I think they’ll just comment that the state Secretaries Of State are tasked with determining the qualifications of candidates and the issue is not ripe for them until he is sworn in and a case is then brought.
That will be fair warning to the states to affirm his qualification before the electors meet.
BTW Hawaii is the state that should lead the way on that IMO.
“…if they were to vote to schedule hearings–it will be explosive.”
And if the matter isn’t settled and 0bama is sworn in next month, that will be explosive, as well. The potential for riots and/or martial law either way.
I would not want to be a Supreme Court Justice right now, but if I was, I would like to think I would do the right thing and at least review the case.
I think they’ll split the baby in some way that allows zer0bama to keep his presidency but anyone else who follows him will not be allowed. There are several options.
One way is to decide that the Secretary of States didn’t do their job and that was the time for the lawsuit to have been brought forth, so it’s too late.
Maybe Obama will be the Second Foreign-Born President in History
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2142451/posts
Another way is to say that the constitution is not so clear on the subject so, as of today, anyone who’s born of a citizen is natural born or something like that.
Another way is to require that constitutional instructions be presented to the Electoral College. It’s their job to qualify the candidate, but no one has taken that seriously since the beginning. So they would include instructions that they need to look intently at the eligibility of this man who does not provide proof when asked, and if the EC’s vote for him the Supremes get to wash their hands of it.
Another way is they could require congress to take it up.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2141178/posts#92
To: Congressman Billybob; Aquinasfan; autumnraine; Non-Sequitur; pissant; 50mm; HighlyOpinionated
Congressman, would appreciate your thoughts as we try to noodle this out.
Is it possible the USSC may not get involved in the Obama BC issue prior to the January 8,2009 joint session of Congress, because there is a painfully simple remedy presently available at law?
3 USC 15 (Counting electoral votes in Congress) provides in part ” … Upon such reading of any such certificate or paper, the President of the Senate shall call for objections, if any. Every objection shall be made in writing, and shall state clearly and concisely, and without argument, the ground thereof, and shall be signed by at least one Senator and one Member of the House of Representatives…” The language goes on to provide for separate deliberations in the Senate and the House.
If this is an accurate reading of the law, isn’t it clear the Republicans (and others as well) have the right and the duty to challenge O’s eligibility? Especially in light of the fact Obama may have defrauded the several States when he certified he was qualified for the office. The Court may conclude that with this statute and the 20th amendment there is a political verification process and a remedy in place and that the Court has no role in the process.
Thank you for your thoughts.
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See the letter on my About page hand-delivered to the local offices of my Republican Senators and Representatives. I urge you to do likewise in your own words, even if it is simply faxing a one page letter to Washington, D.C. We have got to motivate the Republicans to prepare to demonstrate O is not qualified.
92 posted on Monday, December 01, 2008 9:01:40 PM by frog in a pot
“Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil.”
The American people wouldn’t expect a justice of Supreme Court stature to follow such low standards for fact-finding.
The Justices can attain no higher professional or moral standard, over the rest of their careers, than that which they set for themselves with any given ruling.
At this point there is no reason to doubt the honor or the integrity of the individuals sitting on the Supreme Court.
You may be totally right on your thoughts, but I would be extremely disappointed and disillusioned if Justice Thomas ran from something “unpleasant”. Justice Scalia seems like a bulldog too. Not sure of Justices Roberts and Alito; I just don't know enough about them.
It’s not going anywhere. Not a single justice will vote to grant cert. Case closed.
Having said that the the Court won’t hear this (it’s going nowhere), I’d also like to add that I think an Amendment should be passed addressing this issue in the future. Any federal politician should be forced to submit certified copies of the original documents proving that they meet the relevant constitutional qualifications for their position.
I think Thomas put it to conference because he sees that Donofrio has precedent as a citizen to make sure the local sec of state does there job. Even though it is very controversial I believe the justice's will see this as NON- POLITICAL but something worthy of a response and action.
For the love of God, there is a long list of things Obama has not shown. I think at the very least there is something in the cert he does not want America seeing, even as President Elect.