I was in a high-level conference call yesterday and made this point which I've referred to before:
If a single Elector pledged to Obama decides to raise the question, it would be both raised and decided in the US Supreme Court on certiorari from the highest court in the state of that Elector.
The Complaint would point out that state law makes it a felony for an Elector not to vote the way he/she is pledged. On the other hand, the US Constitution places restrictions on whom an Elector can vote for. For instance, he/she cannot vote for a President and Vice President from the same state as the Elector.
Natural born citizen is another restriction (along with being 35) which would prevent an Elector from voting for a candidate. Therefore, the Complaint would demand that the court determine conclusively whether Obama was a natural born citizen. If he is not, all his Electors would be freed to vote as they chose, as were Horace Greeley's Electors when he died between the popular vote and the College vote.
There have been more than three dozen state court decisions on the qualifications of candidates, and in one case of an office holder, to hold their respective offices. Wherever the courts found the candidate disqualified, he/she was off the ballot or out of office.
This ain't rocket science. On the other hand, I do NOT expect such a case to occur.
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“If a single Elector pledged to Obama decides to raise the question, it would be both raised and decided in the US Supreme Court on certiorari from the highest court in the state of that Elector.”
I wonder if any Elector from any state has decided to raise the question, and if so has started the process to do so through the highest court in his/her state?
IIRC there are already a couple of dozen electorate that are asking for the BC.
Cal, do you have the source for this information and the exact number involved?
Someone mentioned that if O was bounced by SCOTUS and replaced due to his fraud, the S&P would drop 20%. I disagree, the markets would rally.
Small, medium and big business have no confidence at all in O. People are getting laid off because a weaker economy but ever more so because of O. I know at least 8 business owners with employees from 10 to 100 who would have kept people on if McCain won.
I think the country hangs on Leo or Berg’s cases. O, his backers and Howard Dean caused this fraud.
IIRC, at some point the issue of Cheney being from TX was brought up in 1999-2000.