Posted on 02/17/2011 1:04:49 PM PST by rxsid
"Stunner! Supremes to give eligibility case another look
Challenge to Obama getting 2nd conference before court
In a stunning move, the U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled another "conference" on a legal challenge to Barack Obama's eligibility to occupy the Oval Office, but officials there are not answering questions about whether two justices given their jobs by Obama will participate.
The court has confirmed that it has distributed a petition for rehearing in the case brought by attorney John Hemenway on behalf of retired Col. Gregory Hollister and it will be the subject of a conference on March 4.
It was in January that the court denied, without comment, a request for a hearing on the arguments. But the attorney at the time had submitted a motion for Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, who were given their jobs by Obama, to recuse.
Should Obama ultimately be shown to have been ineligible for the office, his actions, including his appointments, at least would be open to challenge and question.
At the time, the Supreme Court acknowledged the "motion for recusal" but it changed it on official docketing pages to a "request." And it reportedly failed to respond to the motion.
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From: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=264897
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It’s not just ridicule judges and politicians (who act on Eligibility) fear. Ridicule they could possibly survive. The MSM doesn’t stop there, however. They proceed to complete and total annihilation. Just ask George Allen. The nonstop, merciless, vile and craven attacks on him over an otherwise innocuous word—the trumped up racist charges, iow—were about far more than electing Webb. They were an object lesson—a warning, if you will-for all others to observe and note.
Pols and judges indeed did take note. If it can happen over a trivial, off-hand word, ‘macaca’, think what would happen over an actual challenge to Obama’s very eligibility.
They have thought about it, and they are running scared.
Thus, even if Kagan and Sotomayer recuse themselves — which they won’t and shouldn’t
What makes you think they shouldn’t recuse themselves? They not only have an appearance of a conflict of interest, but a real and huge conflict of interest, their jobs.
OPPPSS guess my post did nt come out as intended I was also agreeing with you and saying who cares about riots?
Fwiw, I think at least one state will bite the bullet and enact this entirely reasonable legislation. The likelihood rises every time one of us makes a call to our states legislatures, requesting it. Keep those phone lines busy; every little bit helps.
You would probably prefer to rely on Fox News Al Waleed Bin Tal/Saudia like many posting here and their puppet #1 O’Reilly.
If he WAS born in Kenya, and Barrack H. Obama, Sr. is his father then Obozo is NOT A U.S. CITIZEN at all. His mother at 18 or younger was not old enough under the Immigration Act of 1952 which was in effect at the time to transmit citizenship to her son.....
Here is the U.S. Immigration Law that covers the issue of children born abroad to 1 citizen and 1 alien.
http://library.uwb.edu/guides/USimmigration/66%20stat%20163.pdf
the McCarran-Walter Act, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952
Public law 82-414 Chapter 1 Section 301 (7)
It’s none of those things, unfortunately. It’s just another misleading WND headline.
The rule of four is not required by the Constitution, any law, or even the Supreme Court’s own published rules.[2] Rather, it is a custom that has been observed since the Court was given discretion over which appeals to hear by the Judiciary Act of 1891, Judiciary Act of 1925 and the Supreme Court Case Selections Act of 1988.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_four
I agree. If even one state enacts proof of eligibility for a potential POTUS we may not need the court if they chose to ignore the issue.
Interesting video with this article
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7qEH-tKoXA&feature=player_embedded
Another arguable position would be that the Obama/Biden ticket was not elegiable thus Biden is qualified for the role of VP or President and the Speaker of the House serves as President until the next exection.
Every humiliating bow on my behalf...
Maybe they read my tagline and were embarrassed.
Because Kagan's and Sotomayer's votes are irrelevant at this point, which is nothing more than a vote to grant or deny a petition for certiorari. Four votes are needed to grant certiorari. If Kagan and Sotomayer recuse themselves, four votes are still needed to grant certiorari. Now if the Court grants certiorari on this petition -- which it won't -- then there might be an argument for recusal. Until then, this is nothing more than WND inflaming the its base.
sfl
I prefer to rely upon my own knowledge and personal experiences with the internal workings of the SCOTUS.
throw the bum in jail
The rule of four is not required by the Constitution, any law, or even the Supreme Court’s own published rules.[2] Rather, it is a custom that has been observed since the Court was given discretion over which appeals to hear by the Judiciary Act of 1891, Judiciary Act of 1925 and the Supreme Court Case Selections Act of 1988.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_four
Yes, O’Soetoro is more Arab than black. Imagine that. I’m sure it has nothing to do with his fatuous love of Muslims and deference to Islam.
Nah, no connection whatsoever.
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