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lowerclassbrat discovered 4 months ago- possibly the only post i will make on the 2008 u.s. presidential election: hawaii-born barack obama not a natural-born u.s. citizen, according to some hawaii secessionists. from the page: some native hawaiians think hawaii-born barack obama can't be president of the united states because he was born in an independent sovereign nation: the kingdom of hawaii. a few independence advocates claim that hawaii legally remains a country today, making obama and hundreds of thousands of others born in the islands over the past 50 years not "natural-born" citizens or eligible to be president. "obama was born in the hawaiian kingdom," said leon siu, a native hawaiian and musician who brought up the issue in a column he wrote on a news web site. "not only was the overthrow of the hawaiian kingdom illegal, it was admitted to be illegal by the united states." siu was referring to the "apology resolution" passed by congress in 1993 acknowledging wrongdoing in the overthrow of the hawaiian monarchy 100 years before and recognizing the inherent sovereignty of the indigenous islanders over their land. john mccain has faced more questions than obama over whether he meets the legal requirement to qualify for the nation's highest office because he was born in the panama canal zone in 1936. both mccain and obama appear to qualify for the presidency because they were born in united states lands, said university of hawaii constitutional law professor jon van dyke. "it would be unlikely that any court would take seriously an argument that senator obama was not a natural-born citizen," van dyke said. "for the moment, hawaii is a state... and the people of hawaii taken as a whole seem not to be seeking secession, as a few people are." even those who believe in hawaii's inherent sovereignty don't deny that the world recognizes it as part of the united states, allowing their argument no effect on the presidential election. people who consider themselves part of a hawaiian nation don't need to get involved in u.s. politics anyway, said jonathan osorio at the university of hawaii's center for hawaiian studies. "we don't have to get involved in it because it's the americans' problem," osorio said. "why should we care if this is an election that is for the united states and not hawaiian nationals?"
