Here’s about all I know for certain:
1) The Director of the Hawaii Department of Health has confirmed that Obama’s birth records are valid and that he’s a natural born citizen. The statement that she read to that effect was written for her and approved by Mark J. Bennett the Republican Attorney General of Hawaii. Both Linda Lingle, the Republican Governor of Hawaii who campaigned for John McCain and Alvin T. Onaka, the Registrar of Vital Records for Hawaii have confirmed Obama’s birth in the state of Hawaii as well.
2) There have been 63 adjudications of lawsuits concerning Obama’s eligibility. No plaintiff has prevailed in any of them including 7 challenges at the US Supreme Court.
3)It only takes any two members of Congress to challenge the Electoral votes of a candidate. When Obama’s Electoral College votes were counted and certified by the Joint Session of Congress, there was no challenge to Vice President Cheney going ahead and certifying Obama’s Electoral votes.
4) Under Hawaii law (HRS 338-18 (b) (9), an officer oi a court of competent jurisdiction can subpoena a confidential birth record. No district attorney or state Attorney General in the United States has sought a subpoena or issued a subpoena for Obama’s original birth certificate.
5) The Indiana Court of Appeals in the case of “Ankeny et. al. v Mitch Daniels, The Governor of Indiana” ruled that Barack Obama is a natural born citizen under Article 1, Section 2 of the Constitution. The Republican Attorney General of Indiana was the defense attorney in that case since it was the Republican Governor of Indiana who was being sued for allowing Obama to receive electoral college votes.
6) A Congressional Resolution celebrating the 50th anniversary of Hawaii’s statehood contained the statement “birthplace of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama.” That resolution passed the House of Representatives on a vote of 393-0.
7) The Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, John Roberts, swore Barack Hussein Obama in as President (twice)!
8)The 14th Amendment to the Constitution begins with the words; “All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens...” Since 1868 the Supreme Court and lower courts have interpreted the 14th Amendment to mean that there are two classes of citizenship for all Americans including potential presidents: born citizens and naturalized citizens. Born citizens are eligible to be president and naturalized citizens are not. There is no Supreme Court decision, no federal law and no state law to the contrary.
That’s about all I know for sure on this issue.