Posted on 12/11/2008 8:27:56 AM PST by ckilmer
The U.S. Supreme Court has turned aside a request to stop the Electoral College from selecting the 44th president, in a vote scheduled for Monday, until Barack Obama documents his eligibility for the office under the Constitution's requirement that presidents must be "natural born" citizens.
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I do believe I read somewhere, maybe Article One, section 5, of the Constitution, that the separate Houses of Congress have responsibility for verifying the eligibility of their own candidates. Perhaps we need to sue the dem senate leadership? or the dnc itself?
You're the last to be complaining about lack of evidence. But be that as it may, the fact that the Supreme Court has turned down every opportunity presented to it to hear your arguements that Obama wasn not born in the U.S. is telling.
I have formally sworn to protect, uphold, and defend the Constitution -- and I take that oath very seriously.
As I said earlier, none of us need see the document. But the Chief Justice should require it before he administers the oath of office.
Then we should embark on eliminating the Gorean "no controlling legal authority" fiasco that has led us to this Constitutional crisis -- by establishing both procedures and responsible officers for validating candidates BEFORE they are nominated.
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(Whatever non sequitur "yahbut" pseudo-argument you plan as a continued trolling response to the above -- keep it. I am done with you.)
Sounds like a lot of the sore losers in 2000 and their reaction to Bush's victory. Fortunately, or unfortunately, your acceptance is not necessary. Nor was their's.
I have formally sworn to protect, uphold, and defend the Constitution -- and I take that oath very seriously.
Pick your battles carefully. Leavenworth gets hotter than hell in the summer.
As I said earlier, none of us need see the document. But the Chief Justice should require it before he administers the oath of office.
There is no law on the books that gives the Chief Justice the authority to demand Obama's birth certificate. Or any other presidential candidate's for that matter.
(Whatever non sequitur "yahbut" pseudo-argument you plan as a continued trolling response to the above -- keep it. I am done with you.)
Oops. Too late.
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