Wait half a sec, folks.
The Constitution uses the odd words “eligible to the Office of President.” While one would think qualification should occur before nomination, it can be challenged when the electoral votes are counted. There is evidently no precedent for what’s happening now, but if Obama wins on Tuesday, we are not finished with the issue — not by a long shot.
I mean, can anybody here imagine Chief Justice John Roberts and his conservative brothers on the Court sitting back on Tuesday night and saying, “Oh, drat!”?
I don’t mean to suggest the SC is where the challenge happens — it happens in Congress.... sorry for the confusion.
I am not going to freak out if Tuesday doesn’t go our way.
Remember: it is electors from the states that elects a President. It is the states who have the ultimate standing. Sadly, I think it not likely that the correct case will come to the SCOTUS for not a single SOS in any state has brought forth a demand for proof of eligibility. Instead they have accepted a fraudulent certification of nomination.
In that regard, what this thread is pointing out is significant. For without verification, said certification IMO constitutes felony fraud.
......can anybody here imagine Chief Justice John Roberts and his conservative brothers on the Court sitting back on Tuesday night and saying, “Oh, drat!”......
Then there is a later date, and a positive action required by the Chief Justice, namely swearing in at the inauguration.
Is it kosher for the Chief Justice to ask prior to the swearing, on the Capitol steps in front of the world “sir can you provide a certificate of birth proving compliance with the requirements of the Constitution?”