Posted on 11/20/2008 3:46:28 AM PST by dascallie
Today, the United States Supreme Court scheduled the case - Leo C. Donofrio v. Nina Mitchell Wells, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey - US Supreme Court Docket No. 08A407 - for a conference of the nine Justices. The conference is a completely private affair and the public may not attend. If four of the nine Justices vote to hear the case in full, oral argument may be scheduled. The conference is scheduled for December 5, 2008, ten days before the meeting of the Electoral College.
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A private conference is just that, a private conference among the justices themselves. Neither side will have representatives in the room.
But say, for the sake of arguement, you're correct and that the birth certificate gives a different father or states that the religion is Muslim then so what? The only Constitutional question is whether Obama is a natural born U.S. citizen. If he is then that's the end of the story, and whatever information is on the birth certificate is completely irrelevant.
Nope. McCain is out of the picture. He lost. He didn't get the votes. If Obama is ruled ineligible then it'll be Biden and whoever he chooses as his vice-president.
How many FReepers are going to believe:
“We’ve determined that 0bama is qualified to serve as POTUS, but we aren’t going to release the Certificate to the public for privacy reasons”
Don't know, but wouldn't be surprised if they did, since they were an English colony at the time and the Brits are pretty good about such things.
Chaos in America might be useful, though.
You're kidding, right? At this stage the clouds could part, a chorus of angles could burst into song, the mighty hand of God could decent and deliver the original copy of the birth certificate to Jim Robinson himself, and most people around here would say "It's an obvious fake."
There is nothing at this point that anyone could to do convince most FReepers that Obama's constitutionally eligible. Nothing.
The ball would then fall into Obama’s court. He produces the vault copy of his birth record, if it shows him to be eligible even if it has embarrassing info on it all will be ok.
Now if Obama still refuses or produces a vault copy of his birth record and it proves him not eligible for POTUS then Obama has a problem. He either goes quietly or he makes a stand.
If he makes a stand that is when we see riots!
No, when you vote for a Presidential candidate, you are really voting for an elector pledged to that candidate. If the candidate they are pledged to is found to be unqualified prior to the Electoral College meeting, what happens to the electors is probably up to the Party.
That quote proves my point. The only Constitutionally provided ways for a VP to become President are the death of the President or the Impeachment and Conviction of the President. There is no provision for a President to be ruled as not qualified, only a President-elect.
God help us! The justices need to concern themselves more with the rule of LAW (you know..that quaint, outdated old thing) than what people will “think” about a ruling.
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I sent a quick letter to my Pastor and Bishop to ask them to focus their prayers from now until December 5th on the Supreme Court Justices.
I bet the Catholic Church has no idea this Election is not over because the papers, TV, and the mainstream internet is not reporting this new development. The Bishops seem to be all geared up to negotiate the Pro-life agenda with BHO who won’t give them the time of day. They need to redirect their current focus.
I think the SPOTUS will uphold the constitution. If they won’t then no one will from this point forward. Their decision will impact forever how we depend and rely on the constitution to be the rutter of our Democracy.
I think if my Bishop can pray a rosary or two for Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Thomas, Justice Scalia, and Justice Alito as well as the rest than I think the SPOTUS will have the strength and courage to honor the LAW above all else.
The credibilty from some stories about this fool in Hawaii from the Hillary forum was always in question. It was pathetic to see some FReepers faliing for this like the Libs did when Bev Harris ran her scam that she was only "$10 away from a recount in Ohio".
What are the chances of SCOTUS not doing anything until after the inauguration?
Considering:
~ TheOne* is not a President yet, so he hasn’t done anything wrong. Not his fault some people chose him.
~ Till Jan 19 he can play the PE role. The Constitution speaks only about President not President Elect. Till that date he’s free to play his game.
~ Once he takes the position of President, only then can he be held responsible for misleading The People. Until now, nothing unconstitutional has happened.
Has it been released what his answer was to the original Berg suit?
Amen to that.
(1) LEGALLY: We can’t have a President who was not qualified to run for office; the Constitution trumps everything.
(2) ECONOMICALLY: If SCOTUS is paying attention to the economy, they’ll come to the logical conclusion that Obama’s fraudulent election has triggered the huge slide on Wall Street. It was up-and-down before the election but since 11/5 it’s been down, down, down (except for maybe one day, I think).
“We will never see Hussein’s Kenyan birth certificate!”
I hope the staff of Donofrio has prepared the case well enough so that any phony COLB that Hussein might present can be proven to be fabricated and/or doctored.
I do worry that SCOTUS might let the election stand, even if illegal, to prevent chaos. But everyone knows that chaos is coming; it might as well be now. Why postpone the inevitable?
I don't think so; Obama not only hasn't been inaugurated yet...technically, he hasn't even been elected, since the electors have not yet voted.
It is unclear what would happen if he were found to be ineligible.
Except you, everyone posting here is ignoring the fact that McCain is also included in the filing.
I thought the definition of "natural born" had been previously defined.
If the right falls to the House and they fail to choose a President, Biden would become President (full, not acting) on March 4th. 12th Amendment.
.....~ TheOne* is not a President yet, so he hasn’t done anything wrong. Not his fault some people chose him.
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If it is proven he is not a natural born citizen is was not eligible to run for President let alone send his “papers” in to each state requesting his name to be placed on the ballot. This is fraud perpetuated by Barack Obama.
Remember he is a Constitutional lawyer so I am sure he has been working on his “so-called justification” based on how he interprets the law. This is sheer AMBITION. He thinks he is above the constitution of the United States. Seriously.
If he is proven to not be “natural born” then he has perpetuated a fraud by allowing his name to be put on each ballot in each state in the country. It is criminal and it is a felony. Fancy that!!
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