The trouble is this: It would be unconstitutional and thus illegal for Kamala Harris to swear the oath of office of the presidency of the United States of America as Harris, though a native-born U.S. citizen, is not a natural-born U.S. citizen.
According to the Wikipedia entry on Kamala Harris:
"Kamala Harris was born on October 20, 1964, in Oakland, California, to a Tamil Indian mother and a Jamaican father. Her mother ... immigrated to the US from Madras in 1960. Her father ... emigrated from Jamaica in 1961 for graduate study in economics at University of California, Berkeley."
It is unlikely that either of her parents became naturalized U.S. citizens before her birth. As well, by 1971 Harris' mother immigrated to Canada and took Harris with her. Harris came of age in Montreal, Canada, having lived most of her formative years as a Canadian resident.
Certainly, Harris is native born and is a U.S. native citizen. Yet, as a 14th Amendment citizen, Harris is not natural born as the 14th Amendment fails to make anyone natural born.
A key concept of being natural-born is natural allegiance. Natural allegiance arises from jurisdiction and citizenship of parents.
The key about Harris is if her parents were naturalized US citizens at her birth. If they were merely here on visas, then they would not have natural allegiance to Congress. Thus their native born daughter would not have natural allegiance to Congress as well. Hence, she would not be natural born.
Since Harris lacks natural allegiance to Congress, Harris could be a so-called Manchurian candidate.
Harris suffers from the same problem that Marco Rubio likely did in 2016. Harris is a native-born U.S. citizen. That is not in question. Yet, being native-born does not equate with being natural-born.
All courts would recognize Harris as a native-born under the 14th Amendment as well as under Congress' naturalizing law, 8 U.S. CODE §1401. However, 14th Amendment fails to make anyone natural-born. The purpose of the the 14th Amendment was to impose upon the states prohibition of passing laws that could strip ex-slave Americans of the full and equal protection of any law.
It would be unconstitutional for Harris to swear the oath of office of the presidency.
Sadly, back in 2016, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio sought the nomination for the Republican Party but neither were eligible to to swear the oath of office. Cruz was a natural-born Canadian who was naturalized as a U.S. citizen by the force of law in 1970.
For more, on Cruz's and Rubio's shameful attempts at the presidency, see my works:
- IS NATIVE-BORN MARCO RUBIO A NATURAL-BORN AMERICAN OR IS RUBIO ANOTHER CANDIDATE INELIGIBLE TO SWEAR THE PRESIDENCY OATH LIKE NATURAL-BORN CANADIAN TED CRUZ?
- THE TED CRUZ CRIB SHEET. THE 34 REASONS WHY TED ISN'T NATURAL-BORN AND CAN'T BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
- TAKE OFF, EH. IS TED CRUZ IS A NATURAL-BORN CITIZEN? PUNDIT LAWYERS GET THIS SO WRONG, THE HOSERS.
- TED CRUZ COULD HAVE BEEN IN THE HIGHEST SERVICE TO HER MAJESTY, QUEEN ELIZABETH II, IN CANADA. SO HOW CAN TED BE PRESIDENT OF THE USA?
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