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To: Seizethecarp
“This court affirmed the order dismissing the suit, agreeing that ‘a candidate’s ineligibility under the Natural Born Citizen Clause does not result in an injury in fact to voters.’”

Alarming. Absolutely alarming.

60 posted on 07/02/2010 5:35:39 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights (.)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

Not really. The term does not mean the voters have suffered no harm, but that they would all suffer the SAME harm. If everyone in the US suffers the same harm from the same cause, then the redress is via elections, Congress, etc - not the Courts.

That is why the complainants argued they were specially harmed as former military subject to recall - but the courts ruled that was a speculative & hypothetical harm...and again, courts do not address potential future harm.

For example, I once took a guy to court for the work he did - well, claimed he did but did not do - on my septic system. The lawyer advised me to first get it repaired, and then the harm was the cost of my repair. Until then, the lawyer said, I had no basis for a case, since I had suffered no specific harm.

Remember, I’m not a lawyer and I could be screwing up what the courts are doing...it is just my take on their actions.


64 posted on 07/02/2010 6:16:05 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (When the ass brays, don't reply...)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

“This court affirmed the order dismissing the suit, agreeing that ‘a candidate’s ineligibility under the Natural Born Citizen Clause does not result in an injury in fact to voters.’”

Maybe there should be an argument that it is an injury to TAXPAYERS. After all, those are in limited quantity. And should service people be charged with crimes acting on orders from an ineligible pResident, it is reasonable to expect additional costs to defend said troops to be borne by TAXPAYERS.


128 posted on 07/03/2010 5:08:18 PM PDT by FreeStateYank (I want my country and constitution back, now!)
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