Exactly. No way in h e doublehockeysticks is milquetoast roberts going to make such a decision. Even if Obama admitted he was born in Kenya at prime time on CBS, Roberts would find a way to make him eligible. After all, if a something can be both a tax and not a tax at the same time, then a person can be born in Kenya AND Hawaii at the same time.
“After all, if a something can be both a tax and not a tax at the same time, then a person can be born in Kenya AND Hawaii at the same time.”
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Roberts already has. Obama told everyone on his own web site, “fightthesmears.com”, that he, Obama, is a naturalized citizen, and Roberts administered the oath of office. One cannot honor, defend, and protect the Constitution while violating one of its articles. For those who believe the talking point “But it was never defined in the Constitution,” read Mark Levin's book Liberty and Tyranny, p37, where Madison explains why definitions were not included in the Constitution (the meanings of words change with time, thus interpretations must be based upon the language and common-law familiar to its framers).
Chances are there was an agreement, one which Roberts apparently had some difficulty executing given his three trys to get the oath right. But since every Senator knew, and signed his/her agreement with Judge Michael Chertoff (“My assumption and my understanding is that if you are born of American parents, you are naturally a natural-born American citizen,” Chertoff replied. “That is mine, too,” said Leahy.”), Roberts knew. Probably, he decided that if Congress wanted to elect a Constitutionally ineligible president, the court didn't have standing to object.
Roberts had an obligation to preserve and protect, and had “Original Jurisdiction” from Article III Section 2 since presidential eligibility concerns a public minister. Roberts showed who he was when he administered the oath of office to Obama, who declared himself to be a naturalized citizen, based upon the 14th Amendment, which amendment is a naturalization amendment, and doesn't touch the definition of natural born citizens. Its author, judge and Congressman John Bingham, confirmed the Marshall/Vattel definition, "born on the soil to citizen parents", in his two addresses to the House in 1866. Obama has challenged Article II Section 1 quite openly, never claiming natural born citizenship, but knowing neither party would challenge, and knowing the media would work to suppress honest legal analysis.