I've heard quite a few times this phrase, "Ignorance of the law is no excuse," though I'm sure neither that Holder guy nor the Solicitor General think whatever the meaning is, was "settled law" at the time Barry penned his affirmation thereof. OTOH, Pelousy, as a Leader of the House, making official representation on behalf of a candidate, had a clear duty to have assured what she wrote was correct.
OTOH, that defense all goes out the window, as it obviously could never have meant what Barry actually is.
HF
"Why ladies of the jury, (Lovely chapeau, Shamequa!) our own Supreme Court has not even been able to define it! How could my client know who be a Natural Born Citizen and who ain't? Why even on that racis old white guy forum, Freerepublic, some says he is and some he not. How a poor black chile from Hawaii supposed to figure it out? Ladies of the jury, if the Supreme Court don't issue a writ, you mus acquit!"
Furthermore, Holden, Ted Cruz says he's a Natural Born Citizen. Marco Rubio, ditto. There are people pushing Bobby Jindal. Unless our belovèd SCOTUS shifts its blackrobed haunches and accepts one of the many damn good appeals that make it up there, it's anybody's guess as to who is eligible and who is not. Me, I thought this sort of Constitutional standard-setting was a key part of their job.
I, and I suspect you, believe that a Natural Born Citizen is a person born of two people (That's 2) who were American Citizens (of any kind) at the time of the event, which ought to have taken place somewhere under US jurisdiction.
I am not claiming that Team Obama acted in good faith. Rather, I believe they took carefully calculated advantage of an unsettled situation and as of yet have not been meaningfully challenged.
BTW, Sheriff Joe just proves that the documents are false, and/or forgeries. Technically, and so far, that is not connected to Obama. That's step 2. Unless this matter is somehow taken up by Congress (who knew all this in 2008) it ain't going anywhere.