If I understand it correctly, they won the default judgment because no opposing argument was made. Because there is no opposition, the plaintiffs won. At this point I do not know if this is bad or good.
Obama has ducked, and I am not certain it matters or will have any negative consequences at all. Given the blatant antagonistic response of the press outside the hearing, and their aggressively belligerent attitude toward Orly, the press is NEVER going to discuss Minor v Happersett. They will make Orly and the birth certificate the target and ignore the real issue.
This was Obama’s only choice because he can’t prove he’s eligible for office. He’s counting on public opinion and character assasination of so-called “birthers” and the Georgia judge and SOS as a means to forestall any further challenges. We predicted this ahead of time. The media needs to be pushed to ask why Obama was afraid to show his birth certificate(s) in a court of law and if that is a tacit admission there is some truth to the forgery accusations.