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"a federal judge would be compelled to accept a certified copy of a BC from HI,

This document is what is missing..."
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I think that's right, such a document has not been introduced in court, ever.

But Seizethecarp's point is also correct. If a certified hard-copy COLB were presented as evidence -- and that's the short form, the one that's supposedly not even good enough to get your kid into Little League -- it would be accepted under the Full Faith and Credit clause, no questions asked, not even a forensic examination ... unless there were sufficient competent, admissible evidence showing that there were legal grounds for demanding further inquiry.

And, as ALJ Masin said in Mario's NJ case, none of the evidence about the online PDF would ever be admitted into evidence by any judge unless Obama actually submitted the PDF as legal evidence. However, if, as expected, he entered a certified hard-copy, the PDF would be considered completely irrelevant and the certified copy would be admitted under FF&C.

That's why I've been making the point that the best way to cast doubt on the Hawaiian BCs is to present solid evidence showing that he was born somewhere else.

“That’s why I’ve been making the point that the best way to cast doubt on the Hawaiian BCs is to present solid evidence showing that he was born somewhere else.”

That’s a terrible point. That’s the same thing as asking to prove a negative.

Do you think a Kenyan birth certificate would fly? Even if you had THE REAL one, you wouldn’t have standing to present it in court.