Posted on 11/16/2008 11:57:09 PM PST by Red Steel
Andy Martin is in Honolulu this weekend preparing for the first court hearing on the Obama birth certificate controversy. His press release is as follows:
This will be the first court hearing anywhere on access to the original, 1961 certificate. The only state that has jurisdiction over such a lawsuit is Hawai'i, because Hawai'i officials are the custodians of the 1961 typewritten paperwork.
Before we get to the back story, let me start with a disclaimer. I have no idea what the judge will do on Tuesday. I make no predictions, except one: I will prepare to the best of my ability and present as professional a case as the judge permits. Monday morning I will be on the street serving papers and filing with the Clerk in preparation for Tuesday.
And, looking ahead, whatever happens on Tuesday, on Wednesday we hope to launch my "Conversation With America" about our future course of action in an Obama administration. I invite all of you to join in and support this mission.
Just as the FBI always attends every Gambino Family funeral to see who is there, ContrarianCommentary.com was in Honolulu Friday to observe the "independent" (not family-sponsored) "memorial service" held in memory of Barack Obama's grandmother, Madelyn Dunham. We will have a full column later Sunday, or possibly Monday.
It occurred to me that you might appreciate some insight into the effort that goes into preparing and presenting a major piece of litigation 8,000 miles away from home.
Anyone who has read our Memorandum of Law (see the ContrarianCommentary.com blogs below for a full copy) will not be surprised that it took us the better part of a week to analyze, research, write and finalize a 25-page document (which we will be filing with the Clerk on Monday morning) setting forth why Obama's birth certificate must be made public.
If a large law firm was handling the case of Martin vs. Obama, they would probably send a minimum team of four lawyers as well as support personnel. They would have a trial counsel, a couple of associates, and a senior partner to guide the overall process. There would be at least one paralegal, possibly more. That's why high stakes litigation is so costly.
Martin vs. Obama is a high stakes lawsuit: it seeks to open a vital record of American history to public review and analysis.
And I will be working alone.
Ask any lawyer: it's not easy landing in a strange town, setting up an office and firing off legal documents in a controversial constitutional case. But we managed to file the lawsuit two days after arriving in Honolulu in October, and now we are back for the first court hearing anywhere to address the issue of Barack Obama's origins.
Landing in an unfamiliar city, any lawyer would need a support network. We managed to recreate our October "fighting camp" in 24 hours and are up and running. I dragged a printer on the 12 hour flight because we have to be able to react immediately to any development. Saturday morning we were out assembling office supplies to be ready to move quickly on Monday morning.
I even purchased a box of envelopes so that if we have a breather, we can start mailing out thank you notes to everyone who contributed to the financial support of this very costly and complex venture. There is no wasted time on a trip of this nature, and no wasted money.
I will take time off Sunday morning to attend services at Saint Andrews (Episcopal) cathedral in downtown Honolulu. And I forgot to pack my sunglasses, so I need to go shopping for a pair.
Unlike other lawsuits involving Obama, mine is narrowly and specifically focused on access to the original, typewritten 1961 certificate which Hawai'i officials have confirmed they possess. There is no way anyone can express an opinion on the circumstances of Obama's birth without seeing the vital gateway document. I have refrained from speculating on the contents of the original because my focus is on expressing an informed opinion (a term CNN once made fund of).
Mr. Obama and his Chicago crew have been very crafty in creating a cloud of confusion over the "abstract" that he furnished to FactCheck.org as a purported original birth certificate, when obviously it was nothing of the sort. Many millions of people were confused even though the term "abstract" was clearly visible on the FactCheck.org site (and even though FactCheck.org seems to have missed that significance, as well).
We will also be continuing and conducting the research and investigation we began in October to document Obama's origins in Hawai'i with interviews and contacts with people who knew his family and the other "players" in the Honolulu dramas of the 1970's and 80's.
As these comments are being prepared Sunday morning I can only conclude with a sense of deep humility at the enormity of the task and the nature of the burden. I continue to bear Barack Obama no ill will. Nevertheless, I passionately and sincerely believe that he owes the American people a detailed exposition of both his personal and his family history, and that he has not been candid with the American people. Without candor, he will not be able to establish the legitimacy that is essential for national leadership. He remains a stranger to the American people.
Barack Obama and his character assassins such as Robert Gibbs have done everything they can to demonize and defeat and intimidate me. They have failed utterly and abjectly. Tuesday morning I will stand up in court, stand tall, and stand proud for every American who believes Barack Obama needs to start telling the truth about himself. The election may be over. But the search for the truth about Mr. Obama is continuing.
GIT-R-DONE!!
Completely off topic: why does he stick an apostrophe in Hawaii?
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Because that is the correct Hawaiian spelling - and my screen name should be Kaua’ibound.
Have you looked up this guy Andy Martin he is a who’s who in litigation. He is a quack!
One man’s quack is another man’s Freedom Fighter!
I have a suspicion that the reason Obama’s birth records were sealed was not because he isn’t a citizen ... but because his parents were not actually married, which while immaterial to his standing in running for president, would certainly be embarrassing.
Just a theory.
You better read up on this Guy. I hope it works but I looked him up on the internet. He has been in a little trouble! Couldn’t get his law license in Illinois! Ran for office on Republican and Democratic sides never was elected to anything. Ran about 12 times for Senate in Various States.
Or his name wasn’t Obama.
That could lead to some serious problems as well.
I’ll try to act surprised when nothing comes of this.
What will this prove?
Or biological father was Malcolm X!
Or if he was born in Mombasa big embarassment to the whole Democratic party and the main stream media will have lots of explaining.
Mat God be with you and protect you.
It’s absolutely astonishing that no government agency or court has, or is willing to, scrutinize Obama’s qualifications to run as a candidate for POTUS, and now that the election is over, hold the position of POTUS.
Actually in some circles today,Being illegitimate is a badge of ‘honor’
I’ve always thought that’s what it was too. In some states birth certificates used to have a little box to check “yes” or “no” next to “LEGITIMATE?” We Freepers know Obama is illegitimate (his parents were not validly married), but it seems most people who voted for him didn’t take time to find out a darn thing about his past, and that could look shocking all over TV screens shortly before Nov 4.
However, now that the election’s over, this would not change the outcome, so why the continued secrecy? There’s nothing to lose, unless there really is something more incriminating?
If Obama is ineligible, does that mean that Biden becomes the next President and Pelosi his VP?
A minor embarassment at best in this day and age. Being a bass turd these days carries very little, if any, humiliation.
The apostrophe is to show a "hiccup" in the native pronunciation of Hawaiian words. The word isn't pronounced Hah-why-yeeee—the last syllable is more explosive, pronounced like Hah-wha-IH!. Those corrective changes were made sometime in the 80s.
Off Lanikai Beach is "Rabbit Island". It now has a different, native, name. (I grew up in the Territory of Hawaii). :)
I suspect that al Qaida is spelled al Qaeda by the Brits to compensate for one of those "hiccup-apostrophes" that should appear—as al Qa'da.
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