[DiogenesLamp]

An example was the state of Alabama. Citizens sued the Secretary of State, Beth Chapman to force her to do “due diligence” and investigate Obama’s natural born citizen status. The Secretary of State countered that Alabama law gave her no such authority. The Alabama Superior Court ruled in Beth Chapman’s favor. The plaintiffs appealed to the state Supreme Court for a Writ of Mandamus which would compel Chapman to investigate Obama’s eligibility. The Alabama Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that the Secretary of State has no investigative or enforcement authority under Alabama statutes. The Supreme Court denied the Writ of Mandamus.

And after further thinking on this point, it occurs to me that it produces a very laughable result. If a two year old foreign child decided to run for President, the Secretary of State in Alabama would be powerless to stop it!

Hi! I'm running for President, and I'm good in Alabama!

:) Pull the other one. :) This just once again illustrates the bizarre logic and precedent bound stupidity of the American court system.

We do know in fact that these claims are a convenient lie, and should such an obviously unqualified candidate be put forth, the Sec State Alabama would suddenly *FIND* that power which He/She supposedly doesn't have, and no doubt the Alabama Supreme Court would then "find" that he/she has that power.

They just didn't want to deal with the embarrassment of challenging the legitimacy of the first "Black" president, and so they punted the issue with a nonsensical ruling.

[Nero Germanicus]

You’re forgetting that the two year old child would have had to win the nomination of a political party in order to be cleared for the ballot. That’s a lot of speeches to win primaries and caucuses that would have come after the two year old’s bedtime.