I would have no problem it we required all presidential candidates to release their birth certificate, all academic records, all medical records and military records. And I have never said that Obama should not release the original of his BC.
However, since none of the other 42 men who have been president have been required to present such documentation, I do not think the Court will require it of Obama.
No president has EVER refused release of so many things in the list above. We know NOTHING about this man. Just what he writes in his own books which was probably done to create the past he wanted. What other presidents didn’t release their medical records? What other presidents were registered at a Muslin school in Indonesia and had an entirely different name than the one that they ran under? What other presidents can recite the evening prayers and called them the prettiest sound on earth. What other presidents sat in a church for years with a hate monger like Wright? Need I go on?
“However, since none of the other 42 men who have been president have been required to present such documentation, I do not think the Court will require it of Obama.”
Do you believe that Obama’s situation differs from all previous presidents in that he had an international upbringing, a Kenyan father and an adoptive step-father with whom he lived in a foreign country as a child? His situation is more like that of McCain, who was born outside the United States and who submitted documents immediately when questions were raised about this.
All of Obama’s sealed documents, coupled with his maneuvers to block these suits rather than just submit documentation, surely raise questions. Another very odd aspect of this is that Obama e-mailed a digital image of his CoLB to a web site and at least one newspaper but won’t submit it to a court in response to the suits.
I’ve been wondering whether there is a legal principle that pertains to Obama’s unwillingness to submit his birth document(s) to the courts while at the same time e-mailing these digital images around. Could this fact allow SCOTUS to request documentation? (Sort of like the principle that if the defense opens the door to something in court the prosecution can explore an issue that otherwise would not be allowed.)
Judge Napolitano of Fox was quoted on another web site a few weeks ago as saying that Obama will submit his passport as proof of citizenship at the swearing-in, as W did. I wonder whether there could be something about the passport that would raise questions in the Chief Justice’s mind.
Our society is so easily swayed by propaganda these days that many seem to have become infantilized. American citizens should be discussing this issue as the serious issue that it surely is. There is one standard for all politicians, and this has nothing to do with Obama personally.