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Obama eligibility challenges multiply
The Georgia Obama eligibility challenge is almost quiet now, but is not the only one. Activists have filed challenges in five other States. And though the mainstream media prefer to ignore the Georgia case, neither it nor the larger Obama eligibility drama will go away soon.
Latest Georgia Obama eligibility news
Last week, Administrative Law Judge Michael Malihi held a two-hour-and-fifteen-minute hearing on whether Barack H. Obama was eligible to appear on the ballot in the Georgia Democratic primary. The court notified Obama that the hearing would take place. At first, Obama’s attorney, Mark Jablonski, tried to quash the hearing and a subpoena of his hard-copy birth certificate and supporting documents for this Social Security number. Malihi denied the motion. So Jablonski imperiously wrote to Secretary of State Brian Kemp, all but ordering him to cancel the hearing. Kemp refused, of course. He also warned Jablonski that if he and Obama stayed away,
…you do so at your own peril.
Jablonski could have shown, and Malihi might have accepted that. But Jablonski didn’t show. So Malihi called the three plaintiffs’ attorneys (Van Irion of the Liberty Legal Foundation; State Rep. J. Mark Hatfield; and independent attorney Orly Taitz) to see him in chambers. There, according to persistent rumor, Judge Malihi offered to issue a default “judgment” (actually a formal recommendation to Kemp) in their favor. (Bob Unruh of WorldNetDaily reports today that “several” of the lawyers did say that the judge had offered to do just that.) If Judge Malihi made such an offer, then the attorneys definitely refused. They likely did so because they wanted to get their evidence on record, in case Jablonski or anyone from the White House Counsel’s Office took exception.
The Obama eligibility hearing before Judge Michael Malihi of the Georgia Office of State Administrative Hearings. Photo: The National Patriot; from a live video stream in the courtroom.
Judge Malihi did not allow anyone to comment on whether Obama was in contempt of court. He did say that he wanted any additional briefs in his chambers by February 2 (or, by some accounts, February 5). The judge has made one ruling, to deny a motion by Taitz to “request” that the courts in Hawaii compel Hawaiian officials to release a good-copy birth certificate. Malihi observed that he has no jurisdiction in or over the State of Hawaii.
Such is all the news from Georgia—literally. Cindy Simpson, in American Thinker, observes that several reporters got off a lot of sarcasm at Orly Taitz’ expense after the hearing, and then reported—nothing. (The site CowboyByte.com excerpted the article here.) Fox News Channel briefly quoted Secretary Kemp’s “at your own peril” letter, but did not cover the hearing and has said nothing about the challenge since. (According to Simpson, Rachel Maddow on MSNBC took time to ask her colleagues not to “dignify this nonsense or elevate it by paying it any attention.”) Van Irion sent this letter to his subscribers decrying Obama’s behavior. He also explained why he did not want a default judgment:
Understand that the goal of the Georgia ballot challenge was to have a court rule on the merits of the Constitutional question: Does the term “natural born citizen” in Article II of the Constitution require a Presidential candidate to have two parents that were U.S. citizens at the time the candidate was born? Obama wants to avoid having a court rule on this question. That is why he didn’t show up and ordered his attorneys to not show up. Obama was hoping that the Georgia court would enter a default judgment rather than rule on the merits. If the court enters a default judgment, Obama will have succeeded in avoiding the Constitutional eligibility question. He will then appeal the default judgment, get the appellate court to suspend the default judgment pending appeal, and then delay the appeal until after the primary. This is undoubtedly Obama’s plan.
Simpson, of course, decries the complete reporting failure. To get more perspective, CNAV shared this story with several residents of northern New Jersey. All reacted in shock and outrage that none of the media organs deigned to report it.
Obama eligibility challenges in other States
Officials and/or judges in five other States have considered, or are considering, Obama eligibility challenges:
- New Hampshire
- Alabama
- Tennessee
- Arizona
- Illinois
Van Irion filed his Tennessee case in November, along with his Georgia case. He does not care about the birth certificate. For him it is enough that Obama’s father was a British colonial subject and never became a citizen of the United States. But Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, has been investigating Obama’s documents since October of last year.
The chief case-on-point as to who is a natural-born citizen is Minor v. Happersett (1876). The Court held then that Virginia Minor was a natural-born citizen because she was born in-country to two citizen parents. Curiously, the site Justia.com has scrubbed mention of the Minor case from several other copies of Supreme Court opinions on its database. WorldNetDaily reported this in October.
Illinois resident Sharon Meroni sued her State recently. She wants to have a court enjoin the State from listing Obama on the ballot in the March primary. She cites the US and Illinois constitutions as forbidding all but qualified candidates to appear on ballots.
