[JewishRighter]

I see your point, but I ask you this: if the judge was determined to enter a default judgment that just says “Obama shall not be on the ballot”, why did he allow the plaintiffs to proceed with proofs of Obama’s eligibility? If it will have no effect on the resulting judgment, why would he waste the time? He just seemed like a really no-nonsense guy and not likely to just indulge the plaintiffs only to throw the transcript and the exhibits in the trash. We shall see, we shall see...Let us pray that there is some hope for those of us who have been agonizing over this travesty of a president.

[MMaschin]

I see your point, but I ask you this: if the judge was determined to enter a default judgment that just says “Obama shall not be on the ballot”, why did he allow the plaintiffs to proceed with proofs of Obama’s eligibility? If it will have no effect on the resulting judgment, why would he waste the time? He just seemed like a really no-nonsense guy and not likely to just indulge the plaintiffs only to throw the transcript and the exhibits in the trash. We shall see, we shall see...Let us pray that there is some hope for those of us who have been agonizing over this travesty of a president.

In the case of an appeal, only evidence presented at the original trial can be considered. The plaintiffs very likely made the request of the judge to have their evidence in the offical record.

Once the hearings started, I was very happy, because I thought that there would be no default judgement, and the judge would rule on the evidence presented, and thereby have a ruling on whether or not Minor is precedent on NBC. But that does not appear to be the case. I pray I'm wrong, and that the judge rules based on the evidence, but I don't see how he can, not if he was ready to make a judgement before he even heard evidence that Obama Sr. was never a US citizen.

The problem with the Georgia statute is what was origionaly considered a plus - that the onus is on the candidate to prove he is eligible, not the plaintiffs to prove he's not. The problem with that is that it allowed Obama to do what he did here - simply default. We need to find a state where the voter has standing to question the eligibilty of the candidate, and is required to prove that the candidate is ineligible.

The only way to win this battle is to force the courts/media/and public to recognize the real definition of NBC.