[opentalk]

(a) The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action authorized by law to be commenced by any person:

...4) To recover damages or to secure equitable or other relief under any Act of Congress providing for the protection of civil rights, including the right to vote.

This was interesting.

[Seizethecarp]

Apuzzo has that claimed that quo warranto jurisdiction is available to the Third Circuit, and that the Third Circuit has a remedy available for the failure to verify Obama’s original long form BC and failure to rule on the meaning of NBC as specifically applied to Obama.

Problem is no precedent for quo warranto against sitting US president in any district court and the DC court is the one with the best prospects, not the Third or any other non-DC circuit court. Judge Carter said as much. The Third Circuit can easily punt the quo wararnto part of this case, and I expect that they will.

Regarding failure to verify original BC and NBC status, I don't see a remedy available to the courts under separation of powers, now that Obama has been inaugurated.