>>> “Thomas’s actions were rare because, by custom, when a justice rejects a petition from his own circuit, the matter is dead. Even if, as can be the case under Rule 22, the matter can be submitted to another justice for consideration, that justice out of respect, will reject it also, said Trevor Morrison, a professor of law at Columbia University School of Law.
Morrison said that Thomas’s actions are once in a decade. “When that does happen, the case has to be of an extraordinary nature...” <<<
I find the above passages to be very illuminating. For one, it affirms to me that Leo Donofrio knows his Justices, so picked Justice Thomas to re-file his petition to, as the one Justice most likely to act on the overwhelmingly urgent implications of the issue.
Secondly, what Professor Morrison had to say about a Justice taking up a petition which had previously been denied by another Justice, as “once in a decade”, and being of an “extraordinary nature” is fascinating, and very encouraging.
Of course, the good Professor had to go on and interject his liberal, and uninformed opinion of the matter, but hey, he also gave me a big hook to hang my hopes on.
Maybe Donofrio was thinking Thomas didn't like what 0bama had to say about him at Saddleback.
I wonder how many other candidates might have campaigned for the office had merely citizenship been the minimal requirement. The present Governor of California comes to mind.
“I find the above passages to be very illuminating. For one, it affirms to me that Leo Donofrio knows his Justices, so picked Justice Thomas to re-file his petition to, as the one Justice most likely to act on the overwhelmingly urgent implications of the issue.”
I agree. I think that Justice Thomas understands that this needs to be dealt with because it just isn’t going to go away. I don’t know if he has any opinion about it....he may think it has no merit...but he (I think) realizes it must be examined and not just pushed to the side.
I do believe that IF the SCOTUS was to examine the facts and documents (i.e. vault BC) they would be able to make an informed decision. I also think that IF the evidence shows that P.E. Obama was indeed born in Kenya or if other circumstances (being an Indonesian citizen) caused his loyalties (as constitutionally intended) to be questioned, I think a majority of the court will rule P.E. Obama to be unqualified. However, the evidence must be clear and compeling.
The hard part is getting them to actually take the time to obtain and examine evidence, which I think is all most of us want them to do.