Yes, of course it's a forgery - and not a very good one.
That doesn't change the fact that there is no requirement for production of the original document, and there isn't going to be one, either.
Yes, of course it’s a forgery - and not a very good one. That doesn’t change the fact that there is no requirement for production of the original document, and there isn’t going to be one, either.
***That’s the first time I’ve seen someone argue this level of factuality. There are seveal things to consider in that argument.
1) The constitution is the highest law of the land. Do you agree with that? The constitution requires the pres be eligible, in particular 2 requirements are aimed at the circumstances of his birth. So if there’s “no requirement for production of the original” that is just saying there’s no laws in place for it because this area of the constitution has never been challenged. That does NOT mean the constitution is inapplicable. It’s like the 3rd amendment, gathering dust because that issue hardly ever comes up in our republic, thank God. But if an army general came into your house and said, well, there’s no “requirement of production of the law” that says I can’t force you to house my soldiers and cook for them for the next 6 months, what would be your remedy? The remedy is that, sure there’s not much CASE LAW, but the highest law in the land is utterly clear on the requirement and that’s exactly what you’d rely upon.
2) The fact that the electronic copy of the CoLB is a forgery means that the only evidence the candidate has put forth so far has been forged evidence. Any other person applying for a federal job would be under increased scrutiny after that point, rightfully so.
3) The burden of meeting the qualification is on the president elect, not the people. Note that the 20th amendment says “if the president elect fails to qualify”, not “if the people fail to qualify him”.
So you agree that the Obama campaign committed a fraud upon the American electorate? Given the questions that were floating around about his lack of natural born citizenship, how many folks that voted for him would not have done so had they not seen, or heard of this forged document and voted for Hillary instead. Particularly delegates to the Democrat Convention, as well as regular voters in the Democrat Primary. Enough that we'd be inaugurating President Clinton II next Tuesday? Or maybe President McCain, since Hillary *might* have been a weaker candidate than The One?