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To: khnyny
I'm not clear on whether the lack of certification on the documents is supposed to be legally significant on its own, or just evidence that Obama is not qualified. There's no constitutional requirement that a President certify or prove that he's qualified for office, merely that meet the qualifications.

I know of state statutes that require candidates for most offices to make a sworn statement that they meet constitutional and statutory qualifications for office, but I haven't seen one that applies to Presidential candidates. Colorado, the state the document in the article was addressed to, has no such requirement.

If there is such a statute in a state Obama won, however, then that would mean the electors in that state were not appointed "in such manner as the Legislature" directed. If that occurred in enough states, then neither the President or Vice President were constitutionally elected. Since the Presidential term has already passed, the operation of the 20th Amendment and 3 U.S.C. § 19 would make the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, acting President. That's not an appealing prospect.

If few or no states have such a requirement, then these documents, while intriguing, are essentially irrelevant. They don't prove that Obama isn't qualified, just that the DNC failed to certify to the state boards of election that he is qualified - something it does not appear they were required to do.

Unless someone finds convincing evidence that Obama was actually not born a U.S. citizen, then this isn't going anywhere. His failure to provide a U.S. birth certificate probably won't be enough, since it looks like the burden of proof is going to be not on him, but on the party claiming he is unqualified.
35 posted on 09/10/2009 11:37:35 PM PDT by The Pack Knight (Duty, Honor, Country)
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To: The Pack Knight
" If that occurred in enough states, then neither the President or Vice President were constitutionally elected. Since the Presidential term has already passed, the operation of the 20th Amendment and 3 U.S.C. § 19 would make the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, acting President. That's not an appealing prospect. "

You forget, she IS one of the main co conspirators in this mess, and she will have her day in court and prison.
39 posted on 09/11/2009 1:57:07 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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