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I see no reason for a conservative state Supreme Court composed of ELECTED judges in a state that Mitt Romney carried by 21 points to rule on anything other than the law.

And the law they are ruling on is whether the Alabama Secretary of State was required to verify a presidential candidates eligibility prior to the election. If the Alabama Supreme Court sticks to ruling on the law, as you hope, then those who expect them to blow the lid off the Obama birth certificate issue will be sadly disappointed.

Will the Alabama Supreme court ruling result in an action directly towards Obama - no. Why? Because the election is over. But the case is not moot. In Roe v. Wade, Roe was no longer pregnant, and that case was not moot. Like Roe, the court will rule to establish precedent, and to give future guidance. In order to do so, the court must look at the facts of THIS case, the case involving Obama.

Their ruling very well could be that after looking at the evidence presented, it is sufficient to show proof that no, Obama was not Constitutionally qualified to run for the office of President. And in doing so, bring forth all of the evidence presented that led to it's decision. It could also state that while the court is not in a position to offer relief in this case (just as in Roe, the court could not offer her an abortion), it's decision was that yes, the SOS is required in all future Presidential elections to verify the NBC status of every candidate.

The court would most likely also give guidance as to what the term-of-art "natural born Citizen" legally meant. It could cite legal precedent of Minor v. Happersett, Wong v. Ark, and ex parte Lockwood, that NBC was the legal state of Citizenship established when no Positive law required for Citizenship.

So, while the court could offer no relief in the current case, it could use this case to 1) rule that Obama was not eligible to run for the office of President, 2) show the evidence as to why he was not eligible, 3) rule that in future election the SOS is required to verify that all Presidential candidates are "natural born Citizens", and 4) provide specific guidelines as to what constitutes a "natural born Citizen".

In my opinion, the "March press conference", that has been talked about for so long, will be after this Alabama court ruling. And will be provided to present the evidence, cited in the AL case, to the media. And to answer the media's questions.

If the above plays out as I've stated above, there is no chance that Congress, and SCOTUS will be able to avoid this issue any longer.

While I agree that the court can offer no relief in this case, I can assure you, I will not be "sadly disappointed"!