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"The Courts don’t provide “referrals to Congress” either. Congress can undertake its own independent investigation any time that it wants to and Congress COULD have delayed the certification of Obama’s Electoral votes if any two members of Congress had been willing to file written objections to his electoral votes being certified. No two members (one Senator and one Congressman were needed) submitted a written objection. "

I don't think there is anything stopping a court from sending a notice to Congress of facts that should be investigated. Congress would be under no obligation to do anything with it, but a court is not limited from doing that.

There were more than two elector college members that wanted to object, but I understand VP Cheney didn't ask for objections like he was supposed to.

Congress is spineless. There was no one that wanted alienate a portion of their constituency by challenging Obama's credentials. That's why it's important that congress and the states each put a process in place to verify the eligibility credentials. Because congress can not be relied on in the heat of the moment.

And that's also why the courts should have at least reviewed the facts and not shirked their responsibility in this case. The courts can't remove a sitting president. But a court could have ordered the records and determined the truth, and let the public and congress do with it what they wanted.

I don’t think there is anything stopping a court from sending a notice to Congress of facts that should be investigated. Congress would be under no obligation to do anything with it, but a court is not limited from doing that.

There were more than two elector college members that wanted to object, but I understand VP Cheney didn’t ask for objections like he was supposed to.

Congress is spineless. There was no one that wanted alienate a portion of their constituency by challenging Obama’s credentials. That’s why it’s important that congress and the states each put a process in place to verify the eligibility credentials. Because congress can not be relied on in the heat of the moment.

And that’s also why the courts should have at least reviewed the facts and not shirked their responsibility in this case. The courts can’t remove a sitting president. But a court could have ordered the records and determined the truth, and let the public and congress do with it what they wanted.

The courts (and the federal courts) take “separation of powers” very seriously. I have never heard of a court sending a notice to Congress. Have you?
When the Republican Governor of Hawaii, the Republican Attorney General of Hawaii and two appointees of the Republican Governor, the Registrar of Vital Records and the Director of the state Health Department all confirmed Obama’s birth in Hawaii, the courts lost interest.