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March 12, 2008
Chairman Serrano's Opening Statement
. ..Also, I would like to tell you that as of this morning, President McCain has been challenged--I mean Senator McCain, has been challenged out West as to whether he is eligible to be President. I keep asking every lawyer, every judge that comes before me, please clarify whether I can be President, because he was born in the Panama Canal Zone and I was born in Puerto Rico. So I hope if he gets a favorable ruling, which he should, it includes me too. There is more than one way to make me happy.
Thursday, March 13, 2008.
Chairman Serrano's Opening Statement
...And for those of you who were trying to figure out what we were discussing for a few minutes, we did not make any major decisions on anything. Although I must say, on a personal level, that for about 10 years, I have been trying to get out of you an unofficial comment on whether or not someone born in Puerto Rico can serve as President. And from what I understand from a California case, you may have to decide on Senator McCain. So if you do, I will try to get myself included in the same thing.
Justice Kennedy's Testimony
...Mr. Chairman, oh, incidentally, I can give you a ruling right now. You are eligible to come to the Supreme Court.
Mr. Serrano. I am eligible to serve on the Supreme Court? Is that what you just said?
Justice Kennedy. No problem with that. So if your Presidential ambitions subside, you can always come----
Mr. Serrano. But President is kind of cool.
C-Span video - About 1:15 into it...
April 23, 2009 - Supreme Court Budget 2010
Justice Thomas "evading" the question of Obama's eligibility is, and has always been, a complete WND fabrication.
I thought you said this was a running gag for 10 years??? This only goes back a few years and is within the same time frame that McCain and Obama have been running for president (we know it has been an issue for both of them and Serrano even acknowledges as much for McCain in your example). This doesn’t explain Clarence Thomas’ comment. If he had said he was avoiding the question, that might make sense, but Thomas said the court was “evading the issue.” Do you understand the difference?? Serrano has a question, but Obama’s eligiblity was and is an issue because it’s actually been challenged in court.
Where were Thomas’ comments about evading the issue before 2008? I seem to have missed that.