...It really just got very interesting. 
“Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P.J.O’Rourke
Posted on 01/09/2009 8:28:39 PM PST by devere
Chief Justice John Roberts has sent a full-throated challenge of Barack Obama’s presidential eligibility to conference: Lightfoot v. Bowen (SCOTUS docket page). I.O. interviewed Lightfoot lead attorney, Orly Taitz at 2:20pm CT, today, minutes after she learned of this move.
Taitz believes, “This is Chief Justice Roberts telling the Congress… the other eight Justices, that there is a problem with this election.”
The Lightfoot case has legal standing, due to litigant, Libertarian Gail Lightfoot’s vice presidential candidacy in California. It also address two major issues of legal merit: 1. Obama’s failure to provide legally evidentiary documentation of citizenship and American birth and, 2. his United Kingdom citizenship at birth, passed to him by his Kenyan father when that nation was a British colony. (Other current challenges also submit that Obama’s apparent status as an Indonesian citizen, as a child, would have caused his American citizenship to be revoked.) This case is therefore considered the strongest yet, to be heard by the Supreme Court. Obama challenger, Philp Berg had previously been granted conference hearings, scheduled this Friday, 1/9 and on 1/16.
Roberts was submitted this case on 12/29, originally a petition for an injunction against the State of California’s Electoral College vote. His action comes one day before the Congress is to certify the Electoral College votes electing Barack Obama, 1/8. The conference called by Roberts is scheduled for 1/23. Orly Taitz is not deterred by the conference coming after the inauguration, which is to be held 1/20, “If they find out that he was not eligible, then they can actually rescind the election; the whole inauguration and certification were not valid.” The strongest time for legal and judicial rulings are generally after the fact.
(Excerpt) Read more at forthardknox.com ...
As far as I can tell, he still has. The keep sending them to conference and then rejecting them without ever considering the substance of the claims.
very bottom of article:
“Bad Behavior has blocked 2244 access attempts in the last 7 days.”
could this be wack a troll?
Taitz is delusional.
...It really just got very interesting.
Here's what SCOTUS will do. They'll deny her case 0-9 with no comment as they've done to every case prior.
Steve Pidgeon’s case will be hitting SCOTUS next and Steve is trying to get more physical evidence.
Here's what SCOTUS will do. They'll deny his case 0-9 with no comment as they've done to every case prior.
Yeah... scheduled for 3 days after Barry Soretaro Hussein Barak Obama whatever his name is will already be crowned/sworn in. These cases should have been pushed long before the election even arrived. These should have been pushed back in the primaries. Waiting later just gave Obama time to get sworn in - a position that he will not be removed from... The US Supreme court doesn't have the guts to trigger what any attempt they might make to remove him would cause (even beyond the constitutional nightmare). And if they were to refer it to congress to handle through impeachment - the liberals there won't touch it with a 10 foot pole. Ladies and gentlemen - we are now living in a country where the very foundational document that was set up to regulate government has been suspended. Senators are being put in office in spite of corruption, bribery, felonies, and even blatant election theft. We are seeing exactly the type of tyranny our founding fathers included the 2nd Amendment to counter. Too bad our population has grown fat and reliant on the government and is too apathetic to take action. And the clowns who are in control know it.
Yup I knew they would be along right away.
Supposedly SCOTUS would not be in the position to touch this until now. We will see. Maybe SCOTUS really cares about the Constitution.
Obot troll alert.
Orly is a dentist plus a practicing lawyer in CA. The CA bar exam is probably the hardest in the country. Her English is not perfect but she is a smart woman. What do you have?
SCOTUS will probably let us down but maybe they will suprise us.
Wow. That's original. Wish I had a nickel for every time some n00b truther called me a troll for not drinking the Konspiracy Kool-Aid.
I am a conservative, but I am losing hope and getting ready to be resigned. Maybe by some miracle someone with the power to do something will take his oath to defend the Constitution seriously.
Hopefully, the red states will enact legislation that will require **all** candidates to PROVE their citizenship requirements for the position.
If they do this, I expect that before the election Obama will declare that he is a one term president. He will develop a vague illness and need more time with his family
Well, I hope she's a better dentist than a lawyer because her understanding of how the USSC functions is severely lacking.
What do you have?
A grasp of reality.
“As far as I can tell, he still has. The keep sending them to conference and then rejecting them without ever considering the substance of the claims.”
John Roberts is the Chief Justice, and also a brilliant lawyer. If he brings a previously rejected case to conference he’s staking his reputation with his colleagues on it. If the story is accurate (can anyone check on that?), and Sam Alito is with him, then Scalia and Thomas make four to hear the case. If all of those “ifs” happen, then the mainstream media will have to cover the most important court case in US history. I wondered why Roberts gave up his millions a year law practice just to be Chief Justice of a failing republic. Perhaps that’s not what he had in mind. As Yogi said, “It ain’t over till it’s over”.
Geez!
I just threw out my New Year noise-makers!
But I think I’ll wait to buy new ones, just in case I’ll need to buy some super-big kick-ass sky rockets!
Go !!!SCOTUS!!!
I can only hope you’re right. I don’t mean to be discouraging but I can’t help being discouraged by the total blackout in place on this issue.
later
No, he's not. Roberts is effectively killing it. This is done as a courtesy to the other justices. That people seem to think this means something different only goes to show how few people here have even a basic understanding of how the USSC operates.
This case will be denied 0-9 with no comment. You can count on it.
“I can’t help being discouraged by the total blackout in place on this issue.”
Almost total. I picked it up on my stock trading service, because some pro thinks it might move the markets. And if SCOTUS grants certiorari it certainly will. The Dow will go to 4000 (and Barry will go to Kenya!).
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