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To: David
A good example is the Supreme Court. Assuming that Obama was in fact not qualified under the Constitution, neither Sotomayer nor Keagan are on the Court. Add that to the prospect of imminent replacement of Breyer, Kennedy, and Ginsburg and you can see a sudden shift in the basic legal structure--replace four fuzzies and the primary balancing vote with strong Justices off Trump's list and we should see a reversal of the law on federal government powers such as NLRB v. Jones & Laughlin Steel and the decisions expanding taxing power beyond the Income Tax Amendment.

A wide range of Government action requires a Constitutional President--much of Barry's agenda in the White House would not survive a conclusive decision holding him ineligible.

A nice fantasy, but unfortunately a fantasy nevertheless. The Supreme Court found some time ago that in the event that an elected official is found to be ineligible for their office, all votes cast and decisions made by them while the were assumed to be eligible for the office remain in place and are legally valid. I forget the term used to describe it but the long and short is that even of Obama is found to have been ineligible, what he did in office stays.

139 posted on 08/23/2017 9:51:40 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg; LucyT; Seizethecarp; Whenifhow; GregNH; LS; 2ndDivisionVet; appalachian_dweller; ...
A nice fantasy, but unfortunately a fantasy nevertheless. The Supreme Court found some time ago that in the event that an elected official is found to be ineligible for their office, all votes cast and decisions made by them while the were assumed to be eligible for the office remain in place and are legally valid. I forget the term used to describe it but the long and short is that even of Obama is found to have been ineligible, what he did in office stays.

Not so. See #154 responding to #143.

155 posted on 08/23/2017 12:28:34 PM PDT by David
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