Posted on 07/24/2008 9:51:38 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
CONCORD – A federal judge dismissed Thursday a Nashua man's legal challenge that Republican presidential nominee-to-be Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., was ineligible because he was born in the Panama Canal Zone.
(Excerpt) Read more at nashuatelegraph.com ...
I wonder if anyone would dare to sue Obama?
What an idiot. Glad the suit was tossed.
It would be an empty suit.
It would be an empty suit.
***Ka Ching!
Ouch. ;-)
http://www.cruisebruise.com/Fred_Hollander.html
It seems that he should have been a lawyer rather than a computer programmer.
According to the Supreme Court decision that comes closest to addressing this question there is no doubt that McCain is qualified.
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. v. WONG KIM ARK, 169 U.S. 649 (1898)
169 U.S. 649
UNITED STATES
v.
WONG KIM ARK.
No. 132.
March 28, 1898
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=169&invol=649
The article begs the question that I have been asking on some of the Obama birth certificate threads. Which branch of gov’t. (and who) has the jurisdiction to ensure that the Constitutional requirements for qualification as POTUS are met?
If I was the judge I would have made the plaintiff pay all court costs as well. This idiot didn’t read one letter of U.S. citizenship law before he filed this suit.
“Hollander had maintained that as a Republican supporting another unidentified candidate...”
Anyone want to take a stab at what candidate this stupid asswipe was supporting?
I also asked a similar question some time back. Let me know if you ever get an answer.
Which branch of gov’t. (and who) has the jurisdiction to ensure that the Constitutional requirements for qualification as POTUS are met?
The only one I can think of is the Clinton’s.
My belief is that the only body that can make that determination is the Electoral College. The only reason why the US Supreme Court was involved in Gore v. Bush was a reaching decision by the Florida state supreme court, and SCOTUS went out of it’s way to imply that this decision would be /only/ for this one particular case.
But this suit is just plain frivolous. And the Judge shouldn't have been praising this basket case, he should have been penalizing him for wasting taxpayer dollars.
Born on a US military base, to American parents, one of which was military personnel stationed on the base certainly qualifies as an American citizen in my book.
Glad it got pitched.
Sounds bizzare.
Well, we don’t vote for president, we vote for electors who are promised to a particular candidate. For a primary election, I think that a state court could rule on eligibility to be on the ballot, but most states have specific rules on who can be a candidate and most do not include anything about being a natural born citizen, only being a US citizen, and it’s even questionable if a state could disallow someone who has citizenship.
But ultimately, yeah, the only body that has the power to make this decision is the electoral college prior to the election, and after the election, impeachment could be used.
The rules of state POLITICAL parties determine who will appear on primary ballots. They could have Mickey Mouse there if they so desired. What I’m interested in is WHO or WHAT enforces the US Constitution with regard to presidential requirements. I’ve never heard that the Electoral College is a law enforcement body.
It would seem to me that the office where the candidate registers his/her candidacy would be the entity first responsible for determining whether a candidate is eligible to run.
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