Posted on 12/15/2008 10:48:10 AM PST by kellynla
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned down another challenge to Barack Obama's eligibility to serve president because of his citizenship.
The appeal by Cort Wrotnowski of Greenwich, Conn., was denied Monday without comment.
Wrotnowski argued that Obama was a British subject at birth and therefore cannot meet the requirement for becoming president.
He wanted the high court to halt presidential electors from meeting to formally elect Obama as president.
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The SCOTUS very rarely accepts a case of any kind on motion for a stay or injunctive relief. The standard procedure is to seek review by writ of certiorai, and even then, the SCOTUS accepts less than 1% of the cases for review. We don't know whether the SCOTUS will review Obama's eligibility upon proper application of writ of certiorai. The only thing the court has done is refuse to stay or enjoin the electoral process, which is my opinion, is the correct decision in view of the constitutional role and jurisdictional limitations of the SCOTUS and the traditional standards for obtaining a stay or preliminary injunction prior to a determination on the merits.
I heard an analysis on this which is likely true
The congress and SCOTUS do NOT want ALL the major cities in the United States to have riots which would DWARF the Rodney King riots , by Obambi being denied taking the oath by WHITE folks.
NOTHING, absoultely NOTHING, will prevent his taking the oath on the 20th of January
Now, mod you, this will NOT make these issues (the BC, Blago gate, Rezko etc) go away
I think I have to agree with this point of view
Now mind you, this is NOT a racist commentary
It would not only be the blacks who would riot but many many of the far left marxist radicals, who are just waiting for any reason to riot and create anarchy
Just to clarify: Congress passes laws. The president either signs or vetoes the legislation.
So we should discuss every law that Obama signs or vetoes in this light.
If the Constitution was still adhered to, it would not be an absurd lawsuit.
But it is not. So.....
if they can ignore article II of the US Constitution, without so much as a reason why...
then we must be free to ignore amendment 16.
Shoot the rioters.
“...Everyone has a responsibility to become at least minimally informed.”
Those who voted for Obama WERE MINIMALLY informed... THAT IS THE DANG PROBLEM!
Perhaps his mother was so glad to not be in Kenya anymore that she got a notice put in the newspaper to bolster future claims about the boy’s citizenship - OR to help her in a possible future custody battle against Obama’s real father.
The Presidency doesn’t come into it - any claim on American citizenship is worth its weight in gold. Ask the Cubans.
Some FReepers apparently regard a notice in the paper as ironclad proof of birth, so why shouldn’t Mrs Dunham have felt the same?
“This thing stinks worse than 3-day-old fish. There is something terribly wrong here. There is going to be real trouble coming our way because of this indifference to the most basic of our laws.”
Correct!
I can't believe the idiocy I am seeing on this birther threads.
Even if Obama had been born in Kenya (he wasn't), he still would have been a citizen by virtue of his mother being a citizen and would have had access to all the same welfare benefits as if he had been born in Hawaii.
Currently there's little "law", either statutory or common, on the matter.
Leave it up to the applicants to be candidate to challenge a law ~ that will give everyone something to hang hats on.
No doubt that can be done in the next four years ~ and if you have Barry running again, he's going to have to prove it. If he can't, then that's a different set of problems. No doubt the Democrats are prepared for them.
You said — “The bad guys are gaining confidence.”
That’s because Bush, Cheney, McCain, Palin, the Republican Party, the FBI, our media, our conservatives and the Supreme Court — want nothing to do with this issue.
Is it any wonder that they’re gaining confidence... LOL...
That is, she had to be 19 years of age when she gave birth (time from conception is not counted).
The law has since been changed, but it wasn't made retroactive.
Strange eh?
You said — “I blame the voters more than the drive-bys.”
There you go..., that’s the real problem — not the Constitution. You can’t enforce a piece of paper (which it has become) when the common voter doesn’t want to adhere to it...
You said — “No, sir. No secret verification. I want FULL PUBLIC DISLOSURE.”
Ummmm..., “secret verification”? Nope, there is going to be *no verification* at all... that’s the way it’s going...
You can edit it but if you don't present your case and win your argument they will just change it back.
While the claim of this case was ludicrous we have no evidence that Obama was born in Hawaii. A newspaper announcement is not proof of that and would occur no matter where he was born.
Those hyperventilating about the Court should understand the claim that he was not a natural born American citizen, if born in Hawaii, is absurd on its face. It never had a chance of passing muster to make it to the court. And they are apparently unaware of the constitutional mechanism to handle a case like this. Yet, they claim to revere it. Look and you will see what that mechanism is and stop the hysterical forecasts.
Unlawful occupation of the Office of the President means no new valid legislation. No valid nominations, including to the Supreme Court. No valid Executive Orders. No lawful commands as Commander in Chief.
Maybe that's why conservative talk radio, the Republicans and the Supreme Court are silent.
Strikes me as entirely possible that the current President could and should intervene if was/is adequate and appropriate evidence.
A person would have thought that FBI and CIA and other resources would have already been used.
Protection of the state inclusive of constitution is a part his job!
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