Posted on 02/17/2011 1:04:49 PM PST by rxsid
"Stunner! Supremes to give eligibility case another look
Challenge to Obama getting 2nd conference before court
In a stunning move, the U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled another "conference" on a legal challenge to Barack Obama's eligibility to occupy the Oval Office, but officials there are not answering questions about whether two justices given their jobs by Obama will participate.
The court has confirmed that it has distributed a petition for rehearing in the case brought by attorney John Hemenway on behalf of retired Col. Gregory Hollister and it will be the subject of a conference on March 4.
It was in January that the court denied, without comment, a request for a hearing on the arguments. But the attorney at the time had submitted a motion for Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, who were given their jobs by Obama, to recuse.
Should Obama ultimately be shown to have been ineligible for the office, his actions, including his appointments, at least would be open to challenge and question.
At the time, the Supreme Court acknowledged the "motion for recusal" but it changed it on official docketing pages to a "request." And it reportedly failed to respond to the motion.
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From: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=264897
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There are not the collective stones in this Supreme Court to find the obvious. Maybe they think they can put the issue to rest by having a hearing and denying it. It won’t die, but I have zero faith the Supreme Court will do the right thing. For the record, I had an overwhelming suspicion AZ would fold on the Eligibility issue, and they did.
All the powers that be are STILL scared witless [if you get my drift] of the rabidly PC MSM, and the full frontal, unrelenting, brutal, savage, barbaric and underhanded racist assault the MSM would launch on anybody who dared question the eligibility of our first ‘black’ president.
Sotomayor, Kagan, Obama and Holder have the same knowledge of the the Constitutionh and Juris Prudence as my dead dog. (note my dog has been dead for many years).
I am torn on this, if he is ever NOT found to be eligible what will happen next. Yes, some good things, we no longer have BO as President. All laws he signed and all appointments he did are null and void. Turmoil. Who IS the President? John McCain? Joe Biden? The Constitution sets forth the succession, but not if a usurper takes over.
People voted for a non-eligible ticket
Default to the only eligible but only if the Electoral College is used, then it is John McCain.
I think riots would become the normal here.
The brain damage that makes them would drive them insane.
And if they decide Joe Biden is POTUS? Oh my, that would be one big idiot in charge. He wouldn’t get the OBAMACARE Bill, and would NOT get re-elected, that is for sure.
No. Four justices have to agree to hear the case. In legal circles, it's known as "the rule of four".
While the CJ does enjoy some administrative privileges as being recognized as the most senior Justice, his only substantive power comes from deciding who will write the majority opinion, and that only happens when the CJ is holding with the majority.
Case motion for recusal of Sotomayor and Kagan "Despite a vigorous campaign that he has conducted to make 'unthinkable' the very idea of raising the issue of his eligibility under the Constitution to 'be' president the issue has not gone away," Hemenway said.
"Instead it has steadily grown in the awareness of the public. Should we be surprised that he shows no respect for the constitutional rule of law? What else would we expect?" he wrote.
The U.S. Supreme Court today did not respond to WND questions today about whether the two justices would participate in the conference, and there was no response to WND's request that questions be forwarded to the justices themselves about their plans.
"The real question here is one of getting members of the judiciary to take seriously the oath that they swore to protect and preserve the Constitution," Hemenway wrote in his petition for rehearing. "To continue to avoid the issue will destroy the constitutional rule of law basis of our legal system when it is under vigorous assault as surely as if the conscious decision were made to cease preserving and protecting our founding charter."
That the justices are "avoiding" the Obama issue already has been confirmed by one member of the court. It was last year when Justice Clarence Thomas appeared before a U.S. House subcommittee that the issue arose.
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I am torn on this, if he is ever NOT found to be eligible what will happen next.
Whatever happens cant be worse than the way it is now. We might have riots but thats better than a violent revolution.
Has anyone EVER heard the State Run Media refer to the prior names, and subsequent alisases, of The Messiah?
I love the idea that Barry Soetoro is even mentioned, let alone identified !
Nothing “stunning” about this at all. The petitoner filed a request for rehearing, so it automatically gets set for another conference.
When this case was first before SCOTUS, the Government waived its right to respond to the Petition, and the Court didn’t ask the Government for a response. That means that none of the 9 justices thought the case should be heard. Expect nothing different this time around. The petition for rehearing will be denied without comment and without any recorded dissent.
IIRC, 3 of 5 judges in a review committee must agree to take the case. (I could be wrong, though)
I could see the weasel McCain doing something like re-signing all the laws Obama signed as a show of solidarity or something of the sort if it came to that. He’s already said that the thinks Obama is a pretty good president.
It’ll go to Biden. Might be different if McCain was, well, you know - popular.
a “conference” is all 9...and ya need 4 votes to proceed to hearing. So far, have only been able to get 3 votes. This is big because there is a request for the two dufus broads appt by dunham to recuse themselves. If that happens you would then need 3 votes to proceed to a hearing!!!!
I wonder, if he’s found not qualified, will the MSM issue apologies for their portrayal of us as crazy “birthers”?
Nah...I guess not.
Yep, I was wrong.
I speak to people all the time that are not political junkies at all that all think Obama is hiding something. His grades,his name,his alias. People say nothing would be done because of the very crisis it would cause. But I think the crisis of Obama within itself is far worse.
Because it is unprecedented does not mean it shall not happen.
When I first saw the Headline, I thought it might have to do with the Motown Black History Month Extravaganza that we taxpayers are paying for coming up at the White House.
Probably not-- Google "de facto officer doctrine."
Obama lied, freedom died.
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