The Constitution says he has to be a natural born citizen. It doesn’t say who is responsible for “vetting” him. So no one is responsible for vetting him on a national level. And if anyone claims to have vetted him on a state level, there is no recourse for citizens to challenge it. Most of the challenges have been denied by the courts based on “standing.” In other words, you don’t have the right to bring the case before the court because you are not an injured party.
The whole thing stinks to high heaven.
Most states’ laws leave the vetting to the major political parties. Anyone who gets a major party’s endorsement is good to go. Citizens CAN challenge candidates’ names being placed on a ballot. In 2012 there were 50 challenges heard by state elections boards and courts in 22 states plus the District of Columbia. No challenge was successful.
The courts should tell that (that they don't have standing and are not an injured party) to the millions of Americans that were laid off (myself included) right after Obama's selection in 2008 by companies that knew damned well what was heading their way via Democrats. We don't have standing? Looking for a decent job and not finding one in this Obamanation damned sure constitutes "standing and being an injured party" in MY book. Or they should tell the millions of Americans that have lost their homes and their life-savings thanks to Obamanomics. No standing? Bullcrap.