It gives them the authority to rule on the Fact and Law. If the fact and law regarding a person's eligibility for office are in question, they are fully empowered to rule on it.
I have to LOL at people like you...on your homepage you argue that, "My fellow conservatives, let's focus our energy on attacking him for legitimate reasons, like his attempted government takeover of health care, his borderline treasonous decision to try KSM in a civilian court, and his attempt to destroy our economy via cap and trade. These are real issues we can win on. The birther nonsense makes us look like nuts."
And yet, by your own admission, it's YOU who are obsessed with attacking "birthers". If you're so concerned about all the time being spent on this topic, why do you spend so much time on it? Moreover, your homepage screed is all about the location of Obama's birth, which very few birthers even see as relevant. It's certainly interesting to consider why the circumstances of his birth seem so clouded, but it is in fact a question of parentage, possible adoption by a foreign national, possible application to US schools as a foreign student, to say nothing of the myriad of questions revolving around his SSN(s).
They cant understand that the crime was committed before the fact-both were elected because of fraud. So in fact, the whole election for the administration is null and void.
Then, when you follow the constitution in the debate and state that the speaker of the house is in next of line, they defend this administration!