Posted on 11/20/2008 6:16:42 PM PST by Red Steel
Former presidential candidate Alan Keyes joined the fight to release President-elect Barack Obama's birth certificate this week, suing to keep the California Electoral College from meeting.
The suit is the latest of many lawsuits filed requesting the birth certificate, a document that Mr. Obama has so far refused to produce in court. The lawsuit, filed by Mr. Keyes and the American Independent Party (AIP) in the California Superior Court in Sacramento, requests the court to bar the secretary of State from certifying the names of electors to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, R-Calif., and from transmitting a certificate of election each presidential elector.
"I and others are concerned that this issue be properly investigated and decided before Sen. Obama takes office," said Mr. Keyes in an AIP press release. "Otherwise there will be a serious doubt as to the legitimacy of his tenure. This doubt would also affect the respect people have for the constitution as the supreme law of the land. I hope the issue can be quickly clarified so that the new president can take office under no shadow of doubt. This will be good for him and for the nation."
The Electoral College will meet in each state capital to cast its votes on Dec. 15. Dec. 1 is also an important debate in the controversy, as Mr. Obama must respond to a federal case in the U.S. Supreme Court by that date, which will be heard by Justice David Souter, a jurist with a liberal reputation.
Mr. Keyes, an ambassador during the Reagan administration, was a presidential candidate in 2008 for the AIP. Mr. Keyes also ran against Mr. Obama for a U.S. Senate seat in 2004, losing to Mr. Obama by a wide margin.
The controversy over Mr. Obama's birth certificate has been boiling on the news periphery for months. Over the summer, Mr. Obama put an electronic scan of a birth certification on his "Fight the Smears" Web site in an effort to quiet rumors. The document has been unconvincing for his critics, due to flaws in the scan and its low quality. The raised seal and authoritative signature needed to validate the document cannot be seen on the scan at all.
According to the U.S. Constitution, there are distinct requirements to become president.
"No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of president," it reads.
In Pennsylvania, attorney Philip J. Berg filed a suit against Mr. Obama and the Democratic National Committee in August, in the hopes that Mr. Obama would produce his original birth certificate. Mr. Berg asserts that Mr. Obama was born in Kenya.
The case was thrown out of the Third Circuit Court in November because the judge ruled Mr. Berg had no standing to enforce the presidential requirements of the Constitution. Mr. Berg has since requested the U.S. Supreme Court hear the case, and Mr. Obama has until Dec. 1 to file his request that the court not hear the case. Once he has responded, the Court will rule on whether or not the case will be heard.
The Hawaii Department of Health says the original birth certificate is in its vaults, but refuses to release it on the grounds of Hawaii's privacy statutes. According to the statutes, only somebody with "direct and tangible interest" may access the birth records. This usually means that only Mr. Obama, his family, or somebody designated by him could access the document.
Longtime Obama critic Andy Martin is pursuing his own lawsuit to produce the birth certificate against the Hawaii Department of Health, arguing for the certificate's release. Hearings were heard in court on Tuesday, and Mr. Martin said the arguments were spirited.
"We had about a half-hour hearing," said Mr. Martin on his blog (http://contrariancommentary.blogspot.com). "Both the attorney general and I vigorously presented our respective positions. ... I have ordered a transcript of the hearing and as soon as it arrives we will post it on our blogs ... Rather than characterize what was said, I will allow everyone to review the presentation for themselves."
The judge reserved his judgment on Mr. Martin's case until a later date.
Readers can access Mr. Keyes' request for a writ of mandamus by clicking here.
Keyes is a team player (conservative) Republican. I think he has always tried to do his best.
I just hope his legal team listens to Leo Donofrio’s suggestions on Keyes case.
It’s pretty infuriating that some Obama operative has infected the current WND poll regarding his birth certificate with a virus that causes the web page to redirect.
There’s obviously fire behind all this smoke.
Deja vu in the Matrix for NBC, but this time on the West Coast with their LA channel 4 affiliate:
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/CA-Lawsuit-claims-Obama-not-Born-in-US.html
It’s only the 2nd time a Main Stream Media has written an article on the Obama BC.
I’ll post it at some time unless some does it first. ;-)
That is good news then.
Lots of news coverage on the wacko DA from Texas filing a lawsuit against Cheney and Gonzalez. Nothing from the MSM on any of the numerous suits filed challenging Obama’s citizenship.
This is criminal collusion........and big media is a criminal enterprise.
I can't wait till they all go down the tubes.
Leni
Definitely a concerted effort to suppress the news.
That sucks, if I read correctly.
I’m not so sure that that is correct.
It's one of the most remarkable things I've ever seen.
And we know that the entire press corps is aware of this story. When something is enquired after in a presidential press conference, they know.
We now have a controlled press.
Conservatives need to wake up to this fact. This particular case is making it as evident as could be.
". . .or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, the the Vice President Elect SHALL ACT as president until a President shall have qualified..
...and it goes on about the Congress declring who should be President.
Just clicked on the WND link on the AJX web site and a virus warning popped up that my Avast antivirus caught.
Good post.
I don’t know if it was a good post, I know my blood was chilled when I read it.
If the President Elect does not quualify, why should his pick of a VP qualify at all? That is. . .not, right.
The GOP limp wristers can’t even bring themselves to mention it. Pathetic.
You got it, man.
I’ll be on the radio tomorrow morning talking about this case:
The Mancow Show
WLS Radio
Chicago
Guest: Tom Hoefling, America’s Independent Party National Committee Chairman
Friday, November 21, 2008
8:10 am Central
I can’t wait either. I’ll be there to shovel the dirt onto their corpses.
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