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To: pissant; AU72
So, who is going to file the lawsuit or petition? What court or State would be strategically best? What would happen if it is filed in one State, friendly to Obama, and the court there finds him Constitutionally qualified, thus setting a precedent for the rest of the States to build on?

There is a lot of talk on this, but has anyone taken any substantive action yet?

25 posted on 08/05/2008 7:29:59 AM PDT by mnehring
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To: mnehrling
There is a lot of talk on this, but has anyone taken any substantive action yet?

Not that I know of. Until he gets nominated, his qualification questions wrests with the DNC.

After nomination I don't know if there is a boilerplate requirement by federal or state election authorities to present Presidential qualification documents, IE: birth certificate to satisfy age and natural born status. Until this year it has never been questioned, now we will have 2 who were born outside the US proper.

55 posted on 08/05/2008 7:39:44 AM PDT by AU72
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To: mnehrling
No one can take any substantive action on this, yet. The legal issue id not "ripe for adjudication" because Obama has not been nominated. The legal issue never comes up, if he is NOT nominated.

Under the laws of D.C. and fifty states, a nominee for President must sign an official designation of his/her Presidential Electors. Only at that point can anyone in any of those 51 jurisdictions file suit claiming that Obama is not qualified under the US Constitution to be President, and therefore unqualified to sign that designation.

The cases could be in state or federal court, though I would expect federal would be preferred. And there is zero doubt that with up to 51 different cases, there would be two that disagreed. Therefore, the issue would reach the Supreme Court on an accelerated basis to make the mega-decision, either yes he is qualified, or no he is not qualified.

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78 posted on 08/05/2008 7:50:46 AM PDT by Congressman Billybob (Why do taglines sometimes just disappear? www.theacru.org)
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