REP. JOSE E. SERRANO HOLDS A HEARING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2009 BUDGET FOR THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
WITNESSES: ANTHONY M. KENNEDY, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, U.S. SUPREME COURT
CLARENCE THOMAS, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, U.S. SUPREME COURT
SERRANO:
"...Although I must say on a personal level that for about 10 years I've been trying to get out of you an unofficial comment on whether or not someone born in Puerto Rico can serve as president."
Like I said...a running gag until Farah gets a hold of it.
Thank you for the link to the transcript. I read through all 22 pages of that twice and did not see the exchange in question. When did that exchange happen in relation to what’s in the posted transcript? At the beginning of the transcript Serrano said that if anybody was trying to figure out what had just been discussed, they hadn’t decided anything. He alluded to a conversation that was not in the transcript. Was that when the conversation in question took place?
SERRANO: Because they didn't take up my presidential case.
REGULA: They might have time for that one.
[near the end of the hearing] And all I can personally say is if you have to rule on McCain, make sure you include me."
(LAUGHTER)"
The issue of POTUS eligibility (including McCains) is openly mentioned between them. And if they were referring to McCain's eligibility in the spring of 2008, they (the Judiciary and Congress) are of course fully aware of the questions surrounding Barry. While you may find it a "running gag" that the justices are evading the Constitutional question of how they would interpret the intent of the framers NBC requirement...I don't. The fact that they have, for years now (with recent questions about McCain and Soetoro in particular), "joked" about it is irresponsible, in the least.