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Federal judge dismisses reservist's suit questioning Obama's presidency
Ledger-Enquirer ^ | Thursday, Jul. 16, 2009 | Lily Gordon

Posted on 07/16/2009 9:30:23 AM PDT by jaxon72

A federal judge this morning dismissed the suit filed here by a U.S. Army reservist who says he shouldn't have to go to Afghanistan because he believes Barack Obama was never eligible to be president.

Judge Clay Land sided with the defense, which claimed in its response to Maj. Stefan Frederick Cook's suit, filed July 8 with the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, that Cook’s suit is “moot” in that he already has been told he doesn’t have to go to Afghanistan, so the relief he is seeking has been granted.

"Federal court only has authority of actual cases and controversies," Land said. "The entire action is dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction."


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KEYWORDS: article2section1; birthcertificate; certifigate; citizenship; cook; eligibility; ineligible; lawsuit; military; naturalborn; naturalborncitizen; obama; obamafile; orly; orlytaitz; ruling; stefancook; stephancook; usurper
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To: TommyTrojan

no.


21 posted on 07/16/2009 9:42:40 AM PDT by Perdogg (Sarah Palin-Jim DeMint 2012 - Liz Cheney for Sec of State - Duncan Hunter SecDef)
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To: rgboomers

This should change a few people’s minds about the 0bama birth issue.
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I would hope so. The Liar-in-Chief is a fraud and EVERYONE knows it. Now it is time for someone of “proper judicial standing” to do something about it.


22 posted on 07/16/2009 9:42:57 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: Marie

This was the civil courts. I seriously doubt he is off the hook with the military.


23 posted on 07/16/2009 9:43:15 AM PDT by jaxon72
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To: Marie

Yes, but we still don’t have the Birth certificate.


24 posted on 07/16/2009 9:43:28 AM PDT by Marty62
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To: DoughtyOne

But can they employ this strategy indefinitely? What if everyone who receives deployment orders files a similar suit? Will all such deployment orders be revoked simply to keep the issue out the courts?

This whole eligibility issue will hit the fan one day....he can’t keep running from it.


25 posted on 07/16/2009 9:43:59 AM PDT by TommyTrojan
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To: sten

actually as I justed posted, in Jones V Bush, the court said that Jones had no standing against Gov Bush.


26 posted on 07/16/2009 9:44:11 AM PDT by Perdogg (Sarah Palin-Jim DeMint 2012 - Liz Cheney for Sec of State - Duncan Hunter SecDef)
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To: Perdogg
Standing is what this case was all about. If anyone has standing to question the eligibility of any POTUS it is a soldier who has been orderd by the CiC in harm's way.

The fact that his deployment orders were rescinded so quickly would have lit a fire under the chair of every news editor in the USA, except that the POTUS is Barack Obama, and is immune to any and all questions about his eligibility, competence, political ideas, past associations,...

27 posted on 07/16/2009 9:44:14 AM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: Perdogg

“It would have been dismissed on lack of standing anyway”

WRONG....
It was his STANDING that made this case so dangerous to Obama, and resulted in swift action by someone inside the Pentagon to make sure it went away.


28 posted on 07/16/2009 9:44:28 AM PDT by tcrlaf ("Hope" is the most Evil of all Evils"-Neitzsche)
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To: DoughtyOne

“I get a real kick out of the ‘seasoned and reasoned’ forum posters, who take folks to task for not accepting that Obama is a citizen. My take on it is that he is definately not a natural born citizen. Further, it’s my take that this is only the tip of the iceberg.”

I couldn’t agree more!


29 posted on 07/16/2009 9:45:42 AM PDT by Smokeyblue
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To: RinaseaofDs; penelopesire

So...I guess that’s that?


30 posted on 07/16/2009 9:45:51 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: Marty62

Dismissal was discussed yesterday. No orders = No issue = No action for the court to rule on.

The fix was in before it got to the judge and I am sure he also got a call just like the guys employer did from DoD.

It is all crooked and cooked.

Welcome to the socialist dictatorship of Zero.


31 posted on 07/16/2009 9:46:19 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Half of the population is below average)
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To: Marie

This is *exactly* what military service members should consider doing! They should be lining up, jamming the courts with this exact type of case if they want to help expose this fraud. Eventually, someone will have to say “uncle.”


32 posted on 07/16/2009 9:48:43 AM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (****************************Stop Continental Drift**)
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To: jaxon72

“This was the civil courts. I seriously doubt he is off the hook with the military.”

At most, he’ll be desked until his term is up. Then he’ll be quietly “retired”.


33 posted on 07/16/2009 9:50:06 AM PDT by tcrlaf ("Hope" is the most Evil of all Evils"-Neitzsche)
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To: rgboomers

it’s not a normal situation. they generally don’t put reservists in the brig for such offenses, they just muster them out and give them an OTH discharge at best and the Big Chicken Dinner at worst. add the birth cert mess into it and of course they’re gonna drop this like a stone and hope it goes away.


34 posted on 07/16/2009 9:50:34 AM PDT by Nipplemancer (DEA, busting down doors since 1970)
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To: xkaydet65
Your anger and frustration is misdirected. I don't like 0bama one bit.

However, think about the consequences to what you have said. What if President Jindal orders forces into Korea and a soldier who didn't him like sues over eligibility?

The place, according to the US Constitution, to address this is the US Congress not the courts. Remember we conservatives who believe in original intent, do not want courts involved where the consttitution doesn't permit them.

35 posted on 07/16/2009 9:50:58 AM PDT by Perdogg (Sarah Palin-Jim DeMint 2012 - Liz Cheney for Sec of State - Duncan Hunter SecDef)
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To: rgboomers

“Normally, refusing an order to a combat zone is a serious breach of military disipline that brings many years in prison.”

He wasn’t refusing an order, he was asking for proof of it’s VALIDITY....


36 posted on 07/16/2009 9:51:23 AM PDT by tcrlaf ("Hope" is the most Evil of all Evils"-Neitzsche)
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To: tcrlaf

Tc
You are exactly right. Cook did have standing which is why his orders wsere rescinded, hence no more standing.

I thought I read Dr Ortiz(?) said that more military members had aigned onto this suit.
I hope this doesn’t end


37 posted on 07/16/2009 9:51:42 AM PDT by RWGinger
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To: jaxon72

Looks like about 40,000 troops ordered to war are all going to have to file to get anyone’s attention.

Wonder if survivors of a troop killed would have “standing” to challenge TOTUS authority to order their son to his death. TOTUS cannot rescind a death.


38 posted on 07/16/2009 9:52:45 AM PDT by silverleaf (If you can't be a good example, at least don't be a horrible lesson)
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To: jaxon72

Looks like Taitz claimed victory too soon. She’s delusional and is now doing more harm than good. I haven’t seen one summary of events from her that is based in reality. She continually misrepresents the outcome of every hearing or interaction she has on her cases.


39 posted on 07/16/2009 9:53:28 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (Integrity, Character, Leadership, and Loyalty matter - Be an example, no matter the cost.)
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To: jaxon72
Now that he's been fired, he's got what looks to be a very strong case (with demonstrable damages) against his former employer, the DoD, and right on up the chain depending on where the order came from. A good lawyer might be able to bring it under the Whistle-blower Act umbrella. Discovery aught to be fascinating.
40 posted on 07/16/2009 9:54:25 AM PDT by LTCJ (God Save the Constitution - Tar & Feathers, The New Look for Summer '09)
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