# Has Obama committed any "Impeachable Offenses"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 3, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-obama-committed-any-impeachable-offenses/508750 "2009-09-03T15:32:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-obama-committed-any-impeachable-offenses/508750/81 "2009-10-23T13:42:19Z")
Ok, eyeroll on most of that, except for the “false powers of veto,” which gets a big head-scratch. ---
**Author:** ![Translucent\_Daydream](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/translucent_daydream/32/16170_2.png) [@Translucent\_Daydream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Translucent_Daydream)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-obama-committed-any-impeachable-offenses/508750/82 "2009-10-23T14:22:53Z")
> [@VAffer](#): > > 😕ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT > > Resolved, that Barack Hussein Obama, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate: > > Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States of America in the name of itself and of the people of the United States of America, against Barack Hussein Obama, President of the United States of America, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors. > > Article I > > In his conduct while President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has: > > unlawfully exercised the authority of his office to take private property for public use in violation of the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, which guarantees to the People that “private property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation,” and without “due process of law”; > > unlawfully interfered with the management of private companies for the purpose of achieving government control of them, in violation of the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution. > > unlawfully interfered with the economic rights of the People by imposing unreasonable impairments in the fulfillment of their intended contractual obligations, and their ability to enter into such contracts, and attempting to change our fundamental economic system, where there is no significant or legitimate public purpose to do so. > > In doing this, Barack Hussein Obama has undermined the integrity of his office, has brought disrepute on the Presidency, has betrayed his trust as President, and has acted in a manner subversive of the rule of law and justice, to the manifest injury of the people of the United States. > Wherefore, Barack Hussein Obama, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States. > > Article II > > In his conduct while President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has prevented, obstructed, and impeded the administration of justice, and to that end, through his subordinates and agents, has: > unlawfully engaged in a conspiracy to suppress evidence of the true place of his birth. This obstruction of justice has resulted in a violation of the Constitutional provision that a President of the United States must be a natural born citizen. > > unlawfully refused his assent to the Laws of the United States, and exercised false powers of veto that are contrary to Constitution. > In all of this, Barack Hussein Obama has undermined the integrity of his office, has brought disrepute on the Presidency, has betrayed his trust as President, and has acted in a manner subversive of the rule of law and justice, to the manifest injury of the people of the United States. > > Wherefore, Barack Hussein Obama, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States. > There you have it Obama is not without complications. You can not battle the Constitution of the United States.- (Read the Constitution-It governs Presidentual behavor:):o VAFFer I am really glad I know what his middle name is now, so I won’t vote for him in the future. Hussein is totally un Amurkin. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-obama-committed-any-impeachable-offenses/508750/83 "2009-10-23T16:00:44Z")
Whack-a-dooooooooooo ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-obama-committed-any-impeachable-offenses/508750/84 "2009-10-23T21:48:26Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Ok, eyeroll on most of that, except for the “false powers of veto,” which gets a big head-scratch. Especially as, according to [Wikipedia,](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_vetoes) Obama hasn’t vetoed **any** bills yet. ---
**Author:** ![MeDrewNotYou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@MeDrewNotYou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeDrewNotYou)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-obama-committed-any-impeachable-offenses/508750/85 "2009-10-25T02:17:15Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Especially as, according to [Wikipedia,](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_presidential_vetoes) Obama hasn’t vetoed **any** bills yet. You’re ignoring the very obvious. **VAffer** obviously has a time machine and is reporting to us from 2015, when Obama vetoed the Robot Rebellion Suppression Act, dooming us all to slavery under our metallic overlords. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-obama-committed-any-impeachable-offenses/508750/86 "2009-10-25T02:30:39Z")
> [@VAffer](#): > > 😕ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT… With the new board rules will we continue to need to infer the number of posts a Guest was made? Because I’m inferring one. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-obama-committed-any-impeachable-offenses/508750/87 "2009-10-25T02:54:38Z")
Chemtrails. Impeach Obama for Air Force One chemtrails over New York City. [Politics | Fox News](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/04/27/white-house-official-apologizes-air-force-photo-op-new-york-city/) ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-obama-committed-any-impeachable-offenses/508750/88 "2009-10-25T03:09:00Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > [Barack dancing](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsWpvkLCvu4) > > [Jason Glover, who can actually dance](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EibmRze4p1M) > > Unsupported. He dances like a white guy. No foot movement. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-obama-committed-any-impeachable-offenses/508750/89 "2009-10-25T03:46:17Z")
> [@VAffer](#): > > There you have it Obama is not without complications. You can not battle the Constitution of the United States.- (Read the Constitution-It governs Presidentual behavor:):o VAFFer RESOLVED: Wondering how the same person who could write paragraphs of such error-free legalese could then put together travesties of English such as the above, a cut and paste of “Resolved, that Barack Hussein Obama, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate:” in Google quickly produced this [Impeach Obama](https://fs7.formsite.com/C4Strategies/form478613130/secure_index.html) bit of lunacy. Should the aforementioned VAFFer not be the same person as ‘Floyd’ who wants you to sign his petition in the above mentioned website, VAFFer shall be guilty of the crime of plagiarism. ---
**Author:** ![red\_red\_rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@red\_red\_rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/red_red_rose)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-obama-committed-any-impeachable-offenses/508750/90 "2009-10-25T19:50:43Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > IANAL, but I don’t know that that particular set of circumstances has ever been tested in a court of law, and I find it hard to believe that the framers of the law intended to deny citizenship to children because their mothers were underage. It was only if one parent wasn’t a US citizen and the birth was outside of the US. Under section 301(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) > **[404 - Page Not Found](https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/404.html)** > [@](#): > > \*\*Birth Abroad to One Citizen and One Alien Parent in Wedlock: \*\* > A child born abroad to one U.S. citizen parent and one alien parent acquires U.S. citizenship at birth under Section 301(g) INA provided the citizen parent was physically present in the U.S. for the time period required by the law applicable at the time of the child’s birth. (For birth on or after November 14, 1986, a period of five years physical presence, two after the age of fourteen is required. For birth between December 24, 1952 and November 13, 1986, a period of ten years, five after the age of fourteen are required for physical presence in the U.S. to transmit U.S. citizenship to the child. Since he was born in 1961, his mom had to have been in the US for five years after the age of fourteen to pass on citizenship to him if he was born outside of the US. She was only eighteen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-obama-committed-any-impeachable-offenses/508750.md?page=4)