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Supremes to review citizenship arguments-Case challenging candidacy set for 'conference' of justices
World Net Daily ^ | 11-21-08 | Bob Unruh

Posted on 11/20/2008 11:46:54 PM PST by STARWISE

A case that challenges President-elect Barack Obama's name on the 2008 election ballot citing questions over his citizenship has been scheduled for a "conference" at the U.S. Supreme Court.

Conferences are private meetings of the justices at which they review cases and decide which ones to accept for formal review.

This case is set for a conference Dec. 5, just 10 days before the Electoral College is scheduled to meet to make formal the election of Obama as the nation's next president.

The Supreme Court's website listed the date for the case brought by Leo C. Donofrio against Nina Wells, the secretary of state in New Jersey, over not only Obama's name on the 2008 election ballot but those of two others, Sen. John McCain and Roger Calero.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: bho2008; birthcertificate; calero; certifigate; justicethomas; leodonofrio; madeinkenya; mccain; notthisshiitagain; obama; obamatruthfile; obamatruthsquad; scotus; thekenyan
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To: STARWISE

Why are no other media outlets covering, or at the very least, mentioning it.


61 posted on 11/21/2008 6:02:10 AM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (President Bush has let me down! Palin in 2012!)
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To: Girlene

Actually the election is not over until the Electorial College meets on Dec. 15th and casts its votes.


62 posted on 11/21/2008 6:02:10 AM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: STARWISE

Judging from the “troll panic” on this thread, I think this issue is gaining strength.

Stay tuned...


63 posted on 11/21/2008 6:02:30 AM PST by April Lexington (We are now in the era of Timothy Leary Economics!)
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To: SeaHawkFan

Except for that fact that the Supreme Court generally avoids cases of a serious constitutional nature, that only an extraordinarily small % of cases are actually taken up by the Court, and that individual justices generally do not issue individual opinions on reviews such as this.

So much misinformation in your post, it is staggering.


64 posted on 11/21/2008 6:03:12 AM PST by mquinn (Obama's supporters: a deliberate drowning of consciousness by means of rhythmic noise)
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To: STARWISE

I must be a contrarian on this issue. I don’t want the courts to decide who is and who is not qualified to hold office. For president, this is the responsibility of elected officials in the house.

Cab you imagine setting the stage for future conservative presidents or senators having to have their BS vetted by a liberal supreme court?


65 posted on 11/21/2008 6:04:08 AM PST by Raycpa
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To: 1rudeboy
This matter is disturbing, to be sure. I just don't think the SC will do anything to contravene the “will of the people”.

I spent 8 years waiting for one of the myriad “smoking guns” to bring the Clintons to ruin.

I'm not goin’ through that sort of anguish again.

66 posted on 11/21/2008 6:05:20 AM PST by Cedric
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To: STARWISE

If Obama is determined ineligible for Presidency:

Will the SC invent new law making it possible for him to take it anyway?

Will the Congress ram through a bill redefining the term “naturalized” so that Obama can take office?

Will there be riots in the streets?

All three of those questions are the reasons I doubt we will ever get a satisfactory answer to this question. Obviously, something is very wrong with the birth certificate or we would have seen it.

Presuming the birth certificate shows information which would disqualify Obama from taking office will the SC have the guts to actually follow the law? Or will we hear some crap about the SC following the will of the people over the Constitution?

What a mess.


67 posted on 11/21/2008 6:06:19 AM PST by Personal Responsibility (I love liberty. I hate equality.)
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To: Red_Devil 232
Actually the election is not over until the Electorial College meets on Dec. 15th and casts its votes.

True. The election is still in play. It boggles my mind that the NJ Secretary (along with a few other states) would allow a known unqualified candidate, Calero, to be placed on the ballot. Obviously there is "no controlling legal authority" to vet whether a presidential candidate is constitutionally qualified.
68 posted on 11/21/2008 6:09:18 AM PST by Girlene (Wolverines!!)
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To: cmj328

This is just like the new Christopher Buckley book, isn’t it? They’ll likely say some b.s. about “We the People”.


