Newsweek Apologizes For Kamala ‘Birther’ Piece – But There’s Still No Evidence Her Parents Were Citi

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Newsweek Apologizes For Kamala ‘Birther’ Piece – But There’s Still No Evidence Her Parents Were Citizens When She Was Born
By Joe Hoft
Published August 15, 2020 at 2:28pm
 

(Above Kamala Harris with her father.)
Newsweek backtracked from their article earlier in the week where it claimed that Senator Kamala Harris doesn’t qualify to be Vice President of the United States.  Unfortunately for Harris, there is still no evidence her parents were US citizens when she was born.

Two days ago we reported on new claims that Senator Kamala Harris doesn’t qualify to be Vice President.  Harris joined the likes of Senator John McCain who was born outside the US and because of this, investigated when he ran for the Presidency and eventually determined eligible. Then came Barack Obama, who many to this day don’t believe was eligible for the Office of the Presidency due to the unusual circumstances concerning his birth (See Jack Cashill’s book: Deconstructing Obama). Many conservatives didn’t support Senator Ted Cruz due to his birth in Canada as well.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/08/despite-newsweek-apologizing-kamala-birther-piece-still-no-evidence-parents-citizens-born/

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But There’s Still No Evidence Her Parents Were Citizens When She Was Born...

which matters not a whit if "natural born citizen" is the same concept, adapted to a republic, as Blackstone's "natural born subject", rather than Vattel's "natives".  As almost all the notions in the Constitution take English common law as a given (e.g. habeas corpus, trail by jury, ...) the notion that the Founders were relying on a Swiss political theorist, rather than the framework of English common law is silly.  Yes, one of them subsequently wrote that the common law of the United States is not the same as British common law, but that is because by then precedents had diverged.   

Obama "birtherism" based on the belief he was born in Kenya at least had the virtue of being based on a theory about his birth that would have made him not a natural born citizen under the Blackstone-based interpretation.  Harris "birtherism" requires the Vattel-based interpretation and is, in my view, completely unsupportable.