Posted on 04/16/2011 9:23:42 AM PDT by Libloather
Link only - Arizona's 'birther' bill faces legal challenges
I understand where you are coming from, but just as Trump forced their hand, so would a federal court challenge. All I’m asking is keep it in the news, with whatever form it takes.
I’m after voter confidence erosion.
Of those examples you say lack a birth certificate, are they running for president? There are often instances where someone might be qualified but can't document it. It's not a perfect system but it is what it is. Alternative types of documentation are often accepted as is the case in the AZ bill.
The city's records for my grandmother were lost in a fire. She didn't run for president.
One issue I have with birth certificates these days is the perversion of them as a historical document. Several states reissue them with names other than given at birth or even after living years as one name and gender and having sex reassignment surgery. Hell I think Oregon, doesn't even require the surgery to issue a new birth certificate for a transgender!
An actual birth certificate should be an immutable historical document. If you need to amend, amend it, but rewrite history? No thanks.
Good! Let’s get a SCOTUS read-out on this and get it settled once and for all.
Anybody who wants to challenge the Secretary of State’s decision in court can do so.
All this law would ultimately do is ensure that it is the courts who decide any controversies surrounding a candidate’s eligibility. A legal answer to a legal question. Bizarre in today’s mucked-up world, I know.
But Arizona hasn’t issued long form birth certificates since 1989. How can they make that a requirement?
Because any eligible candidates had to be born before 1989.
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