Thanks for that thought. It helped me clarify (I think) what has been in the back of my mind ever since this eligibility issue surfaced. I.E., this CANNOT be just about Obama, or anyone actually occupying the office. The time for challenges is, as it always has been for every elected office, during the candidacy. Unqualified office holders have been removed after election, but very rarely, and never by the SCOTUS.
There then is the problem for a very considerable number of Americans, myself included, who think Obama was ineligible to run for the office. I would like to think the SCOTUS has the same qualms and is therefore waiting to rule on eligibility for a candidate, rather than a sitting President, no matter the lack of bona fides.
Of course, this has nothing to do with various items of Obama's documentation. There is sufficient reason to suspect they are forgeries. That is another matter and really ought not come as surprise to anyone familiar with the man's surrender of his law license rather than face a Bar Hearing. It has always astounded me that this has never been even looked at by the MSM. His legal career ended during his first and only (1)case, during which opposing attorneys noted wild discrepancies between his "autobiography" and his Bar Application, which at the time was easily accessible on line at the web site of the Illinois Bar, and in which he denied "use of an alias," "drug use," and "traffic violations.". No one thinks it odd that BOTH the President and his wife were removed from the Illinois Bar, asked in his case, and court-ordered in hers?
You may even consult the wisdom of history's great philosopher's to assist you in devising a definition that you may wish to use for "resident," for "natural born citizen" or for "thirty five years." And, the philosophers you consult need not even be American philosophers.
The important thing is your duty under the Constitution: you must never vote for a candidate that you believe is unqualified. I'm sure you won't.
The Constitution does not empower the Supreme Court to deem anyone ineligible to run for president. The Supreme Court has never even hinted that it would like to claim such a power. In our country (unlike in Iran), candidates need not seek court or committee approval to run for president. Here, the voters and their electors select presidents and rule on presidential candidate qualifications. It was intentionally designed to be a political and not a judicial process.
Judges can participate in ruling on a presidential candidate's qualifications (without their robes) at the polls, just like everyone else.