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Supreme Court chief fights back after criticism from Obama
Yahoo News ^ | 3/10/10 | Yahoo News

Posted on 03/10/2010 2:56:32 PM PST by GeorgiaDawg32

1 Hour 7 mins ago

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In a controversy stretching back to January’s State of the Union Address, Chief Justice John Roberts told a group of law students at the University of Alabama that President Obama’s very public dissent from the Court’s Citizens United ruling, which effectively rolled back most existing restraints on corporate funding of political campaigns, was a provocation to the court’s cherished independence.

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1 posted on 03/10/2010 2:56:32 PM PST by GeorgiaDawg32
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Roberts should have said “we’re taking up the COLB issue after all...”


2 posted on 03/10/2010 3:03:12 PM PST by freedumb2003 ( Tagline lost -- anyone seen it?)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32
Obama is provoking the independence of ALL of us.

People better get with it.

3 posted on 03/10/2010 3:05:46 PM PST by skeeter
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

4 posted on 03/10/2010 3:05:46 PM PST by KeyLargo
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To: GeorgiaDawg32
...was a provocation to the court’s cherished Constitutional independence.
5 posted on 03/10/2010 3:16:29 PM PST by Outlaw Woman (If you remove the first Amendment, we'll be forced to move on to the next one.)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32
Alito mouthed the words, "Not true."

Isn't that another way of saying, "YOU LIE!"

0 is a coward.

6 posted on 03/10/2010 3:21:10 PM PST by Quiller (When you're fighting to survive, there is no "try" -- there is only do, or do not.)
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To: Outlaw Woman

maybe citizens should picket the supreme court and demand
they hear charges on the messiah


7 posted on 03/10/2010 3:23:33 PM PST by manonCANAL
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To: manonCANAL

Let’s not forget Charges against the Congress: Passing ex post facto laws, passing bills of attainder, malpractice-to-the-point-of-treason (destroying the “full faith and credit of the United States” _IS_ aiding and giving comfort to ALL of our enemies AT ONCE).


8 posted on 03/10/2010 3:27:22 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32
Zero has debased the SOTU. At least for the duration of his presidency I think the Supremes and service Chiefs ought to stay away.
9 posted on 03/10/2010 3:30:02 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker

>Zero has debased the SOTU. At least for the duration of his presidency I think the Supremes and service Chiefs ought to stay away.

Actually, I’d like to see it the other way: All contra-constitutional laws that Obama signs, and all contra-Constitutional orders he issues (in the case of the Joint-chiefs), should be kicked back with a “Nope, this ISN’T Constitutional.” and refusal to comply.

IE - the USSC could become VERY active in current-politics by reviewing EVERY law congress/president Obama passes “before the ink on the signature is even dry.” Imagine what that would do to things like TARP, the retroactive (and targeted) taxation of bailout recipients, “ObamaCare...”


10 posted on 03/10/2010 3:37:12 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Investigate his COLB, demand his long form BC, there are some other things that need looking into...

Obama conspiracy – It’s no longer just a theory

A man who fails to register with SS before turning 26 may find that some doors are permanently closed


ARLINGTON, Va. – On Sept. 7, 2008, Barack Hussein Obama appeared on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” and stated, “I had to sign up for Selective Service (SS) when I graduated from high school … And I actually always thought of the military as an ennobling and, you know, honorable option. But keep in mind that I graduated in 1979. The Vietnam War had come to an end. We weren’t engaged in active military conflict at that point. And so, it’s not an option that I ever decided to pursue.”

Some people did keep in mind that he graduated in 1979 and noted the registration requirement was suspended in April 1975 by President Gerald Ford and wasn’t reinstituted until 1980 by President Jimmy Carter in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
The Military Selective Service Act required men born in the calendar year 1961 to register on any of the six days beginning Monday, July 28, 1980.

On Oct. 13, 2008, J. Stephen Coffman, a retired federal agent, filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the SS for a copy of Obama’s SS registration form.

Debbie Schlussel broke this story on Nov. 13, 2008, questioning myriad peculiarities about Obama’s registration form. (http://www.debbieschlussel.com/4428/exclusive-did-next-commander-in-chief-falsify-selective-service-registration-never-actually-register-obamas-draft-registration-raises-serious-questions/)

Coffman’s FOIA request was processed on Oct. 29, 2008, two days after the SS claimed it was received.

Coffman received a copy of Obama’s registration form along with a copy of the computer inquiry screen, which showed an access date of Sept. 9, 2008, several weeks prior to Coffman’s request.

It was accompanied by a letter from Richard S. Flahavan, associate director for public affairs and intergovernmental affairs, who stated, “Also, the enclosed computer inquiry screen indicates that his registration number is 61-1125539-1, as previously provided to you.”

The computer printout shows a transaction date of Sept. 4, 1980 (the date Obama’s July 29, 1980 registration was entered into the system) with a last action date of Sept. 4, 1980, signifying nothing else had been received or entered since the original Sept. 4, 1980 registration form.

Coffman found it peculiar his request, according to the computer printout date, was processed on Sept. 9, 2008, several weeks prior to submitting his request.

On Feb. 9, 2009, Kenneth Allen submitted a FOIA request for the same records. He received a response, also from Flavahan, dated March 4, 2009.

Flavahan said a copy of Obama’s SS registration was enclosed along with “the resultant automated file screen,” adding, “Mr. Obama did indeed register with the Selective Service and was assigned Selective Service Number 61-1125539-1 on Sept. 4, 1980.”

The 10-digit Document Locator Number (DLN) 0897080632 is printed or stamped across the top right hand corner of the registration form.

