Posted on 11/24/2008 12:03:45 PM PST by DouglasKC
It looks like the Barack Obama citizenship issue will not die until he is inaugurated. It probably will not end even then.
Now the U.S. Supreme Court will discuss the matter in private because one justice decided it was worthy. Before fingering the member of our highest court, I will give a little background information on the case. If you do not think too hard about it, you can probably guess which Supreme Court Justice is responsible.
Leo Donofrio of New Jersey filed suit against Nina Wells, the New Jersey Secretary of State, claiming that she had not performed her duty to ensure the integrity of the electoral process.
Donofrio originally asked a state court to review the citizenship of Barack Obama, John McCain and Roger Calero. Calero was the Socialist Worker’s Party Presidential candidate. He was born in Venezuela. That is a cut and dry case.
John McCain was born in Panama but on an American military base. Legal scholars believe birth on an American military base qualifies as a “natural-born citizen.” A “natural-born citizen” is one of the requirements to be President.
For Obama, it is the old born in Kenya story again. Anyone who doubts that Obama was not born in Hawaii, please refer to Politifact and Factcheck investigations. Hawaii does not allow birth records to be publicly viewed. This is why no one can go in and see the certificate. It is not because Obama is hiding them, or they were never there. Read this article from Foolocracy if you want more information.
Anyway, after Donofrio’s case was rejected at the state level, he presented it to Supreme Court Justice David Souter who rejected it. Donofrio then presented it to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas who put it on the court docket for a conference on December 5. If four of the nine justices decide to hear the case, then full oral arguments will be scheduled.
Now it is possible Thomas wants to review Calero’s eligibility as a Presidential candidate. There are plenty of acceptable reasons for this. However, the timing, 10 days before the Electoral College meets, only gives hope and ammunition for those who believe Barack Obama has conspired to create the greatest hoax in world history — that he and his family have been hiding his Kenyan citizenship since he was a few days old so he could run for President.
Gee, thanks, Clarence Thomas.
By the way, for those still questioning Obama’s and McCain’s citizenship qualifications, al-Qaeda did fly planes into the Twin Towers, aliens have not abducted millions of people for medical experiments, and the moon is not made of cheese.
Here is the Supreme Court docket. You can see the real thing here.
I’m glad it was Clarence Thomas.
Sooner or later it is all going to catch up with him.
THE AUDACITY OF TRUTH ABOUT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA'S UPBRINGING
For Obama, it is the old born in Kenya story again. Anyone who doubts that Obama was not born in Hawaii, please refer to Politifact and Factcheck investigations.
His grandmother says he was born in Kenya, the Kenyan government says he was born in Kenya, so why should we doubt them?
He makes it sound as if Obama himself couldn’t release his birth certificate, which is utter nonsense. Of course he could and the question is, why isn’t he.
Yeah, that part made me laugh. Nobody can see it because it's sealed!
Well, he did have Kenyan citizenship until he was 18 because his father was Kenyan.
Does the United States Code specify what is meant by "natural born citizen"? Or is it a matter that has never been specified because no one really tested it, much like there would be no need for speed limits if everyone drove at a safe speed. The only two jobs it is required for are President and Vice President, and if no one ran for office with questionable citizenship I could see how no one would waste time writing a law to cover it.
Let’s say they find a problem. Then what do they do? I’m surprised any of them even wanted to look into this.
Ink up the Rubber Stamp
bump
The truth is, from everyone’s perspective its a good thing to get this out in the open. If there’s nothing there it will clear the air. And if there is....
I would love to be a fly on the wall... I doubt even the justices have the nerve to undo this mess.
I'm not an expert by any means, but I think it was a situation where everyone figured that nobody from a major party would deliberately run for President unless they were constitutionally qualified...so all the Secretary of States got lax in actually verifying citizenship. In my opinion, if this is true, Obama did it on purpose knowing full well that if DOES assume the Presidency without being constitutionally qualified that it sets a precedent and opens up the Presidency to basically anyone in the world. The aim was to subvert and weaken the constitution and the United States.
Gosh, Barak Hussein's mom couldn't possibly have hidden this fact because she was ashamed of herself, or because she knew that she and Barak would be far, far better off if they were both US citizens. US citizenship would have entitled Barak to all the rights and privileges of an American, this alone is reason enough to hide his Kenyan birth. If Barak's mom could remain married to Barak Sr. knowing she's just one of his several wives she could do anything, imho.
Bump
If is true then there's only two choices. Ignore it and hope that it was just a one time thing and that it never gets out that he wasn't qualified...or disqualify him and watch a really ugly mess unfold.
Either way it's not going to be pretty, but the 2nd choice will go away eventually and the constitution will be upheld.
If this happens, there will be war.
I agree, that would be ugly. I suspect they would have another election, but I’m just speculating. I really have no earthly idea how this would be handled.
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