Ernie S.
Diamond Member
Actually, no. Any executive order would be invalid and any veto he issued would be canceled, but any bill passed by Congress would stand. The Constitution does not require the signature of the President. From Artcle 1, Section 7 US Constitution:Now, that's a good question.
I'm not sure it makes a difference to his citizenship, since wherever he was born, his mother was still a US citizen at the time. I think it might spark some changes in how states go about letting someone put their name on the ballot. At the moment, my understanding is that they simply take the person's word for it that they're eligible, unless and until someone with standing challenges it.
I'm not entirely sure why members of the voting population themselves aren't seen as having standing. If anyone has a right to protest a legally-unqualified candidate, wouldn't you think it would be the voters?
His citizenship is not the issue. The issue would be that his presidency would then be illegal. Therefore, every law, every order, every piece of paper signed by Obama would be invalid. If he obtained the office dishonestly, he would not only have to leave office, but everything he's done over the past two years would have to be scrapped. You do see that, right?
What the voters think is immaterial. If he was ineligible to run, then everything he's done is also.
If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten Days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the Same shall be a Law, in like Manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its Return, in which Case it shall not be a Law.
So, in effect, any law passed by Congress would be treated as it had not been signed or vetoed, only changing the effective date to 10 days after it was passed by Congress.