Justice Kennedy rejects 2 more challenges to Obama

AP via SFGate ^ | 12/17/8

[SmithL]

WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has rejected two more efforts to get the court to consider whether President-elect Barack Obama is eligible to take office.

Kennedy on Wednesday denied without comment an appeal by Philip J. Berg, a Pennsylvania attorney, that claims Obama is either a citizen of Kenya or Indonesia and is ineligible to be president . . .

[battletank]

I see. And you know there is no merit....how?

[Cyman]

“If there was even a hint of a possibility that Barry O wasn’t qualified because of a citizenship question, it would have been looked at by the Justices”

I agree with you except for the above statement.

[Tallguy]

True - if this president was a Republican you better believe that the MSM would be digging on this ... there would be 30 “media investigative” reporters in Hawaii ...

We would likely already know. As Ohio has recently proved in the case of "Joe the Plumber", some liberal government drone would pry open your files of your hypothetical Republican & splash the contents over the internet regardless any privacy statutes. Privacy is only for liberals.

[devere]

“paranoid, denial”

Just one word ( acronym ) is required: “AP” !!!

Perhaps you should take your head out of the sand, and pay close attention to the content of their stories.

This isn’t, quite unfortunately, my father’s America anymore.

[LS]

Apparently you don't understand the legal process. It is not my job to show it has no merit. It is the plaintiff's. And he did not show it had merit.

Face it: your only other option here is calling the USSC corrupt, gutless, or stupid---which is exactly what I predicted would happen when these cases got booted.

[COBOL2Java]

What will happen later when we find out it's true, the Obamination was ineligible to serve ... what are these judges going to say then ?

I have another question: If it's discovered that Zero is constitutionally ineligible, are all of this Executive efforts thereby invalidated?

[Red Steel]

People people people. Kennedy denied the stay 08A505 AP left, what a surprise, that writ in certiorari still exists with Souter. Look below:

No. 08-570
Title:	Philip J. Berg, Petitioner v. Barack Obama, et al.
Docketed:	October 31, 2008
Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Case Nos.:	(08-4340)
	Rule 11

~~~Date~~~	~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oct 30 2008	Petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment filed. (Response due December 1, 2008)
Oct 31 2008	Application (08A391) for an injunction pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Souter.
Nov 3 2008	Supplemental brief of applicant Philip J. Berg filed.
Nov 3 2008	Application (08A391) denied by Justice Souter.
Nov 18 2008	Waiver of right of respondents Federal Election Commission, et al. to respond filed.
Dec 1 2008	Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Bill Anderson.
Dec 8 2008	Application (08A505) for an injunction pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Souter.
Dec 9 2008	Application (08A505) denied by Justice Souter.
Dec 15 2008	Application (08A505) refiled and submitted to Justice Kennedy.

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[SkyDancer]

OK - then we should start now in doing something about it ...

[dalereed]

You’re as rotten as Justice Kennedy!

[battletank]

Clang. Wrong answer. The burden of proof is on the grifter. The Constitution calls for natural born citizenship.

[Kevmo]

“They lack courage” is always a nice fallback.
***Let’s see, I criticize your reasoning process and you approve of mine. You should re-examine your thinking process with respect to this issue.

Never can be that there is no substance to a charge.
***Never can be that there is sense to that sentence.

“Lacking courage” is corruption, BTW.
***Straw argument. Lacking Courage is Lacking Courage. Corruption is Corruption. Your argument was against the strawman you built up for corruption, and this is an attempt to equate lack of courage with corruption so that your argument sticks. Maybe you should just start arguing cogently rather than falling back on classic fallacies and trying to defend them. If I go through your other arguments on the CertifiGate scandal, will I find lots of other classic fallacies, making your entire position untenable?

[EternalVigilance]

Where was Barack Obama born?

The American people do not know.

Who was the attending physician or midwife?

The American people do not know.

Is Barack Obama a natural born citizen and therefore qualified to be President of the United States?

The American people do not know.

The news media, the Democrats, and the sold-out Republican “leadership” do not want to know.

This much we know.

They could not care less about the Constitution of the United States, the document they swore before God to protect and defend.

Lawless oathbreakers, one and all.

[battletank]

I understand it quite well thank you. It’s not your job, or my job or even the plaintiff’s job. It’s the grifter’s job..as denoted in the Constitution.

[Star Traveler]

You said — “I realize we are all just paranoid kooks, so please forgive my stupidity, but could you please Mr. All Knowing, provide we kooks with your proof of his Hawaiian birth? Consider it a Christmas present to we lowly peons.”

Let’s look at those who are in a position to find out these things and see what they are doing...

Bush and his Administration wants nothing to do with this Obama qualification issue, Cheney wants nothing to do with this Obama issue, the Republican Party wants nothing to do with this, McCain and his former campaign wants nothing to do with it. Palin wants nothing to do with it and has said she is looking forward to working with the future President Obama, our own conservative media wants nothing to do with this, FReepers here on this board want nothing to do with it, the FBI wants nothing to do with it and sees no crime being committed, our own venerated Electoral College system wants nothing to do with it, and the Supreme Court wants nothing to do with it.

Now..., you come back when you get those people to get involved with it, and then I’ll “change my tune”... LOL..

[Anyone else you want to dredge up and pull out from under a rock who wants “something” to do with this..?]

[cripplecreek]

I haven’t accused the court of anything You have accused me of it. Like I said, intellectual dishonesty.

[Star Traveler]

I agree..., and I’m going to be contacting my elected representative in the state of Oklahoma (I’m here now... :-)...) after the holidays (they’re “too busy” now...) and see about legislation for Oklahoma...

Other FReepers in other states should do this...

[Frantzie]

I guess SCOTUS is just there for PR anymore because they could care less about the Constitution. They are very good recently about protecting the rights of terrorists in Gitmo but useless on protecting the Constitutional rights of American citizens.

[battletank]

??? I really could give a rip who “wants” to be involved. I don’t either! I just want a simple answer to a simple question. I’m not some lemming who has to toddle along behind Bush or Cheney or anyone else for that matter. But, glad to hear you’ll “get on board” when the elites tell you it’s ok.

[drjimmy]

When you argue against the “they have to be corrupt” statement, that’s a classic fallacy known as straw argumentation. You built up the argument yourself so you could argue against it. Why are you resorting to troll like behaviour and provacateur tactics if your intellectual position is so secure?

It isn't a straw man if the man actually exists. To deny that plenty of Freepers have said the Supreme Court is corrupt is to be blind to the many comments that have been posted every time this issue comes up. Talk about not being secure, you resort to name-calling when someone points out the truth.

[Star Traveler]

You said — “Just one word ( acronym ) is required: “AP” !!! Perhaps you should take your head out of the sand, and pay close attention to the content of their stories.”

Whatever problems exist elsewhere in the world, it still doesn’t explain your paranoid denial...