[David]

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.

[jjotto]

It’s the De Facto Officer Doctrine. No court is going to allow chaos in government because of one erroneous office-holder.