Posted on 09/04/2010 12:52:43 PM PDT by EternalVigilance
I doubt that most people would be shocked to learn that sometimes the influence of power can interfere with and even derail the course of justice in our legal system. Behind the scenes, a phone call from a powerful politician, or a corporate mogul often affects the actions or judgments of people whose personal ambitions they are in a position to help or hinder. Usually though, people giving heed to such considerations have enough sense to cloak what they do with words or actions that give their corruption at least the appearance of probity. Maybe its the tribute that vice renders to virtue. Maybe its nothing more than self-serving prudence (the mask of honesty that facilitates corruption.)
However, when court officers conclude that such hypocrisy is no longer worth the effort, things are pretty far gone. The video featured with this post focuses on the recent decision by Col. Denise R. Lind, the military judge charged with presiding over the court martial of Lt. Col. Terry Lakin. People who still care about American justice will recognize the facts as confirmation that America has passed ‘far gone’ and is approaching the point of no return.
(Excerpt) Read more at loyaltoliberty.com ...
Exactly! It is easy. The facts are simple!
Fact: Proving one’s natural born status is a **SIMPLE** and inexpensive matter.
Fact: Obama has spent tax money and private money to prevent the release of **COMMON** documents that would prove or disprove his natural born status.
Fact: A **real**, natural born, American president would be **HONORED** to immediately prove with the **best** evidence that he was indeed a natural born citizen!
Fact: That Obama is treating LTC Lakin (and other U.S. citizens) in the manner that is has (and is doing )**STRONGLY** indicates that he is a fraud and a usurper.
“The ALAN KEYES 2012 “grassroots” presidential campaign is quietly under way.”
Count me in.
Bolton is another good choice.
The reason Keyes lost over idiot Bush is that Bush had the backing of the socialist king makers to include Soros.
I have always loved Keyes as well as Bolton. They are both great!!!!
If Obama was bone in Kenya, he is not a US citizen.
How can a foreigner make a legal order as CIC to move a US Army brigade from the US Homeland to war in Afghanistan?
If Obama is a Foreigner, his vital records [everything Hawaii DOH has on Obama in total] are exculpatory evidence in the court martial.
Ref post #16.
Someone had to say it.
I agree with you all the way!!!!
Thank you.
How about one?
Philip Berg? (oh wait, he's a democrat...)
I'm glad the Republican leadership has consistently distanced itself from the birther movement, and hope they continue to do so.
Conservatives have an opportunity to drive a stake through the heart of Obama's (and Dems) misguided progressive agenda. The entire liberal philosophy of the Democratic Party is being rejected by an overwhelming majority, and you want to waste time and effort on unproven allegations in the unlikelihood it may result in Obama's removal?
This political strategy makes no sense. After 2 years, with nothing to show for it, why continue pursuing Obama's eligibility while the complete renunciation of practically everything Democrats stand for is attainable, and within our grasp?
I endorse the current conservative insurgency within the Republican Party.
If Obama is not a natural born citizen then he isn't president, and can't be a CIC and any orders from the Oval Office are invalid.
RB, note the poster’s tagline ... looks like good advice for dealing with the braying ass.
Dreyfus was also innocent.
I gotcha a recruit...
You're welcome.
...and I would vote for Bolton for just about anything. (Unless he ran as a third party candidate.)
The only ways to rectify the situation is impeachment and conviction or to lose the election in 2012. If he is of Kenyan birth, Hussein damned sure knows it, and knew he was ineligible for the Presidency. That is a clear reason for Congress to boot him from office.
LTC Lakin seeks a judicial solution to a political problem. It is not going to happen.
Please see my post #31.
“Lakin’s stupidity will cost him and his family dearly.”
What IF LTC/Dr. Lakin is correct and President Obama is not constitutionally qualified to be POTUS? Then our ENTIRE nation suffers and a terrible precident has been set. The entire chain of command is tainted. I hold a reserve commission that was fortunately given under President Bush. However, my last promotion was since President Obama took office. Is my authority to act on behalf of the country tainted? I suspect it is. At the least those of us serving are under a cloud. I respectfully submit that it is time for the President to be transparent on his records and submit to full disclosure. The military court/judge, in my opinion, is in error and jepordizes those serving and the entire country.
You sound like you're motivated to shadow box with yourself, as it there is a chip on your shoulder that you're busy provoking some shadows to knock off.
Other than that you come across as a wannabe law student, maybe a paralegal or some person that has some brush of experience with the court system, and you're trying to see if your words look serious when in fact the thought process is sophomoric at best.
Of course any legal scholar at just about any level of study should know that a court cannot remove a President from office, that only Congress can do so.
But you miss the big picture. Any evidence compelled and admitted in court can be used and should be used by Congress to do their duty under the Constitution, i.e. a court's discovery and actions can certainly lead to impeachment.
To prove the deployment Order is legal, Obama *cannot* be a foreigner.
If he is a foreigner, the Hawaii DOH records are exculpatory evidence.
Congress is irrelevant to this court case.
Careful there Jacquerie. Telling a Birther he can't have his way will get you flamed as a troll. They plan to save the Constitution by having the military remove BO from office, and pointing out little inconvenient facts, such as (A) it won't happen, and (B) if it did, they would have destroyed the Constitution to save it, will get you denounced as part of a conspiracy of millions aimed at keeping BO in office.
+1
If your superior officer ordered you to report to him in his office would you refuse to do so on the grounds that Obama may not be a legitimate president? Or if one of the enlisted people under you refused to obey your order on the grounds that the entire chain of command is invalid would you accept their refusal as an appropriate response?
Spare the silly insults, okay?
Any evidence compelled and admitted in court can be used and should be used by Congress to do their duty under the Constitution, i.e. a court's discovery and actions can certainly lead to impeachment.
I disagree. The case deals only with refusal to obey a lawful order.
The courts are not an investigative arm of Congress. If the House next year thinks as I do that Hussein if of foreign birth, then Congress can and should investigate. Our civilian courts are way too political as it is and I do not wish to see military courts go that way as well.
LTC Lakin chose a self destructive avenue to vent his doubts. The military courts are not going to do the job of Congress.
If Obama is not a natural born citizen, then he has failed to qualify for the position and would NOT be president. He would, though, be a criminal for having defrauded millions of Americans out of millions of donation dollars.
How is it possible to impeach someone who is not president?
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