If the U.S. Supreme Court decides to hear any of those cases, that certainly would be a prominent story for the AJC. As of yet, the Supreme Court has not made such a decision. Many people try to get cases heard by the Supreme Court, relatively few make it. So far the legal challenges don't seem to have made headway in the court system of three states. We ran a brief earlier on at least three cases which were thrown out by lower courts.
Matt Kempner AJC Public Editor
He also added the following:
Saturday, 11/1/2008
Countdown 2008: ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE CAMPAIGN REPORT
/ From News Services
Hawaii says Obama born there
State officials say there's no doubt Barack Obama was born in Hawaii.
Health Department Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino said Friday that she and the registrar of vital statistics, Alvin Onaka, have personally verified that the health department holds Obama's original birth certificate.
Some Obama critics claim he was not born in the U.S. Earlier Friday, a southwest Ohio magistrate rejected a challenge to Obama's citizenship. Judges in Seattle and Philadelphia recently dismissed similar suits.
Saying that they hold a birth certificate is NOT the same as confirming that he was born in Hawaii. Why can’t people grasp this? Perhaps its because this situation was unique to Hawaii at the time.
That is not accurate quoting of what the Hawaiian officials said. They never explicitly stated that he was born there.