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Second Eligibility Related Action Weathers Procedural Roadblocks (Trouble for Obama, the Kenyan?)
America's Right ^ | 11/12/08 | Jeff Schreiber

Posted on 11/12/2008 4:03:54 AM PST by solfour

After being denied, dismissed and otherwise turned back in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, and the New Jersey Supreme Court, retired lawyer and professional poker player Leo Donofrio is taking the ultimate gamble and bringing his eligibility-related action before the United States Supreme Court. Donofrio, however, alleges that he has already been dealt a poor hand.

THE CASE

In his action filed against New Jersey Secretary of State Nina Mitchell Wells, Donofrio contends that Wells has not fulfilled her duty as Secretary of State to independently verify the constitutional qualifications of the presidential candidates before placing them on the ballot in the Garden State. Specifically, Donofrio notes in the brief accompanying the Application for Emergency Stay filed with the U.S. Supreme Court, Wells was required by N.J.S.A. 19:13-22 to make a statement in which she certifies and signs off on the names of the candidates on the ballots. The statute, in relevant part with emphasis added:

The Secretary of State, not later than eighty-six days before any election whereat any candidates nominated in any direct petition or primary certificate of nomination or State convention certificate filed with him are to be voted for, shall make and certify, under his hand and seal of office, and forward to the clerks of the several counties of the State a statement of all such candidates for whom the voters within such county may be by law entitled to vote at such election.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: birth; birthcertificate; certifigate; donofrio; elibility; obama
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To: solfour

>>>“Obama’s father was a Kenyan national and so, regardless of where Obama was born, he was ‘at birth’ subject to the laws of both the United States and of Kenya and as such he is not a natural born citizen of the United States and cannot hold the office of president.”<<<

This is interesting.

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61 posted on 11/12/2008 5:53:44 AM PST by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: ichabod1

You’re Indian, here’s a good example. My lab partner at school is Indian. She wants to take a graduate research assistant job at the school. In order to get it she is going to have to fly all the way back to India to get her visa status changed. Every i must be dotted and every t must be crossed, and there is still an element of uncertainty involved.

Now why should a lowly graduate student have to jump through all of those hoops, yet the candidate for the most powerful job in the world does not? It is nonsensical and unfair that he should not have to prove definitively his citizenship status.


62 posted on 11/12/2008 5:55:21 AM PST by ichabod1 (You won't know obammunism is here until it puts a boot in your (fat) bottom.)
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To: Monsieur Poirot

>>>Or was that as true as the “official” copy of his BC on his website?<<<

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And in the same file folder as the COLBs on the same server.


63 posted on 11/12/2008 5:55:50 AM PST by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: Indian_Fighter_Kite
And what is the FEC’s defence on this?

I just stumbled across the info this morning so I didn't see any comments from the FEC.

It's easy to shrug it off since Calero never had any chance to win but I'm really bothered that an admitted foreign born candidate did remain on some state's ballots despite the fact that he could never hold office. This guy was honest about his birth and we're supposed to take the democrats word for it that Obama is legal to hold office.
64 posted on 11/12/2008 5:58:19 AM PST by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: bobjam

Maybe not McCain. This legal challenge is “a non-partisan suit.” It includes John McCain.


65 posted on 11/12/2008 6:02:44 AM PST by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: blu
Sorry, if (LOL) BHO is found fraudulent, Biden becomes the pres. Then, Biden selects his VP, with Congressional approval.

But if he was known to be a fraud from the beginning wouldn't that override this whole election through protocol?

66 posted on 11/12/2008 6:05:11 AM PST by jetson
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To: Monsieur Poirot

There is no doubt that in the Berg case, that they were fighting this on procedural grounds, rather than coughing up a document.


67 posted on 11/12/2008 6:05:36 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Obama: Carter's only chance to avoid going down in history as the worst U.S. president ever.)
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To: saganite; Monsieur Poirot
Here you go, mismatched type and all.

Now if we can see the actual micro fiche copy, I'll be happy. But right now, this looks like someone made a copy a newspaper and too a pen to it.

