Posted on 10/25/2008 1:48:50 AM PDT by Dajjal
A federal judge in Philadelphia last night threw out a complaint by a Montgomery County lawyer who claimed that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was not qualified to be president and that his name should be removed from the Nov. 4 ballot.
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In a 34-page memorandum and opinion, the judge said Berg's allegations of harm were "too vague and too attenuated" to confer standing on him or any other voters.
Surrick ruled that Berg's attempts to use certain laws to gain standing to pursue his claim that Obama was not a natural-born citizen were "frivolous and not worthy of discussion."
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Berg could not be reached for comment last night.
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(Excerpt) Read more at philly.com ...
How’s that?
Jeff has been following this closely, and even has a blog post specifically "reserved" for when the judge issued his ruling -- it was expected at the end of this week.
There's nothing here either:
http://news.justia.com/cases/featured/pennsylvania/paedce/2:2008cv04083/281573/
Is someone out there absolutely sure that a ruling has been issued?
Appears to be signed, but not dated properly if he just signed it.
But that was a rejection of a temporary restraining order on August 22.
Looks like he just updated about 3 minutes ago.
Other FReepers are pointing out that relevant websites have no notices/updates posted about this, and also the possibility that it is merely an unsigned order being pushed by Hussein’s CAIR lawyers...similar to how many overreacted when Berg posted on his website the yet-unsigned-by-the-judge order for expedited discovery or whatever it was, and assumed just because it existed (even though it was unsigned) meant that it was a bona-fide news item, etc.
This is a sad time in America when the average little leaguer is vetted more thoroughly than a POTUS candidate.
Correction: it just got posted.
“This is a question of who has standing to stand up for our Constitution,” Berg said. “If I don’t have standing, if you don’t have standing, if your neighbor doesn’t have standing to ask whether or not the likely next president of the United States—the most powerful man in the entire world—is eligible to be in that office in the first place, then who does?”
I don’t care if you think Obama is a natural born citizen, or if you think Berg is a nut because of his 09/11 theories, or that he is just a nut in general, he is absolutely correct in this statement.
This has gone beyond liking Obama’s policies. This has entered the territory of a group of Anti-Americans placing this man as President.
The glaring, and ongoing question, which is the real concern at the forefront in anyone's mind who is concerned with our constitution, is whether Obama is actually eligible. I do not think this open, and very legitimate question is going to go unanswered for Obama.
Exactly......if Berg can prematurely post things, so can Hussein’s minions.
Let Obama rest easy now on his laurels. That might cost him just enough votes.
This just means more publicity on this issue. The higher up the chain it goes in the court system, the more it will be publicized
Very Disapointing! maybe this will get the attention of the MSM now.
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Judge Surrick really hammered both Berg and his legal team.
I don’t this case creates a precedent - let’s see how the other cases fare.
http://dockets.justia.com/docket/court-paedce/case_no-2:2008cv04083/case_id-281573/
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