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FEC joins call to throw out suit against Obama (Berg's challenge of BHO's citizenship)
The Morning Call (Allentown, PA) ^ | 10/22/08 | Kevin Amerman

Posted on 10/23/2008 7:18:55 AM PDT by Born Conservative

The Federal Election Commission has joined Barack Obama and the Democratic National Committee in asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Montgomery County attorney seeking Obama's ouster from the November ballot.

Philip Berg, who claims the Illinois senator was born in Kenya and can't run for president because he isn't a natural-born U.S. citizen, has no standing to make the claim, according to the FEC.

The motion, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, echoes one filed last month by Obama and the DNC that states Berg hasn't demonstrated how he personally would suffer even if his ''ridiculous and patently false'' claims were true.

(Excerpt) Read more at mcall.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Politics/Elections; US: Hawaii; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: antichrist; bc; berg; bergvobama; birthcertificate; certifigate; fec; lawsuit; marines; obama; obamatruthfile; philipberg
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To: Emperor Palpatine

Oh, and thanks for the welcome.


141 posted on 10/23/2008 9:26:32 AM PDT by Exmachina
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To: danamco
Might be, but you CANNOT have or had dual citizenship to meet the requirements to run for the office of the President.

Show me in the constitution where it says no one can have EVER had dual citizenship as a child and qualify as President. (Dual citizenship vanishes when the child becomes an adult unless that adult actively avows that citizenship or has been living in that nation from childhood into adulthood.)

142 posted on 10/23/2008 9:27:10 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall cause you to vote against the Democrats.)
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To: danamco
Might be, but you CANNOT have or had dual citizenship to meet the requirements to run for the office of the President. His mother and the child had dual citizenship!!!

Dual citizenship is not a Constitutional bar to the Presidency. My son, for example, is a natural-born citizen of the US, but he is also a citizen, from birth, of two other countries. That is perfectly legal and would not prevent him from becoming President.

143 posted on 10/23/2008 9:27:30 AM PDT by Citizen Blade (What would Ronald Reagan do?)
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To: MEGoody

Gotta be BOTH parents, my friend.

Like Lays, can’t just be one.


144 posted on 10/23/2008 9:27:31 AM PDT by Emperor Palpatine ("Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen.")
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To: cookcounty
So who WOULD have standing?

Clinton.

145 posted on 10/23/2008 9:28:03 AM PDT by Publius Valerius
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To: MEGoody

I would suggest you check the law as it stood in 1961, which would be the “ruling grade” as they say in railroading.


146 posted on 10/23/2008 9:28:39 AM PDT by Emperor Palpatine ("Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen.")
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To: CT-Freeper
Could somebody who is going to turn 35 years old the day before inauguration run for President, as he would be 34 during his campaign and election?

I would say yes. It happens in Senate races, where the candidate moves into the state just before taking office. Didn't Hillary do that?

But any Democrat should have a case against his running. Their candidate, say Hillary, will not get a chance to run for president within the party because an ineligible Obama won the primary. McCain might have a case because without Obama he'd have a weaker opponent in Hillary, thus Obama hurt his chances for the presidency.

147 posted on 10/23/2008 9:28:56 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: Born Conservative

The FEC simply does not want to deal with the fallout that may come from the COLB.


148 posted on 10/23/2008 9:29:14 AM PDT by mlocher (USA is a sovereign nation)
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To: CharlesWayneCT
Above I mentioned that Eldridge Cleaver was taken off the California ballot and maybe some other states ballots because he was under 35. That was an easy call for the SoS. He was also a politically unpopular fellow. An elector took his place on the Peace and Freedom slate, and the VP candidate, a woman, was still allowed to run because she apparently eligible.

I think the highest levels of the Democrats party are trying to sneak Obama through and will fight to see him get elected no matter what it takes.

149 posted on 10/23/2008 9:29:24 AM PDT by Brian S. Fitzgerald
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To: John Valentine
Others, like John McCain and Obama are US citizens by birth.

There fixed it.

By the way, it's interesting that you are unable to discuss this issue without resorting to name calling and insults. Does this mean you know your position is on shaky ground, or do you just always lose control when someone disagrees with you?

150 posted on 10/23/2008 9:29:42 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall cause you to vote against the Democrats.)
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To: TennesseeProfessor
I’ve never understood people who agree that Obama’s campaign has posted forged government documents as though they were real, and don’t care.

Not sure why you're posting this to me, but okay.

151 posted on 10/23/2008 9:30:39 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall cause you to vote against the Democrats.)
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To: Publius Valerius
Clinton.

I think too late - the Dems are on a collision course with history. Their masses want Obama.

152 posted on 10/23/2008 9:31:43 AM PDT by Brian S. Fitzgerald
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To: All

The first three words of the Constitution give him legal standing:

We The People ...

If citizens have no standing to challenge the constitutionality of any specific issue, then the Constitution is no longer in effect.

Rough road ahead, kids.


153 posted on 10/23/2008 9:32:43 AM PDT by DNME ("When small men cast long shadows, the sun is about to set.")
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To: Dead Corpse
It'd be a good idea to check wouldn't it?

People are free to do whatever they wish. But this isn't 'just checking'. This comes across as abusing the court system in an effort to stop Obama from getting elected. This will not get any traction in the courts.

I don't want Obama elected either, but it seems that it would be better to attack him on the issues instead of doing things that only make one look like a lunatic.

154 posted on 10/23/2008 9:33:54 AM PDT by MEGoody (Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall cause you to vote against the Democrats.)
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To: MEGoody
A child born to a mother who is a U.S. citizen is considered a natural born citizen, whether the child was born within the U.S. borders or not.

That is the law now AFAIK. The question is the law in 1961 when Obama was born, and it wasn't so definitive, as it had certain eligibility requirements such as period of residence within the US that the mother would not have met.

155 posted on 10/23/2008 9:35:01 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: Brian S. Fitzgerald

Might be too late. In any event, though, this case is all over but the shouting. Berg doesn’t have standing. This should be a slam dunk for the FEC. It’s frankly too bad that our tax dollars had to go to such a useless case as this.


156 posted on 10/23/2008 9:36:17 AM PDT by Publius Valerius
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To: CharlesWayneCT; Born Conservative

“This text suggests that the qualification to be President is applied after the election, not before. It also suggests that you can elect someone who isn’t qualified, and if you do the VP becomes president.”

Remember when Obama ‘slipped’ and introduced Joe Biden as the next President of the united States?

Interesting!

STE=Q


157 posted on 10/23/2008 9:41:20 AM PDT by STE=Q ("These are the times that try men's souls." -- Thomas Paine)
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To: Publius Valerius
This should be a slam dunk for the FEC

The FEC doesn't handle elibility, they assume the Democrats vetted Obama. The thing that could snowball would be the realization that the Democratic party could be vetting a variety of candidates for other offices also that don't meet citizenship requirements.

158 posted on 10/23/2008 9:43:29 AM PDT by Brian S. Fitzgerald
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To: Born Conservative
I just heard Rush Limbaugh in his opening monologue leading in to Mr. Berg's lawsuit about Nobama's BC and relating it to his flying out to see Granny before she "dies!

Will be very interesting to see who will follow up in the media!!

The Gennie is finally out of the bottle, hmmm!!!

159 posted on 10/23/2008 9:51:33 AM PDT by danamco
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To: MEGoody

No, I am merely impatient with the willfully ignorant.


160 posted on 10/23/2008 9:53:56 AM PDT by John Valentine
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