I was hoping at least they would set some standard as to how a person would need to prove they are eligible to be president. After this, I guess it really won’t be an issue and anyone born anywhere can become president of the United States of America. What’s to stop them?
Well, you got that right. That’s one reason why this “case” has to continue, no matter what. And there are more lawsuits coming if it doesn’t get decided by the Supreme Court.
Wouldn’t the court setting some extra-constitutional standard be an example of that judicial activism we’re always hearing about? There’s not a word in the constitution regarding how one proves eligibility, or what “natural born” might mean, and there’s certainly no serious evidence behind claims Obama wasn’t born in Hawaii.
I mean, except for the obvious step his mother took of putting a birth announcement in a Hawaii newspaper, just in case he ever wanted to run for President someday despite being, you know, born in Kenya.