[Jay777]

Blog Reaction and discussion to refused case today

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Never give up.

[TheThinker]

Let’s get to the truth. That’s all I want. The Justices just have to do their jobs. Just the fact that the Justices are paying attention to these cases gives me hope.

[Thumper1960]

This is going to lead to unforeseen, unintended and unknown ramifications.

[Bommer]

Jeezus! Give it up people! He aint going no where! SCOTUS will punt!

[Old Sarge]

I’ll take “Snowball’s Chance in Hell” for a thousand, Alex...

[Eric Blair 2084]

Just hear the case SCOTUS. That’s what the founding Fathers put you in place for.

If Obama is really a natural born citizen but is just hiding his real birth certificate because Wilt Chamberlain is his Dad and it’s embarassing, than fine.

He would still be my President. I’m an American and I would wish him Godspeed and much success.

Just get it over with.

[papasmurf]

Nice post, thanks.

[BIGLOOK]

Scalia ping

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Congress screwed up the safe harbor for Ozero as far as the mother is an American citizen so the child is oddly enough in the person of Winston Churchill.

His mother was born in Brooklyn NY. He was born in England but if his mother's citizenship counted then why did they make him an honorary American citizen in 1963?

[LucyT]

Thanks, BIGLOOK and Fred Nerks.

Ping to another can’t-keep-up thread.

Also, here’s a worthy post by Vendome:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2145308/posts?page=6#6

[Salvation]

BTTT!

[Bellflower]

ping

[AZ .44 MAG]

Good news.

After Heller I have some hope SCOTUS may do the right thing and hear this.

[DMon]

It is standard proceedure whenever a application is resubmitted to a second justice, that application is scheduled for conference. Otherwise the applicant can submit the application individually to all nine justices.

The fact that the application was referred to conference does not imply the case does or does not have merit. It is simply a precedural thing.

[Diogenesis]

John Jay (December 12, 1745 – May 17, 1829),
American revolutionary, and the first Chief Justice of the United States
was so concerned about "natural born"
being a PREREQUISITE to being POTUS, that he wrote to
Gen. Washington and underlined this in his letter (see below).

"[T]he people are the sovereign of this country, and consequently that
fellow citizens and joint sovereigns cannot be degraded by appearing
with each other in their own courts to have their controversies determined.
The people have reason to prize and rejoice in such valuable privileges,
and they ought not to forget that nothing but the free course
of constitutional law and government can ensure the continuance
and enjoyment of them."
[John Jay, Chisholm v. Georgia]

SCOTUS 2008 apparently regards both John Jay and the American public as 'de minimus'
in their own eager, drunken, continuous disregard of the Constitution
which at least six of them lied that they would protect and defend.

[Adventure gal]

Maybe someone already asked this question, but, if this case is truly nothing and only the lunatic fringe are following it, why would Scalia send this SECOND case up for discussion? I could understand that Thomas may have sent the first case for discussion just to get the whole issue off the table. But, why would Scalia do this for the second case? It seems to me that it must be something other than a nuisance case. And, it must have the support of several of the conservatives. Perhaps the first case did have a flaw, and since this one doesn’t it has a better chance. I really don’t have great knowledge as to how these court cases get set up for discussion. But, can anyone give me a good explanation as to why Scalia would take the action that he did if this is as ridiculous as some say?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Related thread:

The Obama Camp Tried to Delegitimize Natural Born Requirements Prior To Elections