The site Obama ballot Challenge is the most prominent Obama eligibility challenge site on the Web today. It is the coordination point for efforts in all fifty States to challenge Obama’s ballot placement.
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Terry A. Hurlbut has been a student of politics, philosophy, and science for more than 35 years. He is a graduate of Yale College and has served as a physician-level laboratory administrator in a 250-bed community hospital. He also is a serious student of the Bible, is conversant in its two primary original languages, and has followed the creation-science movement closely since 1993.
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Terry,
Thank you for having the journalistic honesty to report on this. If it weren’t for sites such as yours and “birther” sites keeping American citizens informed, our current White House occupant would be able to escape scot free from Constitutional and moral scrutiny.
Yes, I am one of those proud “birthers.” For me and others, the major focal point of emphasis, is not “where” Obama was born, but, that he simply is not Constitutionally qualified to be a legitimate US president, according to the “natural born citizen” requirement for US presidents and vice presidents. Obama’s father at the time of Obama’s birth, was a Kenyan native, living under British rule. He was not a citizen of the United States.
The framers of the Constitution wanted to make sure that the president and vice president representing the 3rd branch of US government were bereft of foreign entanglements. Hence, the special provision that these important government office holders, possess the special “natural born citizen” requirement.
I applaud those patriotic citizens who have joined together, (of which, I am one), who want the Constitution, not only respected, but, enforced. Hence, these state challenges.
Finally, it saddens me that the rule of Constitutional law has not only been usurped by the current White House occupier, but that both political parties along with mainstream media are so quick to allow for an unconstitutional (non natural born citizen) “president.” They are well aware of what they have allowed, but don’t have either the integrity nor the courage to start calling for a halt to this Constitutional molestation.
Returning to the intent of the founding framers of our Constitution and their provision to minimize foreign entanglements – just look at what Obama has done to diminish America’s standing in the world. Even Jimmy Carter was more patriotic than he. The founding fathers have been turning over in their graves ever since Obama was allowed on state ballots to run as our Commander-in-Chief…..
Osama Obama Biden (Bi)n La(den)
One coincidence? Two coincidences?
The odds of the president’s and vice president’s last names combined having the same 9 consecutive letters as the name of the most wanted terrorist is over 5 trillion to 1.
With the media in on the last election, it’s why Sarah Palin was added to the McCain ticket. They had no intention of winning. Why do you think Republicans gained so many seats in the last midterm? Sarah and McCain were part of a coup. Obama was turned after he won the election to take down those who make up the “organized community” that he spoke about. The link in my name exposes the biggest cover up in history.
Osama Obama Biden (Bi)n La(den)
One coincidence? Two coincidences?
The odds of the president’s and vice president’s last names combined having the same 9 consecutive letters as the name of the most wanted terrorist is over 5 trillion to 1.
The next election is shaping up to be as big of a sham as the last. Do you know why Sarah Palin’s bus tour was really canceled? Do you know why she stayed 30 miles away from the second debate and chose the death of Steve Jobs to announce that she’s not running? Know what leaked out? Sarah Palin and Cain aren’t in the race for the same reason, the truth leaked out.
http://PalinsDirtyLittleSecret.blogspot.com
Correction – to my aforementioned comment:
My reference to the “3rd branch of US government” was intended to be stated as the “Executive Branch.”
DO NOT CENSOR THIS POSTING!!! THANKS!! THERE IS NOTHING IN THIS POST THAT WOULD JUSTIFY CENSORING IT!!
The issue is quite simple. To be President of the USA or to run for the Presidency of the USA, Obama must be a “natural born citizen” according to the Constitution of the USA. The term “natural born citizen” has been defined previously and it requires two conditions:
1) Obama must be born in the USA.
Obama’s long form birth certificate that Obama has provided through the White House web site HAS BEEN DECLARED BY MANY EXPERTS TO BE SIMPLY A FORGERY!!!
—Just a few links on the forged birth certificate that Obama released through the White House web site for those interested:
–“Obama Birth Certificate Faked In Adobe Illustrator – Official Proof 1 ( Layers )” at link to youtube.com
–“Obama Birth Certificate Scam? 2011-04-27 Obama.mp4” at link to youtube.com
–“Adobe book editor positive: Obama certificate is phony” at link to wnd.com
–“Experts: Registrar stamps confirm Obama forgery” at link to wnd.com
–See evidence that Obama forged the birth certificate that was posted on the White House servers on 27 April 2011 (!!) at link to scribd.com
–See evidence that Obama is using a Social Security Number (SSN) 042-68-4425 that was not legally issued to him but to someone else born in 1890 (!!) at link to scribd.com
—Just type the keywords Obama birth certificate forged in http://www.google.com and you will find many articles that thoroughly explain why the Obama long form birth certificate that he provided on the White House web site is simply a forgery!!!
