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Like I stated, a cult.

Exactly. I have tried to avoid using that term, but it's clearly true.

I am noticing the development of a similar kind of cult among folks who believe that Zimmerman was guilty, that the Zimmerman jury was wrong and that some court must remedy the jury's error by reversing the jury's decision and enter its own finding of guilt. They just cannot accept that no court has the power to reverse the jury's acquittal. They believe that there must somehow be a judicial solution for every action they view as a "mistake."

At what point will these Vattel fans accept that the voters and their electors have decided these eligibility issues and will again in 2016? At what point will it dawn on them that our Supreme Court knows that it has no power to disqualify candidates, to select presidents or to overrule the decisions of the voters and their electors? In 2008 and again in 2012, the Chief Justice volunteered to administer the oath of office to Obama. He's not required to do that. In 2008 and again in 2012, most of the members of our Supreme Court volunteered to attend the inauguration ceremony for Obama. Shouldn't that be enough evidence for anyone not in a cult to conclude that the members of the Supreme Court either do not agree with this cult's exotic views regarding "natural born citizen" or recognize that it is not a proper judicial function to second-guess the decisions of voters and their electors?

If Ted Cruz runs in 2016, he will have my support and I will work to convince other voters that he is very qualified to serve as our next president. I pray that they agree with me.

Ted Cruz - 2016

I may be repeating myself, but you touch upon an issue that they fail to consider: the Supreme Court is powerless in this case. Obama's eligibility for his office is a non-justiciable political question.

Even if the Supreme Court rules in favor of the birthers, what follows? Impeachment in the House, and removal by the Senate. Anyone care to lay odds?

In other words, instead of lobbying their respective State legislatures to tighten eligibility requirements, a notable goal, they expect the Supreme Court to parachute in and overturn two elections. It's silly.

I've noticed a lot of similarity between the birther cult and the lynch-Zimmerman cult.

Once again, you don't strike me as someone who is educated enough or mentally astute enough to get yourself embroiled in this particular discussion. You seem too simple to grasp the concepts in play and prefer the simple explanations of the herd mentality.

You're not as dumb as Kansas58, but you're not nearly as smart or knowledgeable as Jeff either. (He is helped by the fact he's crazy, and he lies a lot.)

You should either do a lot of studying and pondering, or you should pick a topic more suited to your abilities.