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To: T Lady

RE: We would get Biden instead
Am not a lawyer, but I think not. If Obama was found to be ineligible to have been a candidate, then the candidate who got the most electoral votes would be the winner of the election. Biden would not likely become President unless Obama had been sworn into the office of President and Biden into the office of Vice President before a ruling took place, and maybe not then. If the Supremes were to find that Obama is ineligible before the electoral college has voted, then the electoral voters, having been advised that Obama is ineligible, could switch their votes to Biden, or another candidate, such as Hillary. Seems likely that there would be an eruption at that point, with Hillarycrats insisting she is the legitimate Democrat candidate.

Unfortunately, a ruling against Obama would probably generate so much bile and hate and whining from the African-American community, not to mention the Obamamaniacs, that it would be a ruling we would all regret.

What say the legal experts??


66 posted on 11/10/2008 1:01:46 PM PST by Missouri gal
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To: Missouri gal
I'm no legal expert, but I certainly do agree with your assessment.

...This is one of the major reasons that I, a Black American, no longer vote Democrat. This party has done nothing but unrepairable harm to the American culture with it divisive platform. I loathe everything Democrats stand for, especially the blatant exploitation of Blacks and women.

74 posted on 11/10/2008 1:06:44 PM PST by T Lady (Palin-Jindal 2012)
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To: Missouri gal

Biden is not a candidate for President. He can only accede to the Presidency if the Inaugurated President dies, is incapacitated or resigns.

It would be McCain/Biden in the highly unlikely event that Obama was found ineligible. Assuming the Dem Electors would vote for McCain over Nader or Barr.

But “Natural Born Citizen” is a term defined in law, so I don’t know why the Congress couldn’t tweak the law regarding his mother being 18 to make Zer0 eligible.


175 posted on 11/10/2008 6:16:38 PM PST by cookcounty ("A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not why the ship is built." ---Governor Sarah Palin)
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