[Nero Germanicus]

Under Hawaii law (Hawaii Revised Statutes 338-18(b)[point 9] if anybody wants to inspect a birth record and they are not on the list of persons designated by law to have “a direct and tangible interest” in the birth record, what you need is “an order from a judge of a court of competent jurisdiction.”
In non-legalese, go to a real court, convince a judge that they should issue a court order for release of the birth certificate and you’ll get to see the original.
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/vol06_ch0321-0344/HRS0338/HRS_0338-0018.htm

[Political Junkie Too]

Article IV of the Constitution is the Supreme law of the land and trumps state law.

-PJ

[Political Junkie Too]

I should add for those who don't look it up that the Article IV full faith and credit clause gives states the right to prove the public records of other states. Therefore, a state's Constitutional right to prove public records supercedes an individual's state privacy right.

A state should be allowed to prove to its own satisfaction that the public records of another state are legitimate. They shouldn't be forced to take another person's word for it.

-PJ

[DiogenesLamp]

Under Hawaii law (Hawaii Revised Statutes 338-18(b)[point 9] if anybody wants to inspect a birth record and they are not on the list of persons designated by law to have “a direct and tangible interest” in the birth record, what you need is “an order from a judge of a court of competent jurisdiction.”

I would say that verifying that someone is eligible to hold the office of President is a pretty "tangible interest". As a matter of fact, this is a no brainer. Had Barack not been Black, every state election official would have demanded to see proof that he wasn't born in that foreign country that we had constantly been told he was born in.

But because of "Historic first", nobody wanted to be the child who pointed out the Emperor was naked. Everyone was scared to death of attracting any negative publicity on themselves for demanding to see his bona fides. It was just a larger example of this.

Again, I predicted all of this back in 1995 when Republicans were trying to figure out who to run for President. I told anyone who would listen that we need to pick a prominent black conservative because I KNEW he would have people falling all over themselves to support his candidacy because of "Historic First."

That could have been *OUR* man up their enacting conservative policy instead of that Liberal idiot. But there is a good reason we are known as the "stupid party." We picked Bob Dole.