That is all he will ever need to produce. Sworn affidavits from the Director of the Hawaii Department of Health and the Registrar of Vital Statistics also add credibility to Obama’s side of any legal proceeding. But it would be a photocopy, not a database printout.
But suppose you are right, all he needs is the short form. The why not submit it to the courts where lawsuits have been filed. Then they can examine the document and determine its authenticity, and whether it's been modified. You can't do that from the poorly done photos at FactCheck.
“But it would be a photocopy, not a database printout.
But suppose you are right, all he needs is the short form. The why not submit it to the courts where lawsuits have been filed. Then they can examine the document and determine its authenticity, and whether it’s been modified. You can’t do that from the poorly done photos at FactCheck.”
Copies of Obama’s Certification of Live Birth have been available for anyone to see on the web since August. If there are political opponents of Obama’s who don’t like the internet reproductions, oh well.
Hawaii state health department officials have verified the legitimacy of Obama’s Certificate of Live Birth and the copies on the internet certainly were clear enough images to allow ME to easily read the words “Place of Birth: Honolulu” and the words “7:24 P.M. August 4, 1961.”
If a court should request that Obama present the original hard copy document, I would imagine that his lawyers will present it, but thus far no court has made that request.
The Supreme Court of Hawaii rejected Andy Martin’s request to see the document in its original form. The Federal District Court in Pennsylvania said that Phillip Berg didn’t have standing to request the document. Other state courts in Ohio and Washington state have similarly refused to force release of the document.
The US Constitution provides no specific guidance for verifying status as being “natural born.”