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You're obviously a little confused. "Democratic votes" om column A and "court decisions " go in Column B. Even in Parador.

Pleased to have your reposte. Just trying to infuse my lame sense of humour into what has been very educational here. At times very well fought between well matched adversaries, apart from other aspects.(sigh)

I plead that I am not confused. Just a little attempt to compare things here. The absolutely incredible power of someone or something, has absolutely and completely shut down the "Birthers", so far. When yer batting a 1000 every time in the courts and so many different jurisdictions!

Someone wields enormous power to stop the case at once. All the President's men?

Correction to the above post- sorry.

"Democratic votes" go in column A and "court decisions " go in Column B."

Pleased to have your reposte. Just trying to infuse my lame sense of humour into what has been very educational here. At times very well fought between well matched adversaries, apart from other aspects.(sigh)

I plead that I am not confused. Just a little attempt to compare things here. The absolutely incredible power of someone or something, has absolutely and completely shut down the “Birthers”, so far. When yer batting a 1000 every time in the courts and so many different jurisdictions!

Someone wields enormous power to stop the case at once. All the President’s men?

I really don’t think we’re dealing with an “all at once situation.” There have been more than 70 different lawsuits filed in local courts, state courts, federal distrist courts, federal appeals courts and eight appeals have been reviewed by the US Supreme Court. The earliest of those lawsuits go back to early 2008.

What it is that has shut down the “birthers” thus far is very simple. Its called “legal standing to sue.” There is only one person who would have legal standing to sue Obama on eligibility grounds. That person is Senator John McCain, the only other person to have won Electoral College votes and therefore the only person to meet the legal definition of having “standing” to sue. McCain’s “injury” is specific and particularized which is required under the rules of standing. No one else has “injury in fact.” If Obama is ineligibile, McCain was directly injured by Obama becoming president.

However Senator McCain has chosen not to sue because he is not a “birther.” Neither McCain nor Sarah Palin nor the Republican National Committee nor any elected Republican member of Congress has chosen to join any of the birther lawsuits or even file an “amicus” brief (friend of the court brief) in support of any of the more than seventy lawsuits that have been filed.