[STARWISE]

Rep. Serrano: I’m glad to hear that you don’t think that there has to be a judge on the Court because I am not a judge. I have never been a judge.

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Regarding the hearing,listening to it for the 7th or 8th time, I'm not sure I come away with the same impression as the article that this exchange was subtle but pointed jibing about the 0 eligibility issue; and, I, of course, could very well be wrong. This was the exchange I transcribed from about the 1:13:00 mark.

Serrano: So, we always thank you for your service and all the other 7, we do the same

Thomas: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It’s always an honor being here. You and I have been at this together for a decade and a half

Serrano: I’m glad to hear you don’t think there has to be a judge on the court up here ‘cause I’m not a judge

Thomas: And you don’t have to be born in the United States, so you never have to answer that question.

Serrano: On really? So you haven’t answered the question if I can serve as president, but you’re answering this one ?

Thomas: We’re evading that one .. we’re giving you another option ..

Laughter

Laughter

Open to interpretation, I guess.

[STARWISE]

~~PING!

[DrC]

“Open to interpretation, I guess.”

Stick with your instincts. The best interpretation comes from watching the video. This was not a hostile exchange, else there wouldn’t have been so much laughter involved. It was pure banter. Justice Thomas did not send (nor did Serrano receive) a “hidden” message about BHO’s NBC status. Thomas references to “you” clearly were to Serrano himself not to Congress in general.

This is the kind of ludicrous cherry-picking of evidence that leads people down the path of believing 9-11 was a GWB-led conspiracy to expand the power of the president. One can sustain such out-of-touch theories only by conveniently ignoring all the countervailing evidence.

[frog in a pot]

From the article:
“From this comment we can conclude that Congress did not believe that it was its job to answer the question of whether Obama is eligible to be President and expected the judicial branch of government to answer that question.”

Congress could only believe that if it also believed it was somehow relieved of its oath to defend the Constitution when it certified O as President at its Jan 2009 Joint Session.

Fortunately, Apuzzo set out 3 USC 15 in his Kerchner pleadings. That statute describes the steps by Congress during the Session to confirm O’s eligibility.

Attn: Rep Serrano.
You and every other member of Congress, including the Republican “leadership”, ignored your oaths of office, sat on your hands during the Session and took no action!

[bgill]

Justice Thomas then answered that the Court is “evading that one” and giving Congress “another option.” Here we can see that the Court is telling Congress that it avoided addressing the Obama eligibility issue so Congress could resolve it through the political process, giving Congress some other unknown “option” to resolve the crisis.

Egads. Buy a dictionary. "Evading" and "avoiding" mean two totally different things. Thomas didn't say they were skipping (avoiding) around the issue, he basically said they knew there was a huge problem and were being sneaky and deceptive (evading) to the people in not solving the problem. Many here think Thomas is on our side. I don't. He admitted they were intentionally playing hot potato with it and we will be stuck with an evil doer in the WH until he decides it's time to step down.

[Menehune56]

My sense is that the political elites all know Obama wasn't eligible for the presidency and they collectively have done nothing about it because they are terrified of the likely riots and civil unrest. Reminds me of the story of the emperor's new clothes - folks outside the ruling class are starting to point and stare.

[Kenny]

We can reasonably expect Obama to run for a second term. We surely do not want to repeat during Obama’s second run for President what occurred during his first.

If we've learned anything it's that we can't trust government to take care of us, we have to take care of ourselves. Some states are already starting legislation to provide proof of elgibility before a candidate can be on the state ballot. Should be every state in the Union.

If Obama can't qualify for 2012, then he can't run plain and simple.

[PWK arch]

Maybe I am just guessing (and perhaps hoping).....but is Justice Thomas giving us a “heads up”? Is he dropping a hint?

From what I understand, the Supreme Court cannot, or at least procedurally does not initiate actions without an appeal or a petition being submitted. They probably know a lot more than they would be comfortable to admit.

And don’t forget, Obama pissed them off during the State of the Union Address. Is Justice Thomas showing his cards?

Stay tuned?

[Kleon]

Justice Thomas then answered that the Court is “evading that one” and giving Congress “another option.” Here we can see that the Court is telling Congress that it avoided addressing the Obama eligibility issue so Congress could resolve it through the political process, giving Congress some other unknown “option” to resolve the crisis.

This "other option" was a lighthearted suggestion of a new career for the Congressman, it had nothing to do with Congress or the eligibility issue.

It's stuff like this that makes birthers look like conspiracy theory loonies.

[American Constitutionalist]

" Rep. Serrano did not like Justice Thomas blaming Congress for the mishandling of the matter so he shoots back at Justice Thomas by telling him the Court failed to answer the Obama eligibility question when it should have but now is answering the question of whether someone who is not born in the United States can sit on the U.S. Supreme Court.
From this comment we can conclude that Congress did not believe that it was its job to answer the question of whether Obama is eligible to be President and expected the judicial branch of government to answer that question.
This is borne out by the many letters that Congressmen wrote to concerned Americans on the question of what was being done to address the issue of whether Obama was eligible for the Presidency.


Folks ? what this DOES tell us is ? that ? Congress knows that this is a big problem and that they are very aware of it because they are hearing from a lot of people and no, this is not some fringe movement or idea like what some would have us to believe, but, it is a big national problem that either the court or congress needs to address....

[American Constitutionalist]

If this were not about Obama’s eligibility, why then ? would Justice Thomas bring up the thought of someone doesn't even have to be born in the United States to sit on the Supreme Court ? what was his point to even bring it up at all ?

[Uncle Chip]

The Kerchner et al v. Obama/Congress et al case which is now pending in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia with a tentative merits hearing date of June 29, 2010 gives the judicial branch of government the prime opportunity to put this constitutional crisis finally to rest one way or the other.

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