Posted on 09/14/2009 1:33:00 PM PDT by SvenMagnussen
During a hearing in U.S. District Court Monday, an attorney for an Army officer fighting deployment to Iraq questioned Barack Obamas legal right to serve as president, asserting he was born in Kenya, not Hawaii.
Judge Clay Land, inquisitive throughout the 90-minute hearing, said he will issue a decision on Capt. Connie Rhodes request for a temporary restraining order by noon Wednesday.
Rhodes was represented by Orly Taitz, a California lawyer and a national figure in the birther movement that claims Obama does not meet the qualifications to be president.
California attorney Orly Taitz, the president of the Defend Our Freedoms Foundation, stands on the steps of the Columbus federal courthouse Friday with what she claims is a copy of a birth certificate for President Barack Obama from Mombass, British Protectorate of Kenya.
Maj. Rebecca Ausprung, with the Department of the Army, Litigation Division in Washington, told Land this case was about Rhodes, not Obama.
There was a lack of any reference to Capt. Rhodes, Ausprung said. This case is about Capt. Rhodes and her deployment.
Taitz kept going back to Obamas birth certificate. Twice she called Obama a usurper.
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Of course I will...
All I can say, is that we disagree. Your entitled to your opinon, and I to mine...
Lets see what happens OCT 05.
I agree with your assertion that this is a side show. However, it is fascinating reading this thread, seeing how people argue points and counter points.
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