Bump
It was very nice of the judge to allow proper service yesterday. He didn’t have to do that.
Yes and No.
As I now read the report, what he did was permit service on the US Attorney for the President of the US. Appears to transform the case into a suit against the President of the US to remove him from office.
Plaintiff needs to have standing; to state a case for relief.
Citizen Keyes has some trouble with those issues.
Even if you think this judge might let him skate by, an appellate court won't.
Way you might win that is when the judge lets you get discovery and then gets you to trial and you prove that he was born in Kenya--the appeal on the grounds that the case was improperly laid doesn't exactly reverse the result.
Puts a real premium on Obama's counsel not to ever let the case get to trial.
They move to dismiss on the grounds of failure to state a claim on which relief can be granted and lack of standing in the plaintiff; even if they lose, they can probably get an interlocutory appeal.
At present, I am inclined to view this as another loss--but hopeful; maybe it can be turned around.