[Cheerio]

Nothing to see here. "President Obama released his birth certificate last year after some people questioned whether he was actually born in Hawaii." /sarc

[null and void]

Could you maybe post just a *little* more detail?

[Venturer]

Bad headline , nothing story.

[ilovesarah2012]

Not a very informative article.

[TexasCajun]

Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett’s responds to Hawaii's response:

"Don't Make Me Send Sheriff Joe Over There!!"

[Helen]

Thanks for posting this. I saw the headline on Drudge, but then couldn’t bring up the link.

[FreeAtlanta]

PHOENIX -- The state of Hawaii has responded to Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett’s request for proof that President Barack Obama was in fact born in the Aloha State. The Hawaii attorney general’s office has reportedly told Bennett that there are steps he needs to take in order to confirm President Obama’s birth records. Those steps include Bennett proving that he legitimately needs confirmation in order to update the records at his office. Bennett recently said in an interview with KFYI that he had asked Hawaii to further verify the President’s birth. Bennett said he would consider removing President Obama’s name from the ballot during this year’s presidential election if Hawaii didn’t fulfill his request. Bennett stated that he is not a “birther,” and believes that President Obama was born in the United States. He went on to explain that he had received about 1,200 emails from Arizona voters who are concerned about President Obama’s birth records, and felt it was his duty to follow up. President Obama released his birth certificate last year after some people questioned whether he was actually born in Hawaii. Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been investigating the President’s birth certificate since last August. Arpaio has said that his investigation is still ongoing.

[tumblindice]

[Hang'emAll]

The Attorney General of Hawaii wants the SOS of AZ to prove he needs the information about Obama.

Seems like they just don’t want to commit that Obama was born in Hawaii. I wonder why.

If I were the SOS I would say that all candidates need to provide me with a BC so I can check all for qualifications.

[RC2]

Look at the “Birth Certificate” shown. It is a “Certificate of Live Birth”.....not a Birth Certificate.

[Williams]

Misleading headline. Hawaii did not respond. He’s running for president, and the democrats in Hawaii have the nerve to ask WHY it matters to the state if Obama’s most basic biographical info is valid.

I’ve never been a birther but boy there is something really creepy about Obama and his whole story.

Remember the tea party guy who ran for senate in Alaska, and even though he had a right to confidentiality the court just ordered all his private information released. And was it in California they did it to a candidate regarding his private divorce papers, to reveal sexual allegations against the ex wife?

But in this case, it’s such a big deal to actually show people the birth certificate??? A lousy birth certificate?

Then there is the little matter of Obama himself promoting books by saying he was “born in Kenya”.

[maxwellsmart_agent]

Hawaii will not send Arizona proof of his Hawaii birth because there is none. Telling Arizona they need to satisfy certain conditions first is a stall tactic until they figure out what to legally do. This should have been settled in Philadelphia Federal Court by R. Barclay Surrick, except he got cold feet.

[JaguarXKE]

Hawaii’s response to AZ: Go pound sand.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Hawaii should just have said:

“Yes! We have no bananas,
We have no bananas today!”

[Gabrial]

This story is getting legs. It is in the Wall Street Journal today, page 4, above the fold.

[UCANSEE2]

Nothing to see here

The ultra-rich ruling elite have decided that the 'new world order' is to be achieved.

They needed a President who would go along with the plans, and who could redirect all the attention to some other issue while the takeover of the government and resources of the United States is complete. They were going to use the 'female' card, but Sarah Palin messed that up as she would have scored those votes.

What could possibly divert our attention from an invasion?

Oh... we just pit the whites against the blacks. Have a black President, so it is the main focal issue of everything. Use the media to blame the problems of the economy and employment on the President's race.

Nah.... that would never work.

[SteveH]

certifigate ping

[Georgia Girl 2]

I think it would be better to say the State of Hawaii has “stonewalled” the AZ secretary of state’s request.

[Political Junkie Too]

The Hawaii attorney general’s office has reportedly told Bennett that there are steps he needs to take in order to confirm President Obama’s birth records. Those steps include Bennett proving that he legitimately needs confirmation in order to update the records at his office.

Hawaii's rules are irrelevant when it comes to official requests from other states.

Article VI Clause 2:

This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.

Arizone has "full faith and credit" to ask for the public records of Hawaii.

Article IV Section 1:

Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.

Unless Congress has acted to define how the records are shared, Arizona is entitled to access to Hawaii's public records so that Arizona can comply with its own state's election processes.

-PJ

[john mirse]

Sorry to say, but I have no doubt that Obama will be on the Nov. 2012 presidential ballot.

Hawaii officials and Arizona Secretary of State Bennett will work something out in order to avoid embarrassing each other over this Obama mess.

However, what will be interesting is learning how the two states finally settled their differences, that is, I wonder which state will blink first and give in to the other state's demands.