I’m neither a lawyer nor a judge, but the Judge Robertson Opinion has raised some questions:
From the judge’s Opinion:
“The issue of the President’s citizenship was raised,
vetted, blogged, texted, twittered, and otherwise massaged by America’s vigilant citizenry during Mr. Obama’s two-year-campaign for the presidency, but this plaintiff wants it resolved by a court.”
Does that mean that our courts no longer require evidence as produced in discovery? Something as easy to produce as a certified copy of a party’s own birth certificate?
Has any court ever asked the defendant Obama to produce a certified copy of his birth certificate?
Is Judge Robertson saying it’s ok now to vet, blog, text, twitter and otherwise massage information about a presidential candidate to assure s/he meets Constitutinal muster?
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Further from the Opinion:
“That case was the subject of a scholarly opinion by a
judge who took Mr. Berg’s claims seriously [as opposed to Judge Robertson] –- and dismissed them.”
I’ve tried to find the scholarly opinion through FindLaw and PACER, and get “IE cannot display the webpage” messages. Does anyone have that scholarly opinion ?
No case has made it far enough to justify discovery. There's that darned, pesky legal standing issue that keeps tripping you up.
I’ve tried to find the scholarly opinion through FindLaw and PACER, and get “IE cannot display the webpage” messages. Does anyone have that scholarly opinion ?
Right Here.