What's very troubling is his description of the heavy handed and abusive treatment he received at the hands of the "staff attorney/stay clerk," at the Court. He was shockingly arbitrary in his manner of receiving Mr. Donofrio's lawsuit (as you'll hear in the 2nd interview) and actually put the wrong date as the filing date. He was told by this clerk, in so many words: why do you want to do this? Judge Souter will just throw it out.
Mr. Donofrio obviously wants this servant of the people (Danny Bickell) charged with misconduct and relieved of his duties.
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Here's the lawsuit update from today from Citizen Wells website
Leo C. Donofrio NJ lawsuit, US Supreme Court Appeal, Update November 18, 2008, Obama not eligible November 18, 2008 ·
Below is an update on the Leo C. Donofrio NJ lawsuit that states that Obama is ineligible to be president. The lawsuit is currently appealed before the US Supreme Court:
“Applicant, Leo C. Donofrio, submitted a renewed application for emergency stay of the ‘08 national election to The Honorable Associate Justice Clarence Thomas on Nov. 14, 2008 by US Postal Express Mail which was delivered at 7:46 AM, Nov. 17, 2008.
The renewed application hit the US Supreme Court on-line docket search engine sometime between noon and 2:15 PM today, Nov. 18, 2008. Below is a copy of the docket:
_________________________________________________________________
No. 08A407
Title: Leo C. Donofrio, Applicant
v.
Nina Mitchell Wells, New Jersey Secretary of State
Docketed: Lower Ct: Supreme Court of New Jersey
Case Nos.: (AM-0153-08T2 at the New Jersey
Appellate Division without a docket number)
~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nov 3 2008 Application (08A407) for stay pending the filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Souter.
Nov 6 2008 Application (08A407) denied by Justice Souter.
Nov 14 2008 Application (08A407) refiled and submitted to Justice Thomas.
~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Leo C. Donofrio P.O. Box 93 East Brunswick, NJ 08816
Party name: Leo C. Donofrio”
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His suit has now been re-filed to Justice Clarence Thomas. Ed Hale gave his fax number and urged us all to fax Justice Thomas, relaying our urgency that this case be heard ... for the good of America. Leo Donofrio is very much NOT wanting to tell people to write, fax, etc. That's not his style, but you get the hint that the more people let our Supreme Court know that this is no light matter . .. it IS a matter of Constitutional law .. and that we ARE a nation of LAWS not MEN.
Justice Thomas' fax (per Ed Hale): 202-479-2971.
If you agree, after hearing Mr. Donofrio describe this potential abyss, that this is a complete abandonment of our fundamental governmental structure and integrity (if true) and the steady weakening of our Republic you may want to consider faxing your opinion to Justice Thomas.
Listening to him has given me new appreciation for our Founding Fathers and how carefully they set out their intentions for this great country. It also opened my eyes to the power we have as citizens that we take for granted.
It is OURS to treasure, guard and protect.
God bless him .. God bless America.
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I beleive Alan Keyes has filed in California and as a former presidential candidate no one can say he doesn’t have standing.
J.K.
P.S.I’ve like listening to Good ole Boy Ed Hale in the past!
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Thanks for the info.
I'm more impressed now with Leo's position on this than I was before I heard the interview. He's basing his interpretation of "Natural Born Citizen" in part on some historical incidents of which I was not previous aware: a letter from John Jay to George Washington and legislation attempting to confer "natural born citizenship" in 1790 which was repealed in 1795. That strengthens his argument.
I doubt if this issue has ever been decided in any federal court whatsoever. In legal lingo, it's a "case of first impression," as Leo Donofrio clearly stated.
Leo Donofrio and Cort Wrotnowski (The two who have the Stay Applications currently at SCOTUS) were on Plains Radio last night. http://www.plainsradio.com/show.html
The Joe Thunder interview with Leo and Cort from last night, 11-27-08, is found on the above link. The audio file is located on the left column, 3rd button down, it says “Joe Thunder’s Thurdays Show.”
There was some new information Leo discussed. Check it out.
Leo said he would have a new website up shortly:
http://wwww.naturalborncitizen.wordpress.com