—Do a search in http://www.youtube.com by typing the keywords Obama birth certificate fake and you will see videos demonstrating why the Obama birth certificate that he provided on the White House web site is a forgery!!!
—Therefore, the only way to check this long form birth certificate is to go to Hawaii to check it directly. In particular, it is indispensable to assess if even this original long form birth certificate in Hawaii is truly genuine that is if it is not also already (!!!) a forgery to cover up for the possible fact that Obama might never have been born in Hawaii!!!
2) Obama’s parents MUST BOTH be American citizens.
We know that Obama’s father was a Kenyan and that he NEVER was an American citizen!!!!!
Therefore, THIS SECOND CONDITION ALONE DISQUALIFIES OBAMA TO RUN FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE USA AND IT ALSO DISQUALIFIES OBAMA TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE USA, NO MATTER THE FACT THAT HE WON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION!!!!!!
More, Obama is a former lawyer. Therefore, he knew perfectly well that he was not entitled to run for the Presidency of the USA but he nevertheless did it DISHONESTLY, FRAUDULENTLY, deceiving purposefully the entire American people.
Furthermore, Obama was confronted with the definition of what a “natural born citizen” is when he directly participated in the investigation of John McCain’s eligibility to run for the Presidency of the USA. Obama then signed Senate Resolution 511 from April 30, 2008 that reveals the indispensable requirement of having two US citizen parents in order to be a “natural born citizen” according to the Constitution of the USA and therefore to be eligible to run for the Presidency of the USA or to be President of the USA!!!!!
Therefore, once again, Obama knew very well that he FRAUDULENTLY decided to run for the Presidency of the USA despite the fact that he knew perfectly well that he was NOT a natural born citizen and therefore that he was not entitled, according to the Constitution of the USA, to be President of the USA.
CONCLUSION:
—Obama is NOT a natural born citizen and therefore he is not entitled to run for the Presidency of the USA nor is he entitled to be President of the USA, no matter the fact that he won the Presidential election!!!!
—OBAMA REFUSED TO SHOW UP AT A GEORGIA COURT WHEN HE WAS SPECIFICALLY ASKED TO DO SO BY THE JUDGE SIMPLY BECAUSE HE WAS ASKED TO BRING SEVERAL DOCUMENTS THAT WOULD HAVE PROVED THAT OBAMA IS NOT ENTITLED TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE USA AND THAT HE COMMITTED SEVERAL FRAUDULENT ACTS THAT PROBABLY COULD BE SANCTIONNED BY A JAIL SENTENCE!!!
—Finally, Obama is a former lawyer and therefore OBAMA CONSCIOUSLY, INTENTIONALLY COMPLETELY DECEIVED THE ENTIRE AMERICAN PEOPLE BY RUNNING FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE USA WHEN HE KNEW PERFECTLY WELL THAT HE WAS NOT ENTITLED TO DO SO SIMPLY BECAUSE HE KNEW VERY WELL THAT HE WAS NOT A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN, AS THE CONSTITUTION OF THE USA REQUIRES ONLY ON THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA!!!!
—THIS HUGE DECEPTION BY OBAMA IS MORE THAN A FRAUDULENT ACT, IT IS WORSE THAN ANYTHING IMAGINABLE BECAUSE:
1) IT RELATES TO THE HIGHEST POSITION IN THE LAND, THE PRESIDENCY OF THE USA, THAT OBAMA HAS FRAUDULENTLY OBTAINED;
2) IT RELATES TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE USA BEING TRAMPLED UPON FRAUDULENTLY AND ILLEGALLY BY OBAMA;
3) IT RELATES TO THE FACT THAT OBAMA INTENTIONALLY DECEIVED AND MISLED THE ENTIRE AMERICAN PEOPLE!!!
ANY PERSON GUILTY OF SUCH SERIOUS FRAUD SHOULD AT LEAST GET A JAIL SENTENCE, NO MATTER THAT OBAMA HAS FRAUDULENTLY HELD THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT OF THE USA FOR A PERIOD OF TIME!!!
DEFINITION OF A “NATURAL BORN CITIZEN”:
If you really want to have an expert legal explanation on what a “natural born citizen” truly is according to the Constitution of the USA and why legally speaking it is this way, then I suggest that you read at least a few articles on Attorney Mario Apuzzo’s web site “Natural Born Citizen – A Place to Ask Questions and Get the Right Answers” at link to puzo1.blogspot.com
IN PARTICULAR, MAKE SURE YOU READ:
—“The Natural Born Citizen Clause of Our U.S. Constitution Requires that Both of the Child’s Parents Be U.S. Citizens At the Time of Birth” at link to puzo1.blogspot.com
YES YOU CAN!!! YOU, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, YOU CAN FIGHT FOR THE TRUTH!!!
