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The Fallacies of Congressional Legislative Attorney Jack Maskell’s Definition of a “Natural Born Citizen”

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The Fallacies of Congressional Legislative Attorney Jack Maskell’s Definition of a “Natural Born Citizen” By Mario Apuzzo, Esq. June 2, 2013    Bob Quasius at Café Con Leche Republicans recently said:  “The citizenship of Ted Cruz’s father is irrelevant. Ted Cruz was born a citizen of the United States based upon his mother’s citizenship and many years of residency in the U.S., per the federal statutes in effect at the time Ted Cruz was born. A natural born citizen is one who was born a citizen, as compared to someone not born a citizen and naturalized. Ted Cruz was born a citizen, and therefore he’s a natural born citizen.”  http://cafeconlecherepublicans.com/is-ted-cruz-a-natural-born-citizen .  Quasius’ argument is the classic example of Jack Maskell’s formal and informal logical fallacies of what the definition of a “natural born Citizen” is which are contained in his two Congressional Research (CRS) Memos.  Jack Maskell wrote in his CRS memo published ...

Senator Ted Cruz Is Not a “Natural Born Citizen” and Therefore Not Eligible to Be President

Senator Ted Cruz Is Not a “Natural Born Citizen” and Therefore Not Eligible                                                to be President                                            By Mario Apuzzo, Esq.                                                  March 25, 2013 It is pretty amazing to see to what lengths some will...

Barack Obama: The De Facto President of the United States-Maybe a Born Citizen But Not A "Natural Born Citizen"

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           Barack Obama: The De Facto President of the United States-               Maybe a Born Citizen But Not A “Natural Born Citizen”                                          By Mario Apuzzo, Esq.                                                January 21, 2013  The U.S. Constitution         Barack Obama eligibility supporters maintain that he is an Article II “natural born Citizen” and therefore eligible to be Presid...

Congress Should Not Confirm Barack Obama As President, For He Is Not an Article II "Natural Born Citizen"

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Congress Should Not Confirm Barack Obama As President, For He Is Not an                                        Article II “Natural Born Citizen”                                             By Mario Apuzzo, Esq.                                                December 30, 2012        The joint session of Congress meets to count the...

The Florida Courts Say that If Anyone Can Be Santa Claus, Barack Obama Can Be President

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The Florida Courts Say that If Anyone Can Be Santa Claus, Barack Obama Can Be President                                         By Mario Apuzzo, Esq.                                            December 22, 2012 Circuit Judge, Kevin J. Carroll, of the Circuit Court of the Second Judicial Circuit in Leon County, Florida, has abruptly dismissed the state Obama eligibility case of Michael C. Voeltz v. Barack Hussein Obama (Case No. 2012-CA-3857). Judge Carroll had given the plaintiffs until December 23, 2012 to respond to Obama’s motion to dismiss the case. But he then changed his mind an...

Logic and Defining the "Natural Born Citizen" Clause

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                         Logic and Defining the “Natural Born Citizen” Clause                                               By Mario Apuzzo, Esq.                                                  November 28, 2012  Father of Logic  I recently posted this comment to Keith at Dr. Conspiracy’s blog called, Obama Conspiracy Theories: “You said: ‘[S]o he [Wong] was a born citizen and therefore he was a natural born c...