68 posted on 11/12/2008 6:08:12 AM PST by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: tomnbeverly

>>>Besides Gov Lindle a Republican told the state to seal it so she had to look.

How so? You think she went down to a file cabinet with a roll of duct tape?


69 posted on 11/12/2008 6:11:54 AM PST by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: tomnbeverly

>>>My opinion it is not about his American birth there is something else on the BC that would slighlty damage his credibility.... maybe it states relgion is Muslim, Maybe it lists Race as Caucasion, maybe Obama Senior is not his real father.

This filing isn’t about his birth certificate. If you read it, the filing shows he is not natural born.


70 posted on 11/12/2008 6:13:17 AM PST by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: Indian_Fighter_Kite
WHY THE DRAMA OVER THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE OBAMA !

Because anyone, with even half a brain, would have ended this quickly by producing the original birth certificate, instead of letting this go on and on.

Secondly, we believe in following the Constitution.....every last word of it!

71 posted on 11/12/2008 6:16:14 AM PST by capt. norm (Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.)
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To: waxer1

Actually, Donofrio’s and Berg’s filings show that Obama is not natural born despite the fact of showing or not showing the B.C. Both their filings also show that the DNC and state ELECs never vetted Obama.

I think we can render the B.C. a moot issue. He is not eligible even if he whips out a B.C. now.


72 posted on 11/12/2008 6:24:12 AM PST by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: cripplecreek
I wonder if Roger Calero staying on the ballot in some states set a precedent?
73 posted on 11/12/2008 6:26:45 AM PST by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: Calpernia

Who is Roger Calero?


74 posted on 11/12/2008 6:28:55 AM PST by Ditter
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To: waxer1
Why won’t Obama release the birth certificate and supporting documents from the hospital? Why are they spending millions of dollars to fight this in court?

That's all the reason anyone needs to be suspicious. We all have to provide certified copies of our birth certificates for many lesser things. Why has Obama and the DNC spent tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees to avoid showing us his birth certificate?

The GOP was too timid to publicly demand evidence. The Judiciary is too corrupt to uphold the Constitution. Congress has already fallen to Obama's fellow travelers. The last hope was a free and vigilant press to demand answers from ALL sides -- but the major media were already in the Socialist/Obamao tank long ago. The rule of law has been mortally wounded, if it is not already dead. Weep for it.

75 posted on 11/12/2008 6:29:21 AM PST by Always A Marine
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To: WilliamofCarmichael
Actually, the State Dept. had a loophole up until just a mere couple of weeks ago that allowed for passports to be issued to people that didn't have birth certificates. All they needed was a Letter of No Record and a few flimsy documents that could be obtained from a church (Like Rev. Wrights?).


76 posted on 11/12/2008 6:31:26 AM PST by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: solfour

IMO, If he were a dual citizen at birth (UK & US), the FF would have disaproved. They were concerned about divided loyalties and foreign influence. Sadly, it would only fly among strict Constituionalists.


77 posted on 11/12/2008 6:31:29 AM PST by PghBaldy (I shall call him President Little Squirt...)
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To: 9YearLurker

Berg’s and Donofrio’s filings show DNC as liable for running a non eligible candidate. Would they still exist as a party? Wouldn’t they be held accountable for this mess in some way?


78 posted on 11/12/2008 6:33:09 AM PST by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: AU72

But if Donofrio’s filing has any merit, he included McCain with his filing.


79 posted on 11/12/2008 6:35:29 AM PST by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: Calpernia
I wonder if Roger Calero staying on the ballot in some states set a precedent?

Precedent is my biggest concern. Obviously some states aren't concerned that Calero could never hold office yet let him remain on their ballots. If we allow Obama to hold office and only later find that he was ineligible, it's another dangerous precedent.

I think we're being set up. It sure looks to me like Jenny Granholm is being groomed for a future run at the white house. She was Biden's sparring partner for debate and she's on Obama's economic transition team. It's how I would do it if I wanted to get people used to the idea of foreign born presidents.

Get one on the ballot, get one elected, then openly put one from an innocuous nation like Canada on the ballot.
80 posted on 11/12/2008 6:35:34 AM PST by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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