[normanpubbie]

Obama was elected on November 4th and inaugurated on January 20th. As I understand Amendment XX, the qualification challenge period of clause two of the amendment ends the day the new presidential term begins. Or to put it into contemporary slang, that train left the station on January 20th, 2009.

If one contends that the qualification period is still active, then it must also be active for the rest of the term and even after the President leaves office. No court anywhere in the land will buy that argument.

Article II, Section 1, describes the qualifications to be President and does not have a time limitation. That is the constitutional provision you folks need to concentrate on, not Amendment XX.

[nufsed]

If the person serving in the office commited fraud to be there, that is actionable by at least impeachment.

[Uncle Sham]

"As I understand Amendment XX, the qualification challenge period of clause two of the amendment ends the day the new presidential term begins. Or to put it into contemporary slang, that train left the station on January 20th, 2009."

Read section three again.

”3. If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.”

It PLAINLY states that a qualification is met OR the Vice President is President until a "qualified" President is chosen by Congress. It doesn't say "Congress can ignore this provision and allow the "unqualified" President elect to be sworn into office."

Obama either has met the eligibility requirements with a legitimate birth certificate or he is a usurper, and this provision is being ignored by Congress. If he is not legal, he is not President and is not entitled to any legal protection the office itself might afford him.