You: “After all, Hillary never made an issue out of Obama’s citizenship in the primaries; McCain never made an issue out of it in the general election; and neither VP Cheney nor any single member of the House or Senate raised a single objection to the certification of the electoral votes”
BUT look at how hard it is to get actual proof. If Hillary and McCain suspected, but had no proof, they’d be laughed off the stage. Without the proof, they couldn’t dare bring it up.
I think you have it backwards. In a political campaign, either Hillary or McCain could have said, "why don't you clear up all doubts and disclose your birth certificate?" Once Obama is sworn in, a court won't touch any of these cases without crystal-clear evidence of fraud. They are not going to subpoena documents based on "we don't know if there's been a fraud or not."