanswanted tobave aConstitution, to ,begin with., In the preamble, there is a, stateDlentthat says: "We, thepeople of K ~ n y a adopt,eDact and give ourselves aIld our future generation this. Constituti()n." .

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir,we must ensure that Kenyans get a new Constitutionthat will serve them and the future g e n e r ~ f ! o n s . How do we ensure this? We must ensurethis by ensuring that the Proposed C o n s t i t ~ o n is good for a l ~ fair to all and serves all.This may require the spirit of give and 'take. but it must aD be inclusive and nonexclusive. The eyes ofthe nation are focused on this House. We must rise to the occasion

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November 5, 2008 PARliAMENTARY DEBATES 3277Dr. Eseli: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. This response is very sad. For along time, the Government has always asked Kenyans what they are doing for Kenya. Now, it isthe time we asked the Government what they are doing for Kenyans. I think we should defer thisQuestion to enable the Assistant Minister to bring a more reasonable answer than what he has done

so far. Mr. Deputy Speaker: Mr. Assistant Minister, the Chair shares the sentiments of theHouse. It is the directive of the Chair that this Question be deferred to Wednesday afternoon nextweek. You had better come with an answer that shows the way forward for these Kenyan students.POINT OF ORDER

HOUSE SHOULD ADJOURN TO DISCUSS ELEcTION OF MR. BARRACKORAMA

Ms. Odhiambo: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. It is not on this issue. Istand on a point of order under Standing Order No.20 to seek leave for adjournment of the Houseto discuss the American presidential election results.(Applause)

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the President-elect, Mr. Obama, is a son of the soil of thiscountry. Every other country in this continent is celebrating the Obama win. It is only proper andfitting that the country which he originates should show the same excitement, pomp and colour. I,therefore, seek leave ofthe House that we adjourn to discuss the issue. 'Mr. Deputy Speaker: Order! Order! Ms. Odhiambo, Standing Order No.20 says:"Any hon. Member may at any time rise in his place and seek leave to move theadjournment of the House for pmposes of discussing a definite matter of urgentnational importance."This means national "Kenyan" importance. The election of Senator Barrack Obama-An hon. Member: It is President Obama!Mr. Deputy Speaker: President-elect has not been sworn-in yet. The electionofPresidentelect Obama is of utmost national importance to the United States ofAmerica. Ms. Odhiambo, youare a lawyer. You had better be very careful where you transgress between watching your ownsovereignty and what can be interpreted in some quarters as some form of treason. We appreciate

and respect him. We are happy and we were looking forward to his election. It is not a matter ofurgent definite national importance to Kenya. In any case, whereas the ruling from the Chair wouldnot have been any different, you are supposed to approach the Chair at least two hours in advanceand give a notice of that information.Nonetheless, let us hold our horses. Let the excitement not make us look like Americancitizens. We are citizens of the sovereign Republic ofKenya.(Applause)

Hon. Members, I think we had better take note of that and intemalise it. We should knowwhere our utmost loyalty is.The Assistant Minister for Higher Education, Science and Technology (Mr. Kamama):

On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I just want to seek guidance from the Chair on thismatter. Considering the fact that even His Excellency the President declared that tomorrow will be


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3 2 7 ~ 8 ~ ______________ ~ P ~ A R L ~ = ~ ~ ~ N T ~ A R ~ Y ~ D ~ E = B = A ~ T E ~ S ~ ______ ~ N ~ 0 ~ v ~ ~ = b = ~ ~ 5 , ~ 2 = O ~ 0 8 a national holiday to celebrate Ohama's success, do you not think this is an urgent matter? So manyman hours will be lost tomorrow because of this "Obama mania". I seek guidance on this matter.Mr. Deputy Speaker: Hon. M ~ b e r s , tell me what is so urgent that you really want todiscuss? Do you want to discuss the speech ofObama? What do you want to discuss on this Floor?I f t is the celebrations, His Excellency the President has made tomorrow a public holiday. TheHouse is not open to any debate on the ruling of the Chair. Those are the roles u n d ~ the StandingOrders of the Republic of Kenya. I do not know how it is in the Ammcan Congress but for theRepublic ofKenya, the Chair has given a ruling on this and the m a t t ~ is closed.

Mr. Affey: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. While I appreciate your ruling, Ialso wish to seek the indulgence of the Chair. Given the mood in the country, this morning, quite anumber of us failed to ask our Questions because of the e x c i ~ e n t in the country. Fo r the firsttime, we have a leader of a great country in this world whose blood is Kenyan. For that matter,would I be in order to request you to allow me to ask my Question since I did not ask it in themorning.Ms. Odbiambo: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.Mr. Deputy Speaker: Order, Ms. Odhiambo! The Chair of the Kenya National Assemblyis on its feet. So, order.