69 posted on 11/21/2008 6:09:40 AM PST by fzx12345 (ZOTTO ERGO SUM)
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To: Personal Responsibility

No.

No.

Yes.

No.

Yes.


70 posted on 11/21/2008 6:10:30 AM PST by Cedric
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To: hoosiermama

how did the messiah-elect get back into the country when he traveled to Pakistan circa 1980? U.S. Passport? If so, was it ever renewed? It seems strange that the most famous “citizen of the world” never left the continental U.S. after his trip Pakistan. Any comments?


71 posted on 11/21/2008 6:19:04 AM PST by jackofhearts
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To: CapnJack

If this were to process through the SCOTUS, the end result would only be the complete destruction of the United States Constitution in order for the Libs to have their way. Can you even imagine what that would be like?


72 posted on 11/21/2008 6:19:49 AM PST by cblue55 (Save yourself from the matrix - blue states take blue pill; red states take the red pill)
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To: jackofhearts

HMMM. And then there were all those questions about why he hadn’t seen the situation in Iraq firsthand.


73 posted on 11/21/2008 6:23:27 AM PST by thesetruths
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To: Red_Devil 232
Remember BO is a “Constitutional” Lawyer. He could NEVER plead ignorance of the law.
74 posted on 11/21/2008 6:23:32 AM PST by hoosiermama (Berg is a liberal democrat. Keyes is a conservative. Obama is bringing us together already!)
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To: Cedric

Short, sweeet and to the point.


75 posted on 11/21/2008 6:24:24 AM PST by Personal Responsibility (I love liberty. I hate equality.)
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To: jackofhearts
Would be an explanation for why he was so reluctant to visit our trope's....Wasn't sure his paper work was in order or afraid that a trip would alert officials to previous trips and passports.

IIRC it was Berg who said on a radio interview that the CIA and FBI knew a lot more than he did, but could only present material if subpoenaed to court ( and asked the right questions.)

76 posted on 11/21/2008 6:31:54 AM PST by hoosiermama (Berg is a liberal democrat. Keyes is a conservative. Obama is bringing us together already!)
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To: Girlene

I believe I read that California(because of Alan Keyes) won’t release the electoral votes until status of nbc has been proven, and 11 other states were going to do the same.
???


77 posted on 11/21/2008 6:32:21 AM PST by jackv (Just shakin' my head!!)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
They do not want to issue a ruling that effectively throws out a decisive popular vote, and brings wrath, challenges, and questions of relevance, scope of powers, and legitimacy on them.

LOL!

78 posted on 11/21/2008 6:33:10 AM PST by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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To: kpp_kpp
"so case (a) he’s British or Kenyan, case (b) he’s Indonesian, and case (c) there is a real full birth certificate in Hawaii stating he was born in Hawaii.

if (c) why not just release it and put an end to the rumors? that is what i don’t understand"

There is a case (d) to consider:

Perhaps his birth certificate (merely) contains some embarrassing factoid. Maybe his Dad is not Barack Obama, Sr. (which makes his book and his Kenya obsession look silly---but might explain why helping close impoverished African relatives is above his pay grade). Or maybe his name is actually Wilber Alfred Dunham.

79 posted on 11/21/2008 6:36:24 AM PST by cookcounty ("A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not why the ship is built." ---Governor Sarah Palin)
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To: CapnJack
The moonbats would go ballistic

Methinks that behind those closed doors, Justice Thomas is going to make clear that no matter what happens, moonbats from some side are going to go ballistic - and not just figuratively. This is why Constitutional crisies are to be avoided early, and not let such such BS sneak in under the radar. If this thing isn't addressed, it's not going to just go away.

80 posted on 11/21/2008 6:38:09 AM PST by ctdonath2 (I AM JOE THE PLUMBER!)
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