Posted on 11/24/2008 12:03:45 PM PST by DouglasKC
It looks like the Barack Obama citizenship issue will not die until he is inaugurated. It probably will not end even then.
Now the U.S. Supreme Court will discuss the matter in private because one justice decided it was worthy. Before fingering the member of our highest court, I will give a little background information on the case. If you do not think too hard about it, you can probably guess which Supreme Court Justice is responsible.
Leo Donofrio of New Jersey filed suit against Nina Wells, the New Jersey Secretary of State, claiming that she had not performed her duty to ensure the integrity of the electoral process.
Donofrio originally asked a state court to review the citizenship of Barack Obama, John McCain and Roger Calero. Calero was the Socialist Worker’s Party Presidential candidate. He was born in Venezuela. That is a cut and dry case.
John McCain was born in Panama but on an American military base. Legal scholars believe birth on an American military base qualifies as a “natural-born citizen.” A “natural-born citizen” is one of the requirements to be President.
For Obama, it is the old born in Kenya story again. Anyone who doubts that Obama was not born in Hawaii, please refer to Politifact and Factcheck investigations. Hawaii does not allow birth records to be publicly viewed. This is why no one can go in and see the certificate. It is not because Obama is hiding them, or they were never there. Read this article from Foolocracy if you want more information.
Anyway, after Donofrio’s case was rejected at the state level, he presented it to Supreme Court Justice David Souter who rejected it. Donofrio then presented it to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas who put it on the court docket for a conference on December 5. If four of the nine justices decide to hear the case, then full oral arguments will be scheduled.
Now it is possible Thomas wants to review Calero’s eligibility as a Presidential candidate. There are plenty of acceptable reasons for this. However, the timing, 10 days before the Electoral College meets, only gives hope and ammunition for those who believe Barack Obama has conspired to create the greatest hoax in world history — that he and his family have been hiding his Kenyan citizenship since he was a few days old so he could run for President.
Gee, thanks, Clarence Thomas.
By the way, for those still questioning Obama’s and McCain’s citizenship qualifications, al-Qaeda did fly planes into the Twin Towers, aliens have not abducted millions of people for medical experiments, and the moon is not made of cheese.
Here is the Supreme Court docket. You can see the real thing here.
Yes, in hindsight I can’t believe it’s not something you have to provide when you file. Bet it is now! ;)
Hmmm President Phil Epstein.
Typical leftist reverse spin. Don't blame the person who just has to produce his original birth certificate, blame the Supreme Court Justice who is making sure the US Constitution is being followed!!
Isn’t it time to take to the streets and start protesting in public?
You hit the nail on the head BellStar -- the whole birth certificate thing is meaningless...the only thing that matters was he an American citizen at birth, or did his father make the moves to have him declared a British citizen?
What is or is not in Hawaii is of no importance...it's what the State Department knows that counts.
"I'm so depressed and embarassed that Free Republic Freepers are demanding that Obama prove he is eligible to be president! I will not be able to function today! So I will post nonsense about how stupid Freepers are about Zer0‘s lack of birth honesty."
As I understand it his father (if his father IS Barak Obama Sr) didn't have to do anything to make his son a British citizen at birth. By British law Obama jr. IS a British Citizen. So Obama apparently had dual nationality at birth and that's one of the questions. Can someone with dual allegiances at birth hold the office?
America, here we is.
It would be so easy to clear up if obamanation would release his birth certificate. But since he won’t release his school records either, he won’t be forthcoming.
What would it be like if obamanation was found illegal and therefore ineligible as POTUS? The demoncRATS and party would be down the tubes. What a delight!
Like I said, the State Department would know this, it's not necessary to know anything about the birth certificate.
Who and who is not a citizen, and when they became a citizen (if they did at an age well after birth) should, I think, be a matter of public record. Citizenship is not a private affair like a birth certificate. So all someone has to do is file a FOIA request with the Department of State and find out when or if Obama is a citizen.
If he's been a citizen of the US since his birth, then the show's over -- doesn't matter if his daddy was from Kenya or from Mars.
But if Obama became a US Citizen later on in life, or is still not a citizen, then you would have a case against him.
Again, no "vault copy" of a birth certificate is necessary for any of this--it should be a matter of public record.
Sorry I have no link for you, but I have read that the USA does not recognize dual citizenship. If you are a citizen of the USA, that’s all you are in the eyes of the government, even if you have a dual citizenship as far as other countries are concerned.
That's what I understand too...there is no such thing as dual citizenship as far as the US govt. is concerned.
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