Lower courts have rejected claims that Barack Obama is not a natural-born citizen and thus cannot hold the office of president. By David G. Savage December 8, 2008 Reporting from Washington -- Undaunted by the Nov. 4 election results, several persistent plaintiffs have pursued lawsuits asserting that Barack Obama is constitutionally ineligible to hold the office of president because they say he is not a natural-born citizen. Their claims were rejected in lower courts, but they have filed motions and appeals to the Supreme Court. What do these lawsuits say? One filed by Philip J. Berg, a lawyer in Lafayette...