[HighlyOpinionated]

The US Constitution, Article I, Section. 5. Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members

The only people who had standing to question BHO's qualifications was The Senate when he was a sitting Senator. The "vetting time" is over. There's NOTHING I can locate in the Constitution that gives anyone else standing to determine eligibility qualifications for him.

Article II
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.

In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected [Modified by Amendment XXV].

Article. XXV
[Proposed 1965; Ratified 1967]

Section. 1. In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.

Section. 2. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.

Section. 3. Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.

Section. 4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.

Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office.

Of course, I haven't finished reading The Federalist Papers, so maybe there's something in there. I think it was assumed that no one who was ineligible would consider running for the Presidency. They didn't have any idea that a BHusseinObama would come along.

[Kansas58]

You are wrong.

Natural Born Citizen is a much higher standard than Citizen.

You can be “naturalized” and serve in Congress.

Not so for POTUS.

(You know, the most interesting thing about this debate, to me, is how ignorant some of the people are about the law, on both sides of the issue.)

[El Gato]

The only people who had standing to question BHO's qualifications was The Senate when he was a sitting Senator. The "vetting time" is over. There's NOTHING I can locate in the Constitution that gives anyone else standing to determine eligibility qualifications for him

A Senator need only be a citizen, 36 years old or older, and resident in the US for 9 years. A President must be a natural born citizen.

As for Constitutional Authority to enforce the Art. II section 1 , "natural born citizen" requirement, try this section:

Section. 2. The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority; — to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls; — to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction; — to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party;
Art. III Section 2.

If the alleged ineligibility of a person selected by the Electoral College for the office of President is not a "constroversy", as well as a "case", what is?