Settled it how? If he had produced his COLB to a court, the plaintiffs would have demanded the original vault birth certificate. If he had produced that, they would have demanded that document examiners examine it. If the court found the certificate legitimate, the plaintiffs would have demanded evidence about his adoption in Indonesia, and on and on.
If Obama had, for one minute, conceded that any court had any role in this process, he would have been tied up in litigation for 8 years. As it is, the courts have dismissed every case; the Supreme Court has refused to hear any appeals; neither Hillary (in the primaries), McCain (in the general election), the Electoral College, or any member of the House or Senate (when the electoral votes were certified), has questioned his eleigibility. He will be sworn in on schedule by Chief Justice Roberts, and will continue to ignore the internet rumors.
Excellent point. I realized that this birther stuff was tinfoil hat nonsense, but the one unresolved question in my mind was why Obama's lawyers, rather than simply providing a copy of the COLB to the court, went to the trouble of writing that brief arguing that Berg had no standing. You have answered it to my satisfaction. Thanks for clearing that up.