Posted on 10/22/2008 2:11:53 PM PDT by pissant
Barack Obama claims “particularly serious embarrassment will result from turning over the requested documentation” in the Berg case and has filed a request for dismissal and a protective order. Berg’s filing asks for copies of his birth certificate, citizenship records, passport and travel records, and other documentation proving citizenship in the U.S. as well as other countries.
First, let’s establish that I am no lawyer so don’t depend on my interpretation of the Berg vs. Obama lawsuit as being accurate. I am depending on the interpretations of others who know much more than I, and assuming they have it right. With that out of the way, let’s proceed.
Philip Berg (a Democrat and former deputy attorney general of the state of Pennsylvania) filed his initial lawsuit against Barack Obama August 21, 2008 in Philadelphia Federal Court, claiming Obama is constitutionally ineligible to be President based on citizenship. The first counter filing was from Obama only, but the DNC has since joined in.
Barack Obama and the DNC failed to respond to Berg’s filing of Sep. 15 within the required 30 days, which means they ADMITTED to all the charges in the filing by default. When they did not respond in any manner to any of the requests for information or documention the judge extended their deadline, and they then filed a motion for DISMISSAL and for a PROTECTIVE ORDER.
Their reasoning for requesting a protective order is that revealing the information (birth certificate, passports, citizenship in other countries) would “cause a defined and serious injury” to Obama and/or the DNC. They say revealing these documents raises a “legitimate privacy concern” and the above mentioned risk that “particularly serious embarrassment will result from turning over the requested documentation.” (emphasis added) Then they claim Berg has no standing to ask for it.
* Is it just me, or does this sound like an admission of guilt? If his birth certificate and citizenship records, including passports and travel documentation, are going to cause “particularly serious embarrassment,” can we assume they do not prove he is a natural born citizen as required by the Constitution for eligibility for the presidency? How else could they be embarrassing? * Obama has already posted a copy of his birth certificate online (deemed by some experts to be a poor forgery), so wouldn’t this have nullified any expectation for privacy?
From the list of 83 charges filed and not rebutted, here are some they admitted to (remember, they technically “admitted” them because they didn’t refute them):
1. Barack Obama is not a natural born U.S. citizen 2. Barack Obama was born in Mombasa, Kenya 3. Barack Obama traveled to Pakistan with friends in 1981 on an Indonesian passport 4. Barack Obama has asked others to have his birth certificate in Hawaii altered 5. The DNC has knowledge of this and is complicit in hiding it
WHERE IS THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA? With speculation that he was born in Kenya, is still a citizen of Indonesia, traveled to Pakistan on an Indonesian passport, and never re-claimed his American citizenship, does anyone doubt if this were the Republican candidate they would be spending at least as much time investigating it as they did Joe the Plumber’s background? It would be all over the news 24 hours a day! But Obama? They don’t investigate, they don’t report. Where is their journalistic integrity?
Berg now has filed:
A) A motion requesting an immediate order deeming his request for admissions served upon Barack Obama and the DNC on September 15 admitted by default, and
B) A motion requesting an expedited ruling and/or hearing on Berg’s motion deeming the request for admissions served upon Obama and the DNC admitted.
If Judge Surrick grants these motions, Barack Obama is, at least temporarily, ineligible to run for the office of President of the United States OR to be a citizen of the United States.
There are some rumblings from the courthouse that a ruling, one way or the other, may be forthcoming by the end of this week.
Berg’s website You can read the full list of Requests for Admissions Obama and the DNC failed/refused to respond to, thus admitted to, at this site. In fact, you can read the history of the whole case here, including .pdf documents of all the filings.
TexasDarlin A Democrat-for-Clinton website following and investigating this case, this post interprets the information on Berg’s website to help understand what it means.
Americas Right Written by a law student who works in the courthouse where the case is filed; he breaks news fast and accurately.
Bumping to read everyone’s opinions...
I think he should be asked...I think with only two weeks left in the campaign he MUST be asked to explain his response.
I am sure that if Sarah Palin had something on her BC or Marital Records etc the dems would be hounding her for it.
When you run for the presidency you run transparent.
This guy is an empty suit. We all know this.
I can only rely on the wisdom of the American people who have been right about the presidency starting with the election of Reagan.
More people voted against Clinton. He won because the third candidate in the race swung the election.
I guess it would be an EMBARRASSMENT to be found ineligible to serve as president, after repeated denials.
Don’t you have to show a BC when you get married?
Wow, I missed that. I can't believe they admitted it, as that should set off the alarm bells ringing in the judge's head.
They have effectively admitted that Obama is hiding something. The only remaining question is whether it is relevant to the issue under consideration.
The “Serious Embarrassment” is the non-action by people who talk big on this subject but fail to produce.
Born female.
Forgive my ignorance, but why has this come to a lawsuit? Isn’t it an absolute, written-in-stone requirement of all candidates for president that they prove they’re eligible for the office according to the restrictions set out in the constitution? Somehow, it seems to me this should be a no-brainer, and the documents should have been on file throughout the past year and more.
Where is this claim docummented????
If this case is decided this week either way, the news and details of the DNC and him stonewalling, will cast enough doubt on “O” to knock him down several points.
Could be as simple that Mom and Pop were listed as never married.
If so, that makes Barack a B........
Needless to say, if the big talkers, as you call them, on FR and the blogosphere, did not raise dozens of problematic questions regarding his COLB and the circumstances of his birth, there would not be 3 lawsuits right now.
And to think all the commie had to do was release a copy of his real birth certificate. Unfortunately for him, it will reveal more than embarrassing things if he is forced to do so.
His middle name is really: Jihad.
j/k
failed abortion survivor?
Interesting article.
It is documented here
http://dockets.justia.com/docket/court-paedce/case_no-2:2008cv04083/case_id-281573/
The incoming president is sworn in by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The CJ is sworn to uphold the Constitution. It is time to petition CJ Roberts that it is his sworn duty to uphold the Constitutional requirements of the president.
Yes, very interesting. I just finished reading it myself. ;-)
Barry was born a WOMAN. Is that embarrassing enough?
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