“Hawaii should release all pertinent records pertaining to the Mr. Obama.”
I don’t believe Hawaii can legally do that, I am not sure.
You can certainly try to put in a FOIA request.
Logically, the burden is on Obama, he’s the candidate.
You're probably right about that. However, just to be devil's advocate for a minute, what if the document is a forgery? Would Hawaii be able to look up their records and see if there is a certification on file with a number for Obama? If yes, then they stay quiet. If no, then there is no legal barrier to Hawaii saying they have confirmed that there is no record on file.
Just to play with that hypothetical a little longer, would Hawaii be protecting a liar's "right to lieprivacy" by not exposing the fact that a document does not exist when a party says that it does?
Do I have a right from all the states that I wasn't born in, for those states to not expose that they don't have a birth certificate on file for me, just in case I choose to lie to somebody about it for gain?
-PJ