Posted on 08/04/2009 3:21:40 AM PDT by Zakeet
Despite a congressional resolution affirming President Obama's U.S. birth and a reaffirmation of his birth certificate's authenticity from Hawaiian officials, media outlets continue to air frivolous allegations that the president was born in Kenya, rendering him ineligible for the presidency. Let's pretend, for just a moment, that the birthers had credible evidence that Obama was foreign-born. Then what would happen?
Resignation, impeachment, or nothing. If Obama stood his ground, and Congress stood by him, then the only way to legally remove him from office would be for someone to sue. Problem is, no one would have standing to bring such a lawsuit. To establish standing, a plaintiff must show that he has suffered an injury personal to him, that the defendant caused the injury, and that the court could provide a remedy. That turns out to be an impossible task.
Average citizens could not show a personalized injury because Obama's allegedly illegitimate presidency would impact everyone in roughly the same way. Courts invariably dismiss such claims, like the 1937 case alleging that Justice Hugo Black was ineligible to serve because as a member of Congress he had voted to increase the justices' salaries. Even membership in much smaller aggrieved groups generally doesn't work. The Supreme Court rejected a suit brought by parents of African-American children challenging the IRS's lax enforcement of anti-discrimination laws and another by legislators who claimed their voting rights were diluted by the line-item veto. In both cases, the communal nature of the injury precluded standing. Thus the lawsuit of Army Maj. Stefan Cook, who argued that his pending deployment to Afghanistan by an illegitimate president constituted a particularized injury, was doomed to failure. (The case was mooted when the Pentagon canceled his deployment.)
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Imagine the firestorm of frustration and civil dissent as the economy continues to tank with an obvious usurper on the throne and the sheeple are told they can shove the constitution.
Pop some corn and watch the drama continue to unfold.
Laws apply only to Republicans and other normal people. Radical leftists are given a free pass.
If someone were to produce clear proof that the Messiah is a usurper, the media would bury it faster than it buried the story about Clinton and Juanita Broaddrick.
THE GOP would win in huge blowouts in 2010 (something that might happen anyway) and IMPEACH HIM! GAME OVER!
Do military personnel have standing?
Another blatant example of how the left feels about The Constitution.
A bunch of legalese from the same profession that defended OJ Simpson.
The truth is, if he was born in Kenya, his Presidency is illegitimate. If he refused to stand down, we would not have a functioning Executive Branch - at all.
So, the next issue would be the courts. With a congress in tow, it could easily be an Andrew Jackson moment, "Chief Roberts has made his decision, now let him enforce it." Once again, nothing happens.
The REAL chaos would involve laws signed by this guy and the challenges to their legality. And THAT could go on for a decade. So, no, no one up there wants to see this unfold, which is why no Republicans have really pushed it.
The media may need some ice soon.
We would get justice outside the courts.
Justice existed as a thing, as an idea before formal, bureaucratic courts were set up.
They, the courts do not own, nor have exclusive rights to a thing called ‘justice’.
Obama would resign, or the country would riot.
Obama, being a man of high moral and ethical standards and impeccable integrity, would surely resign the office. Just like Slick Willy did. Snark.
Personally I would love to see him impeached but would settle for seeing him politically crippled.
I love it...Obama is such a fraud. The Libs are in defensive mode and they are never any good at defense. He will end up destroying the far left moonbat wing of the party and maybe even the race baiting poverty pimps in the Black Caucus. Go Birthers!
Or Clinton giving the klystron switch to China so they could build their own thermonuclear and neuton bombs...
My prayers would be answered. . . . . . . . .
Maybe one of “The Rich”, who Obama wants to tax to pay for every hare-brained scheme he can think of, might be in a small enough group to have standing...
Someone has GOT to photoshop Obama’s head on OJ
He prolly was, but a lot of people are willing to destroy anybody who tries to prove it.
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