No it is not - it is despicable, but not criminal.
On the other hand, it IS criminal to file for candidacy in each state, since you have to swear that you are eligible to the office.
If the AZ legislature passes the eligibility act that is now before them, then Obama might be in a world of sh*t ...
If passed, he would have to prove his eligibility - including NBC in order to be on the ballot in AZ. The AZ SOS might deny him, under the NBC part. Since he cannot prove it by documentation [the term NBC has not been defined], he then has three options:
1. He could take it to court - and it would be appealed all the way to SCOTUS [regardless of being affirmed or denied in the lower courts].
SCOTUS would then have to decide to affirm, which would open the door to posssible "agent provocateurs" being POTUS in the future.
or
SCOTUS could deny and Obama would be out of the presidential race - and I don't know what they do with the laws he signed in his first term. He would then also be potentially liable to answer to criminal prosecution for affirming [in all 50 states] that he was eligible the first time around.
2. Obama could decide NOT to file in AZ [in which case, he would forfeit AZ's electoral votes] - but that would instill mis-trust in other states, meaning "what does he have to hide?". This could be devastating [electorally] in the so-called "swing states" and he could lose the election.
3. He could choose NOT to run at all for a second term. He would not have to reveal anything - but he would not be POTUS after January 20, 2013.
You don't have to be born in a hospital to be eligible.
If the AZ legislature passes the eligibility act that is now before them, then Obama might be in a world of sh*t ...
If passed, he would have to prove his eligibility - including NBC in order to be on the ballot in AZ. The AZ SOS might deny him, under the NBC part. Since he cannot prove it by documentation [the term NBC has not been defined], he then has three options:
He will provide the same COLB he posted online as documentation, and it will be accepted, since it says at the very bottom of the document that it is prima facie evidence of the fact of birth.