Will Supreme Court have say in presidency?
Friday, 7. November 2008, 02:32:16
Will Supreme Court have say in presidency?
Schedule includes campaign response to questions on Obama birthplace
U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter has rejected an emergency appeal for the court to halt the tabulation of the 2008 presidential election results until Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama documents his eligibility to run for the office, according to an attorney who brought the action that challenges the Illinois senator's standing in the race.
However, the issue isn't going away, at least for now, since Souter set a schedule for a response from Obama to the challenge from attorney Philip J. Berg.
As WND reported, Berg brought his claims to the Supreme Court after a federal judge dismissed his lawsuit alleging Obama is ineligible to be president because he possibly was born in Kenya.
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I saw this story recently and decided to post it in response to Lois' question. The man who filed this lawsuit is a registered Democrat. He questions if Senator Obama was born in America or in Kenya. If he was in fact born in Kenya, then he is ineligible to take the office of President according the the U.S. Constitution. The relevant part is contained in Article II, Section 1:
No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a resident within the United States.
The Constitution was ratified back in the 18th Century. Of course, nobody alive today was born back then. There are allegations that Obama's Kenyan grandmother was present at his birth in Kenya!
If that is true, then Barack Obama is ineligible to be President of the United States. It will be interesting to see how this case turns out in the Supreme Court, especially with the new president set to be sworn into office in late January.Anti Spam
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Sabell # 7. November 2008, 03:31
There is no 'finding out' about the case. There is either a birth certificate or not!
FXM256 # 7. November 2008, 03:36
That's what I want to know, too. Where is his birth certificate?
Sabell # 7. November 2008, 03:41
FXM256 # 7. November 2008, 04:04
cakkleberrylane # 7. November 2008, 20:23
It would also be interesting to see it searched out the other way too, to see if there is a Kenyan birth certificate for him. Nothing would make me happier than if he was declared ineligible.
FXM256 # 7. November 2008, 21:54