Were you intentionally shooting your own argument in the foot?? You cited a story where the power of the AG to do what you claim was being disputed. Second, you ignored what I said about facing a political backlash. AGs are political entities and don’t generall lay themselves out for something when there’s not enough popular support for it. What these people would know from the newspaper coverage of the fraudulent certificate isn’t going to be enough for any particular one to chase after this issue ... and then you run into the problem of trying to go after a sitting president with criminal charges.
This nonsense about going on a ‘fishing expedition’ is exactly that. You don’t fish in private records. Getting the records from the DOH requires a court order. I don’t see it happening, when courts are showing that they’re afraid to touch this.
No, I was not intentionally shooting myself in the foot. I was pointing out that some attorneys general have independent subpoena power.
Yes, there can always be political backlash to any bold move, no guts, no glory.
I just don’t see much hope for resolving this issue through civil lawsuits with ordinary citizens as plaintiffs because the courts have ruled over and over again that they don’t have standing. Thus far 74 civil suits have been attempted and none have succeeded.
There are plenty of states where Obama is extremely unpopular and it would be a political feather in the cap of a state Attorney General or a District Attorney to bring him low or to even attempt to resolve the citizenship issue. I would say that any state that would elect a Republican Attorney General is such a state. Hawaii does not elect its Attorney General. That position is an appointed position by the Governor and she’s a Republican.
The current Governor of Hawaii is a lame duck. She is term limited and out of office as of next January. It is likely that there will be a new Attorney General as well next year, so why not take a risk since you’re going to be out anyway?
Thus far a Republican Attorney General in Indiana was forced to be Obama’s legal defender because citizens of that state sued the Republican Governor for certifying Obama’s electoral votes. I would rather try to see if there is one state Attorney General, or even a local district attorney with enough intestinal fortitude to take this on.
Anyone from a strong conservative Republican state could do the job.
You have convinced me that you have no real interest in a resolution to this issue. You just like to whine about it.
A subpoena for Obama’s birth records is the quickest way to resolve at least the birthplace part of the issue.