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You said — “Either that or no one wants to enforce it???????? I hate conspiracy theorys but I’m beginning to wonder if this isn’t all a set up.”

You know..., a lot of FReepers here are going by the “spirit of the law” and what they say is that they doubt the qualifications of Obama. BUT, since it is always said that we are a “nation of laws” and not of men and no one is above the law... what it comes down to — is the “letter of the law”. And that’s where we’ve run into the problem here.

Now, you can frequently get people who are able to violate the spirit of the law, by maintaining the “letter of the law” and that’s the price you pay for the system that we have where — you have many guilty that go free, so that you don’t have one innocent that is guilty...

There are those who would rather have everyone who is guilty tried and convicted, but that results in many innocent being caught in that net, too (in a nation of laws...). So, our founding fathers operated on the principle that one was innocent until they were judged to be guilty by due process. And they understood that this meant that many of the guilty would go free in the process. But, it was preferable that way.

We’ve got a situation where Obama is apparently violating the spirit of the law — at least with full disclosure on the issue of fully meeting the requirements of the Constitution — but — there is not proof of that and the “letter of the law” does not require any more than what he has given (even though many think it’s a violation of the spirit of the law — or *even* the *actual law* if they could get the proof). But, no one is required to convict themselves, either, under our law. So, Obama is under no legal compulsion to “convict himself” (if he is a crook and has violated the law).

If we would have had the state laws on the books that *required proof* before one could be placed on the ballot, then Obama could not violate even the *letter of the law*... and there you have it.

I don’t think anyone knows how to get the proof and Obama is not required by law to provide the proof — so everyone is stuck... That’s the way it is.

After January 20th, the only one who can do *anything* about it, will be the Congress and I’m pretty sure they will do nothing (look at Clinton for that example...).

I don’t think it’s a grand conspiracy by the Republican Party, by Bush, by Cheney, by McCain, by Palin, by the FBI, by the Supreme Court, by the Electoral College and by the Democrats... no... LOL...

It’s just that they recognize the futility and the impossibility of doing anything about it, so why should they waste their time on it.

All we have to do is get those state laws on the books...