If such laws were enacted in even a handful of states, it would compel compliance, or at least a great deal of litigation and scrutiny. No Presidential candidate could afford to be not on the ballot in four or five states as it would lead to great damage to the state parties and candidates in the affected states.
One state should be enough, but 4 or 5 would seal the deal.
It would be pretty obvious if ‘bammy refused to be on the ballot in 1 state, but 4 or 5, besides making even the some liberals question his qualifications, would make it electorially impossible to win.
If such laws were enacted in even a handful of states, it would compel compliance, or at least a great deal of litigation and scrutiny. No Presidential candidate could afford to be not on the ballot in four or five states as it would lead to great damage to the state parties and candidates in the affected states.
Exactly right. And I do think that a handful of states would be necessary, and not just one state. Theoretically just one state gets the issue out there and exposed and just one state having the birth certificate shown does the job for all the other states.
But, I have always said that I prefer having several states do it (maybe only 5 or so states, perhaps) so that there is enough support for this kind of thing so that no one could "marginalize" just one state and perhaps, even try to bypass just one state (even though bypassing one state would create a big uproar, I'm sure...).
So, I would encourage all FReepers to work within their respective states and with their legislators to get it done. It's a needed thing and we really should have had this sort of thing in place a long time ago. I guess many people thought it was not needed (in the past). But, now they see it's needed.