My main concern about the Amicus brief is that it is designed to fool the unwary, TV watching person.
In theory Judges are supposed not to have any detailed knowledge or opinion on a case before they hear it and consider what is in front of them only.
The only issues under consideration in this appeal are did the Alabama Secretary of State, Beth Chapman have a statutory duty to check the credentials of presidential candidates and if she did, what is the remedy after the presidential election has already taken place and the electoral votes have been counted and certified in a state won by Governor Romney.
The Secretary of State says she had no such duty under Alabama law and the Democrats’ Amicus Brief supports her position.
The exhibits attached to the Amicus Brief: three Hawaii Press Releases from two Hawaii Directors of Health, the birth certificate exhibit and two Letters of Verification from the Hawaii state Registrar prepared for the Arizona Secretary of State and a federal judge in Mississippi, are basically extraneous to the statutory interpretation issue that is before the Court.
Barack Obama is not a party to this appeal.