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Newly appointed Supreme Court Justice Elana Kagan was representing Obama in all the petitions to prove his citizenship. Now she may help rule on them as a member of the court.
Chicago Politics; and the beat goes on and on and on... Once again the US Senate sold us out! Well, someone figured out why Obama nominated Elana Kagan for the Supreme Court..... Pull up the Supreme Court’s website, go to the docket and search for Obama. She was the Solicitor General for all the suits against him filed with the Supreme Court to show proof of natural born citizenship. He owed her big time. All of the requests were denied of course. They were never heard. It just keeps getting deeper and deeper, doesn’t it? The American people mean nothing any longer.

It’s all about payback time for those who compromised themselves to elect someone that really has no true right to even be there.

Records of these hearings show Elana Kagan is the attorney representing Obama. Links to SC docket are: Here, here, here, here, here, and here

None of the Obama eligibility appeals were accepted by the Supreme Court for a hearing so there was nothing for Elena Kagan to do in her previous role as U.S. Solicitor General except put her name on the filings as the government’s attorney of record. The job of the Solicitor General is to argue the government’s position BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT.

If ever there was a non-story on Obama’s eligibility, this is it.

Any four Justices can agree to hear an appeal on Obama’s eligibility before the full court and there are currently five Justices appointed by Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush or George W. Bush, so Kagan’s (and Sotomayor’s) vote is irrelevant to whether a challenge to Obama’s natural born citizenship status is heard by the full Court. It’s obvious that at least two of the conservatives-strict constructionists-originalists on the current Roberts Court aren’t interested. Thus far 12 applications have been denied by the Court.
Alito, Roberts, Scalia and Thomas can agree to hear an Obama eligibility appeal and Alito, Kennedy, Roberts, Scalia and Thomas can rule that Obama is an ineligible usurper of the office of the presidency with Bader-Ginsberg, Breyer, Kagan and Sotomayor in the minority.

I have always maintained that this is a non story, too. But, I have to admit that the nagging question of why it can't be settled keeps finding a way to make my suspicions rise. I have always hoped to hear or see a substantive explanation of why the DNC filed different official certification documents in many states, especially Hawaii where specific language about being legally qualified to serve was omitted.

This was all done well before there was any question of eligibility. So, it seems there was some concern within DNC circles early on. Without clarification, that bothers me.