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To: cynwoody

At this point in time, enforcement of eligibility is up to Congress.


No... it is up to the Secretaries of State of all the States to issue eligibility.

You can’t get on the ballot of any state until its SOS declares you eligible..which until now has not been a problem.


217 posted on 07/13/2009 11:27:01 PM PDT by txhurl (Put the pressure on and keep it on until this administration snaps.)
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To: txhurl
No... it is up to the Secretaries of State of all the States to issue eligibility.

You can’t get on the ballot of any state until its SOS declares you eligible..which until now has not been a problem.

In our dreams.

That argument may have had a chance before the election. But since the election, clearly laid out constitutional procedures take precedence. It would provoke a major constitutional crisis for the courts to short-circuit them. In order to unravel the problem now, the constitutional procedure for removal would have to be followed.

Or, the President could suspend the Constitution, thus authorizing (and requiring, based on the oaths military officers take) a military coup.

228 posted on 07/13/2009 11:34:44 PM PDT by cynwoody
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