Are you familar with the hospital’s finances? Was it insignificant to them? They also paid $75,000 in lawyer’s fees to the doctor who turned them in.
Obama’s birth certificate had already been authenticated and verified by the Republican Administration of Governor Linda Lingle, years before Democrat Neal Abercrombie became governor.
Obama birth certificate authenticity verification statement by Hawaii Department of Health Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino, MD. Issued October 31, 2008:
http://health.hawaii.gov/vitalrecords/files/2013/05/08-93.pdf
Second Obama birth certficate authenticity verification statement by Hawaii Department of Health Director Dr. Chiyme Fukino, MD issued July 27, 2009
http://health.hawaii.gov/vitalrecords/files/2013/05/09-063.pdf
Obama birthplace statement of Governor Lingle:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/right-now/2010/05/hawaii_gov_lingle_answers_the.html
The Constitution in Article IV gives states the authority to determine the validity of their own records under the “Full Faith and Credit Clause.”
Article IV, Section 1.
“Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, RECORDS, and judicial proceedings of every other state. And the Congress may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof.”
From a purely legal standpoint, this issue was over on October 31, 2008. From a political standpoint, it lives on in zombie form!