[Smokeyblue]

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Kagan, Sotomayor blew chance to stop eligibility challenge?

Lawyers say Supremes broke rule, failed to respond to recusal motion

[screaminsunshine]

They probably do not want to get mixed up in it unless forced to.

[Mygirlsmom]

I really think he WANTS to start something over this. It’s too convenient that all of his most ardent supporters (Abercrombie et al) are suddenly “stepping in it”.

[mongrel]

The court challenges seem to be against the wrong people. Shouldn’t the court cases be brought against the specific individuals who participated in the fraud? The courts will always be reticent to rule against Obama’s eligibility, since that is constitutionally given to congress. If the fraud was uncovered in the court system, then it would emboldened hearings in the house. Who (besides Obama) lied under oath and who has standing to bring a civil suit against them?

[Hotlanta Mike]

[K-Stater]

...and possibly requiring a new conference vote among the seven remaining justices, including four mostly conservative, on whether the high court will hear arguments over Obama's legitimacy.

It didn't make it past the last coference vote if memory serves, it won't make it past another one. Recusing Kagan and Sotomayor would accomplish nothing. The full court takes up a case if only four of the nine justices vote to consider it; it doesn't take a majority. If there were not four votes to hear Hollister before all this then there won't be four votes after it.

[jamese777]

Full Headline:
Kagan, Sotomayor blew chance to stop eligibility challenge?

Lawyers say Supremes broke rule, failed to respond to recusal motion

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Any single Supreme Court Justice can request that the defendant (Obama) file a response to the Petition for a Writ of Certiorari (request for the Court to hear an appeal). If a Justice asks, the Government MUST respond.

In Kerchner v Obama, the government (acting for Obama) did not voluntarily file a response to Kerchner’s petition and none of the nine Justices asked for a response.

That means that NO Justice was contemplating granting this petition. Sotomayor and Kagan were therefore irrelevant.