Posted on 11/26/2008 9:31:20 AM PST by pissant
Two of the court cases surrounding president elect Barack Obama's birth certificate controversy are expecting important decisions from the Supreme Court in early December.
Philip J. Berg, the Pennsylvania lawyer who filed a lawsuit against Mr. Obama in August, filed a writ requesting that the U.S. Supreme Court hear an appeal on his case, which was dismissed in early November. According to the writ, Mr. Obama has until Dec. 1 to respond to the petition for appeal. If the court grants the petition, the case will be scheduled for the filing of briefs and for oral argument.
In New Jersey, Leo Donofrio filed suit against New Jersey Secretary of State Nina Wells, asserting she had not maintained the integrity of the electoral process. His case was rejected at the state level, and he presented it to Supreme Court Justice David Souter. When Justice Souter rejected the case, Mr. Donofrio presented it to Justice Clarence Thomas, who docketed it for conference on Dec. 5. In that conference, if four of the nine Supreme Court justices decide to accept the case, then hearings will be scheduled for the case.
The controversy exists over questions of Mr. Obama's eligibility to serve as president of the U.S. Mr. Obama has been unwilling to release his original long form birth certificate, fueling speculation that he has something to hide. Multiple lawsuits have been filed over the matter, some of which have been dismissed for lack of standing.
John P. Connolly can be reached at jconnolly@thebulletin.us
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They have to act before the Electoral College does. The Electoral College needs this information sooner rather than later.
No, we’ll pry the marxist out of office if the retard electors put him in.
I have a gut feeling SCOTUS will dismiss the case or rule in favor of The One just in the interest of keeping peace.
Within a year We The People will need to protect the Constitution by force of arms because our elected leaders and appointed judges aren’t doing it for us.
Watering the tree of liberty may be needed
I have a gut feeling SCOTUS will dismiss the case or rule in favor of The One just in the interest of keeping peace.
I totally agree! There would be blood running in the streets if the One was ejected from his throne!
Remember when Bruce Springsteen was performing free concerts for BHO during the campaign?
Good thing he didn’t sing “Born in the USA”!
How dare we ask this man, to follow the Constitutional requirements to ascend to the highest office in The United States of America? How DARE we? Don’t we know who he IS?
Illegal president on the way in 3,2,1,,,,,Jan.20th 2009. The day our Republic becomes a Banana Republic. I will mourn for our country until his term is over. I will never consider him anything other than an occupier of The White House. No one has the guts to apply the law to this thug.
Mr. Obama has been unwilling to release his original long form birth certificate, WHY? mo word from the msm.
This is outrageous!! ANY American citizen, as a voter, taxpayer and legitimate citizen of this nation and STOCKHOLDER of the federal government, has standing to ensure that the provisions of the Constitution are enforced and upheld.
The sheer number of cases filed in court challenging the Obamessiah's eligibility to be president that have been dismissed as being "without merit" or having "no standing" STRONGLY suggests that "the fix is in".
It is breathtaking that the SCOTUS, the one body of the federal government whose function is to rule on issues related to the Constitution has repeatedly denied to hear many of these cases. How much more fundamental could a Constitutional issue be??
I can't wait to see what excuse they come up with to justify dismissing the one challenge they have agreed to hear next month!!
Your outrage mirrors my own. Obama is set up to be my president and I, as a verifiable citizen, lack standing on a Constitutional issue? That is, as you say, completely outrageous. Some folks just don’t belong in the legal system. Too bad they have no shame.
Yeah, but who’s blood?
And just what do you think might happen if he's not ejected, and it comes out in a year or two that he is indeed ineligible to the office?
All those folks denuding the shelves and safes of gun dealers aren't buying tiddly winks you know.
To my count there are now 4 cases that have reached SCOTUS - Berg, Donofrio, Strunk, and Wrotnowski. With more on the way from Keyes and others who haven’t announced publicly yet. the Justices cannot deny all of them without any hearing at all.
Kreep/Tatiz have already said they will flood the courts with cases after inaugeration if this issue is not resolved. Every law and Executive Order will be subject to lawsuit from an ineligible President.
Unfortunately Philip Berg won’t be taken seriously by any court. He is notorious in Pennsylvania for his multiple malpractice reprimands by the District Courts in PA.
He was even ordered to take 6 credits of ethics classes by the US District Court in E. PA after he lost a malpractice suit. The icing on the cake is that he is a 9/11 truther.
Just google the guy and you will find links to court documents on him.
If he is willing to ignore Art II, section 1 paragraph 5, how do we know he's not also willing to ignore other parts of the Constitution, particulary section 1 of the XXth amendment, which reads:
The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January.
It also indicates that the Judges and the current theory of standing are out of bounds of the "Common Law", which the people DO understand. The Common Law is that which is known and understandable to the body of citizens in good standing at a given time.
For example -- Our original Constitution and the Bill of Rights must be interpreted per the understandings of The Common Law at the time of ratification, to interpret otherwise is to revise parts of the Constitution, and that would be beyond the scope of authority. Changes require amendments.
But also we are bound to the process of discovering the proper laws at that time, too -- which means for the Common Law that it is the general understandings of informed upstanding citizens which define it. It has become fashionable in law to call "Common Law' that which is written in the journals of court cases, rulings -- but that is Case Law, and when in textbook -- Hornbook Law. In that regard the modern judiciary and legal practice by minimizing the key role of citizen input as to the Common Law, and regarding almost solely their own trades faddish set of precedences perverts our national charter, just as well as those judges who "make law from the bench", who abide that the Constitution is some "living document".
So many citizens have brought cases, and also have begged their states' Department of State to validate the birth records of Presidential candidates at least to level a cafeteria mop-swinger in a local school district is required to bring -- that is to provide official birth records (and not just poor copies of summary substitute documents, along with a con-man's tale). And those cases are denied standing, denied hearing, denied action. The calls for the offcials to verify are ignored. "Not our job!" And that circumstance -- which is a public outcry for equity -- is a strong indicator that the real Common Law is at odds with the current process of law.
At least then we would know who the domestic enemies to the constitution are. Party over country can never be allowed.
I sincerely hope so!! I know that Alan Keyes has stated that he will challenge every law and EO the Obamessiah signs!!! It may reach the same level as Dennis Kucinich's routine Bill of Impeachment against Bush in the House, but we have to let the Democriminals know that they are NOT going to destroy this country without one h%lluva good fight!!!
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