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To: wideminded
since the Hawaiian DOH authorities have not complained,

You forget, it's illegal for them to release the information on "vital records", which include Certificates of Live Birth, Certifications too, except to a very limited number of persons. Absent a court order/subpoena that is.

They can't complain.

1,132 posted on 09/13/2009 11:20:29 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: El Gato
You forget, it's illegal for them to release the information on "vital records"

No, I didn't forget that, but this is the way I see it:

1. If I were a high official of the Hawaiian DOH and I saw that a presidential candidate was presenting a forged document as if it were issued by my department, and that history might turn on this constitutionally-relevant issue, I would obey my oath and the law, but I would also try to think of some way of aiding others in discovering the fact of the forgery.

For example, if the father's race on a birth record in 1961 could only be selected from a limited number of choices (which did not include "African"), I could make sure that the DOH was asked about this.

2. If Fukino can publicly state that Obama was born in Honolulu and claim that therefore he is is a natural born citizen, she could certainly have gone so far as to point out a forgery.

3. Of course it is possible, as you say, that even knowing of a serious constitutional issue, the DOH officials are bureaucratically following the statute 338-18, which does in fact state that they are not even supposed to verify a vital record except in certain cases such as a court order. But I think #2 argues against that.

BTW this law seems to say that exceptions can be made according to Department of Health rules.

1,145 posted on 09/14/2009 2:36:48 AM PDT by wideminded
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