The computer printout provided to Coffman displayed an 11-digit DLN of 8089 708 0632.
The computer printouts provided to both Allen and Coffman are both dated Sept. 9, 2008.
The copy of the registration form provided to Allen and Coffman are identical.

However, Allen’s computer printout is titled “Registrant File Inquiry Report” while Coffman’s is titled “RIMS History Inquiry Screen.”

And, the DLN on the computer printout received by Allen, also an 11-digit number, reads: 0897 080 6320.

So, while Coffman’s printout had an eight added to the beginning, Allen’s had a zero added to the end.

Once issued, DLNs do not change.

Even though the inquiry screen indicates Allen’s request was processed on Sept. 9, 2008, just like Coffman’s, it reflects a last action date of June 25, 1991, showing a Form 50 change letter had been received and entered then. Records provided to Coffman reflected no such action.

The post office round date stamp on Obama’s registration form also raised legitimacy concerns. The stamp displays “USPO Honolulu, HI Makiki Sta.” with “Jul 29 80” stamped in the center of the circle on three lines. However, the two-digit year is stamped off center as if it should have been a four-digit date.

Last week Sonoran News received a response to a FOIA request for 17 SS records for the purpose of making comparisons.

Every single one of them has a four-digit year stamp, including two registrations processed at the very same post office, one within days of Obama’s.

In fact, Bruce Henderson, now deceased, whose birthday was also in August 1961, registered on Aug. 2, 1980 at the Makiki station and his SS number is 61-1125522-7, just 27 numbers apart from Obama’s.

The 10-digit DLN on his registration form reads: 0897080613 and the 11-digit DLN on the computer printout reads: 0897 080 6130, indicating a zero had been added to the end.

Henderson’s registration was also entered in the same batch as Obama’s on Sept. 4, 1980.
Our FOIA request was initially made in October 2009, but after receiving neither a response nor an acknowledgement, a subsequent request was made in December 2009 via certified mail, the receipt of which was promptly acknowledged.

The request was fulfilled by Paula Sweeney from the office of public and intergovernmental affairs and the computer printouts are dated Jan. 15, 2010 and Jan. 20, 2010.

Every single one of the registrations processed in 1980 had a zero added to the end of the DLN on the computer printout, a practice that appears to have changed subsequent to that time.

In fact, a registration dated March 1, 1982 with a 10-digit DLN of 2120360884 stamped on the registration form, has an 11-digit DLN of 8212 036 0884 entered in the computer, which appears to be consistent with registrations added after 1980, and possibly not until 1982.

It became obvious records were created after the fact for Obama and were later changed. However, the computer access date is frozen on Sept. 9, 2008; two days after Obama appeared on Stephanopoulos’ show saying he registered with SS in 1979 when the requirement was nonexistent.

The mistakes made by adding to and changing the fraudulently created record after Coffman’s FOIA request was fulfilled but before the Allen’s was received, provides an audit trail of the fraud.

It would appear Flahavan, who processed both requests, should have caught the glaring incongruities. Instead, he got cocky in his letter to Allen by proclaiming, “Mr. Obama did indeed register with Selective Service …”

The SS website proclaims, “Registration is the law. A man who fails to register may, if prosecuted and convicted, face a fine of up to $250,000 and/or a prison term of up to five years.”

It goes on to say, “Even if not tried, a man who fails to register with Selective Service before turning age 26 may find that some doors are permanently closed,” including federal student loans or grant programs.

A man must be registered to be eligible for jobs in the executive branch of the federal government, which includes president of the United States.

Registration is also a condition for U.S. citizenship if the man first arrived in the United States before his 26th birthday.

If Obama arrived in Hawaii as a citizen of Indonesia, as his school records and mother’s divorce records indicate, and he didn’t register with SS, he could have been barred from obtaining U.S. citizenship and may not be one now.

However, those covering up Obama’s tracks have done a sloppy job, which means there really is a conspiracy to defraud the American people, not just a theory.


11 posted on 03/10/2010 3:41:13 PM PST by Bon mots
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To: OneWingedShark

I certainly have a question about constitutionality of some of the harebrained schemes I’ve seen mentioned to ram health care through the House. If there isn’t a proper vote taken on a bill, but the House and White House are pretending it passed nevertheless is it really a law? I think not.


12 posted on 03/10/2010 3:46:09 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: Outlaw Woman

It is obvious why the MSM won’t touch it; they are both Constitutionally ignorant and cod pieces for the Democrat Party. However, at a minimum, the geldinged ROP should if not Congress itself. Our country was established with three co-equal branches of Government. While the President is the Chief Executive, the three branches, Executive, Legislatve and Judicial are co-equal in the eyes of the Constitution. When Obama drags Senators and Congressmen into “meetings”, he is in effect saying, “I am your superior, do my bidding”. It is the underlying meaning of “the election is over John”.

In fact, whether sitting as an individual Senator or Congressman or in their entirety of members, they are the Legislative Branch and are therefore on equal standing with the President. Similarly, whether one or nine, the Justices are on equal standing with the President and the Legislature.

This bowing and scraping reverence the Democrat Legislator pay to Obama and is ceded to him by the Republicans is an abdication of their Constitutional authority and stature.


13 posted on 03/10/2010 4:22:00 PM PST by Tucson (Sometimes we feel guilty because we are guilty)
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To: freedumb2003

I was just thinking the same thing. Vet the bastard and disqualify him as it should have been done prior to the election.


14 posted on 03/10/2010 6:03:59 PM PST by OriginalChristian (Sarah Palin, The Arctic Fox...)
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