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To: CT-Freeper
Not that I agree at all with the FEC, but standing is quite an important element of a lawsuit, according to the Rules of Civil Procedure.

True. But under what bizarre theory of "standind" does ANY US citizen not have standing to challenge the legal qualification of a candidate for presidency.

I'm not a lawyer (though I am the Pro Se Defendant from Hell with plenty of battle scars to prove it). But as I understand it, to have standing you have to show that you have a direct interest in the matter before the court, and that you stand to suffer damages.

I would argue that any US citizen meets that standard. Clearly, having a president in office who is not Constitutionally qualified damages every US citizen.

That said, I am not taking a position here on whether or not Obama is, in fact, a natural-born US citizen (although I do have my suspicions).

65 posted on 10/23/2008 7:55:24 AM PDT by Maceman (If you're not getting a tax cut, you're getting a pay cut.)
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Which way would your suspicions run?

I really can’t figure out why he just doesn’t submit his Birth Certificate. Shouldn’t they check that before he begins running? Isn’t there ANY kind of paperwork to fill out before you begin running for office? Why does everything in this country require paperwork except this?

Confused in California


96 posted on 10/23/2008 8:29:28 AM PDT by The Californian
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