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Justice Thomas distributes Obama case for conference By Linda Bentley | November 21, 2008 Foreign national certified as presidential candidate WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, Nov. 19, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas distributed Leo C. Denofrio’s renewed application for a stay of the election for conference on Dec. 5.  If four of the nine justices favor review, a hearing will be scheduled. His first application was denied by Justice David Souter on Nov. 6. However, rules of the court allow for the renewed submission to a justice of choice. Beginning in October, Denofrio made his way up through...

EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – On October 27, Leo C. Denofrio, a retired lawyer from East Brunswick, N.J., filed an emergency application in N.J. Superior Court for an order compelling Nina Mitchell Wells, Secretary of State (SOS) for the state of New Jersey, to determine ballot eligibility of candidates pursuant to N.J. State Statute. Denofrio raised questions as to whether, under Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution, presidential candidates John Sidney McCain and Barack Hussein Obama are each “natural born citizens.” He points out, as per statute, it is Wells’ function as SOS, “not later than 86 days before...