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by state action to lay the groundwork for ballot challenge in the event of a 2012 reelection campaign.

This is my interest in the issue: regardless of Obambi's eligibility, this whole question has demonstrated that there is no adequate procedure to vouchsafe the Constitution's requirement that a president be a natural born citizen.

Going on some schlub at Party HQ saying, "Yep, he's eligible," doesn't cut it. Has Congress ever even set out what it thinks makes a person eligible for POTUS under the Constitution? No. So how in the world is there even a reviewable standard that is applied by schlub down at Party HQ when putting names on the ballot?

To prevent this garbage in the future, it simply seems prudent for Congress and/or the States to enact procedures for reviewing eligibility, including a standard, a process for appeal and a remedy.

"by state action to lay the groundwork for ballot challenge in the event of a 2012 reelection campaign."
This is my interest in the issue: regardless of Obambi's eligibility, this whole question has demonstrated that there is no adequate procedure to vouchsafe the Constitution's requirement that a president be a natural born citizen.

The problem with the existing procedures is that they don't leave you with any clear procedural path on which to proceed to challenge the finding. If not before, it should have been available to challenge Cheney's signature on the certificate that Obama was elected. But you can't see how to get that into court.

In process at the moment is an effort to enact statutes at the state level requiring the chief election officer of the state (usually the Secretary of State) to confirm eligibility before putting the candidate on the ballot.

The problem with Dorifrio's proceeding on the parentage historical citizenship issues from Vitell is that those arguments don't have any legal merit. And if you lose a case on the basis of that argument, it will then been argued to a Secretary of State who seeks to disqualify Obama on a reelection effort as a bar to disqualification.

People need to recognize that Obama has very capable lawyers who are strategizing how to avoid the successful ballot challenge who see this as the way to success.

-- Has Congress ever even set out what it thinks makes a person eligible for POTUS under the Constitution? --

The Senate adopted a resolution covering McCain. Naturally, that resolution put LOTS of weight on the fact that both his parents were citizens, and NO weight on the location of his birth.