Yes...and Drudge titles the link “Judge tosses lawsuit challenging citizenship...”
directly under “Palin alarmed at nanny state..”
Makes it look like it’s a link about Palin...
This “No standing” is the new excuse to toss out lawsuits...the US Supreme Court just used it for the Ohio ACORN fraud...I guess a concerned citizen doesn’t have standing.
A citizen not having standing to sue in court to prove a presidential candidate meets the qualifications is like taxation without representation. The courts are a branch of government that checks and balances the other two branches...if U.S. citizens aren’t a party with an interest in whether a candidate is qualified under the U.S. Constitution to be president then who is? The lawsuit simply asks for Mr. Obama to produce a certified copy of birth certificate. This “SHOULD” be a mandate for presidential candidates...and not their copy but a copy issued by the state...sent from the state to the F.E.C.
I’d also support a bill that would require any citizen in the United States to request as an interested party a copy of a U.S. Presidential candidates birth certificate...even if it is just for curiosity or a souvenir collection (like campaign buttons). You do lose some privacy running for president. I think there should be a law or regulation that allowed citizens access to acquire a copy of the presidential candidates birth certificates....this wouldn’t be free...we’d still have to pay...but we have more of an interest in candidates than just some joe schmo off the street.
Also happened in the Schiavo murder of the innocent Terri by judicial fiat. The Supremes begged off. Blackstone is throwing up in his grave.
As much as I don't like the result, the judge made the correct ruling. Obama only connection to the US at this time is as a Senator. The case was filed in Fed court challenging his standing to be President of the US. Since he isn't the President, and the elections he is running in, although for a Federal office, are State elections yet to be held, the Fed court really can't do much before the fact.
The mistake Berg made is that he filed the case in the wrong court. The proper court would be the State court where he could argue to have Obamanot thrown off of the state ballot for being ineligible due to his apparent citizenship problems.