GENTLEMAN: What will we do, assuming Obama does leave office, and after fundamentally transforming America (code words for ruining it) it turns out he really WAS born in Kenya, and thus, was never legally President? What WILL we do?
That same thing that conservatives always do to protect the Republic: Bitch on blogs.
The de facto officer doctrine would apply legally.
“The de facto officer doctrine confers validity upon acts performed by a person acting under the color of official title even though it is later discovered that the legality of that person’s appointment or election to office is deficient.”
The reason this would apply is because the other two branches of government have not challenged his eligibility and they have interacted with him for two terms as the duly elected president by sending him bills to sign into law, confirming his appointees and upholding his policies as constitutional.