Mr. Affey, you approach the Chair and seek if you want a r e i n s t a t ~ e n t of your Question inthe formal m a n n ~ , practice and traditions of this House. The Chair has got some communicationto make. As far as the interest and happiness regarding the elections that have just been concludedin the United States ofAmerica are concerned, this will put that to rest.

COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIRCoNGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO

PRESIDENT-ELEcT BARRACK OBAMA Hon. M ~ b e r s , as you may be aware, the people of the United States of Ammca have justhad a historic election where the son of this soil, Barrack Hussein Obama, has been elected the

44th President of the United States of America and the first African-American President in thehistory of that country, please join me in registering and sending this House's congratulations to thePresident-elect Obama for overcoming great odds to emerge victorious.

Indeed, this is a testimony of the democratic practice in the United States of America thatwe, in Kenya, can also emulate. I also wish to congratulate his opponent, Senator John McCain, forconducting a dignified campaign and statesmanship in his conceding speech. It is our hope thatwith this change, the USA and the world will be placed on a different trajectory and this willstrengthen international co-operation and forge closer partnership between the USA and othernations in the continent, particularly Kenya.

I also wish to bring to your attention that the President of the Republic of Kenya, HisExcellency President Mwai Kibaki, has declared tomorrow Thursday 6th November, 2008, a publicholiday in honour of the election of Senator Barrack Hussein Obama. Please, join me in thankinghis Excellency President Kibaki for this early gesture and correctly reading the mood of not onlythe country but the whole world. On my behalf and that of this House, I would like to congratulateand give best wishes to Senator Barrack Hussein Obama.

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3279ovember 5, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATESSpeaker, Sir, while thanking you for that Communication from the Chair, I want to join the rest ofthe world and, indeed, all ofus - and it is understandable that the rest of African Continent and thewhole world is celebrating a dawn of a new era- As we congratulate the American people andmore, specifically, Senator Barrack Obama who is now President-elect, it is important to reflect onthe journey that he has travelled so far. When countries get their foreign policy right, a lot of hopecan ensue. What I have in mind is the famous Kennedy airlifts of the 19608 when many Kenyanswere, due the friendship with the then Government and the late Tom Joseph Mboya, given theopportunity to travel to the United States of America as a result of which we now have an AfricanAmerican of Kenyan origin being President-elect. This is momentous. At 4.00 o'clock thismorning, Senator John McCain graciously conceded defeat. I was among the first Kenyans - as Iknow many Kenyans did not sleep but were following the outcome of those elections - tocongratulate the President-elect. While doing so, I also observed that the world will now be a saferplace under the Presidency of Senator Barrack Obama. The world will not continue to observeAmerican unilateralism. Some of us held the view that the war in Iraq was a m i ~ t a k e because theUnited Nations Security Council did not give its approval. The rest of us in Africa stood insolidarity and said that it was important to have a UN Security Council whose responsibility is toensure world peace and security. Be that as it may--

Mr. Ethuro: On a point oforder, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.The Vice-Presideut and Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. Musyoka): Mr. DeputySpeaker, Sir, I am just responding to your Communication from the Chair. I am sure that my goodfriend, Mr. Ethuro, can bear-Mr. Deputy Speaker: Proceed!

The Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. Musyoka): Thank you, Mr.Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am just about to conclude. The poin t I am making is very important. Thereare many of us who hold the view that there is now a real possibility of a more peaceful worldwhere multi-lateral ism, as opposed to unilateralism, will guide the conduct of internationalrelations under President Barrack Obama. We congratulate Senator John McCain for beinggraceful and I think we are rightfully in a party mood. We are not the only country in the world.There are parties in Paris, London and even in a place called Obama in Japan. I think we have aright to celebrate. As we do, as you said from the Chair, this is a sovereign country. We know wecan learn a lo t To be able to support that blood relation, I think we owe it to ourselves to make surethat we have a peaceful country as Kenyans; a country that will uphold the true principles of therule oflaw, democracy and tolerance between ourselves.

At the beginning of this year, Senator Barrack Obama called me at midnight and told me:"Mr. Vice President, could you make sure you sort out this problem?" I want to assure him that theproblem has since been sorted out.

(Several han. Members stoodup)Mr. Deputy Speaker: You are all out oforder!Next Order! Order! Hon. Members, when the Chair makes a Communication from the

Chair, no debate follows. The Chair has ruled on that. Whereas we apreciate that we are all excited,we celebrated victory last night. There is no debate about that. However, indeed, we haveprocedures and an instutution to respectNext Order!

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