[Flotsam_Jetsome]

"So both Arizona and Indiana fell through the sieve today?"

If you're referring to the challenge in Tucson that was dismissed (without prejudice), that case is apparently not dead, just yet and can be refiled, sans fee.

If you're referring to intestinal fortitude and/or honor in the judiciary as a body, well that's another conversation altogether. . .

[Seizethecarp]

Indiana was the worst possible venue for an eligibility challenge because it is home to the ONLY appeals court, the Ankeny Court, to have ruled on the NBC issue...and that was in favor of Obama.

So the two of four GOP lawyers who were commissioners were bound by the law of IN ruling that Obama was NBC, as pronounced by their appeals court.

Also, the burden of proof in IN was on the challengers even if the candidate didn't show up, unlike GA where a default was available in the event of a no-show by Obama (which the challengers declined in GA).

The commissioners were forced to resort to "Since when does a president need a social security number to be eligible?" arguments to attempt to deflect Dr. Taitz's speculations that Barry was using a SS# never issued to him in HI.