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To: milwguy

Despite several lawsuits I don’t believe any of our courts (nor the DNC and its ally the FEC) have found any citizen who has the “standing” to demand proof that a presidential candidate be constitutionally eligible


12 posted on 10/23/2008 9:25:45 AM PDT by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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To: silverleaf

It’s been suggested that unless BHO is actually elected, the issue remains hypothetical and thus nobody has standing. Perhaps the first to actually get standing is Congress when the votes are counted (can’t count someone who can’t be POTUS), or the Chief Justice when the prez-elect is being sworn in (can’t swear in someone who can’t be POTUS). Before then, the Constitution does not address mere candidacy, it just says the President must be a natural-born citizen, so the condition technically doesn’t apply unless someone is actually taking the office. A nit-picking detail, but that’s how the law works.


48 posted on 10/23/2008 9:41:57 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (I AM JOE THE PLUMBER!)
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To: silverleaf

Every citizen of this country has a direct interest in who the president is and stands to suffer damage thus literally any citizen has standing.


60 posted on 10/23/2008 9:45:54 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat. And so is Obama.)
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To: silverleaf

If ciyizens don’t hold “standing”....then who does?????


77 posted on 10/23/2008 10:11:13 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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