CONCRETELY, WHAT CAN YOU DO IN YOUR STATE TO GET JUSTICE AND TO PROTECT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE USA?
1) Contact your governor, your senator, your elected representatives, the attorney general and any appropriate officials and ask them to put in place a legal process to ensure that Obama is on the ballot of your state ONLY IF OBAMA HAS PROVIDED ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT WERE ASKED BY THE PLAINTIFFS IN THE GEORGIA CASE AND THAT OBAMA HAS REFUSED TO PROVIDE.
More, PLAN TO ASK FULL DISCOVERY ON OBAMA’S LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE IN HAWAII AND ON OBAMA’S FRAUDULENT SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER THAT HE USES!!!
2) In case your state would not have appropriate laws to do what is indicated in point 1) just above, ask the appropriate officials in your state to create a law that will grant your state the same rights than the state of Georgia has to fully check a candidate BEFORE he is put on the ballot for any elections, in particular for the coming election for the position of President of the USA.
To conclude:
—IF THE STATE OF GEORGIA HAS A LAW TO FULLY CHECK CANDIDATES’ ELIGIBILITY FOR THE POSITION BEFORE THEY ARE PUT ON THE BALLOT FOR VARIOUS ELECTIONS, SO CAN YOUR STATE TOO!!!
—YOUR ACTIONS LOCALLY IN YOUR STATE WILL ENSURE THAT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE USA IS FULLY RESPECTED AND THAT NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW!!!
—OBAMA SHOWED US THAT HE THINKS THAT HE IS ABOVE THE LAW, AS HE DEMONSTRATED BY NOT SHOWING UP IN COURT IN GEORGIA DESPITE BEING EXPRESSLY ASKED BY THE JUDGE TO BE PRESENT AND TO BRING DOCUMENTS THAT SURELY WOULD HAVE PROVED HIS LACK OF ELIGIBILITY TO BE ON THE BALLOT TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE USA, NOT TO MENTION THE HUGE DECEPTION AND LIES THAT OBAMA PERPETRATED AGAINST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THEREFORE, YOU THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAS A LEGAL AND MORAL DUTY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE USA IS RESPECTED FULLY AND APPLIED FULLY TO ALL AMERICAN CITIZENS, ESPECIALLY TO OBAMA WHO BELIEVES THAT HE IS ABOVE THE LAW AS HE HAS RECENTLY DEMONSTRATED IN GEORGIA!!!
Thank you for the above. Your story checks, and has ample corroboration from my own sources.
Mike:
Re: Your pertinent informational posting of January 31, 2012 at 8:12 pm.
Very well stated. And, I will add to your explanation a very recent web posting from BirtherReport.com:
“The Dirty ‘little’ Secret Of The Natural Born Citizen Clause Revealed” by Attorney Leo Donofrio
link to obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com
Furthermore, I take the liberty to copy a comment following the short article, by “thinkwell:”
Leo has nailed what many of us have been saying all along: words really do mean something. This was especially true to the Founders who did not willy-nilly place superfluous words into our founding document over which they carefully deliberated for many months. If our Constitution states that our President must be a “natural born Citizen,” it is clear that the Founders meant the requirement to be more restrictive than just simply being born a citizen. Obviously the qualifier “natural” adds a further important something or the Founders would have simply written “born Citizen.”
If you cross a donkey with a horse, a jackass results. The result is neither a natural born donkey nor a natural born horse. What ensues is an unnatural hybrid, a half-breed mix that is neither completely donkey nor horse and is sterile and unable to reproduce its own kind (let alone a donkey or a horse). I submit to the reader that, politically, our Founders would have considered Obama to be just such a jackass.
By examining the writings of the Founders, one can clearly see that the intent of the natural born Citizen requirement was to ensure that our Commander-in-Chief be born with sole, exclusive allegiance to the country that was to entrust him with its command. Obama, by his own admission, was born equally a citizen of Great Britain as recognized by US treaty and law. It is insanity to suggest that the Founders would have ever intended that such a person, born with equal allegiance to their former bloody enemy, be given command of their own military forces.
When two horses mate it takes no law to ensure that they do not produce a dog or a donkey. It is by nature that only a horse ensues. That is the clear and obvious meaning of the constitutional phrase “natural born.” To produce a Citizen by nature and nature alone (no law required) requires two parents who themselves are resident Citizens. This was the Founders’ understanding in their use and inclusion of the phrase, natural born Citizen.
Yes, words truly do mean something.
link to obamareleaseyourrecords.blogspot.com
Here is the Congressional Research Service report Qualifications for President and the “NaturalBorn” Citizenship Eligibility Requirement that just about debunks all of the birther arguments. link to scribd.com
I’ll allow this. But that report is a whitewash, a scam, and a few other metaphors that I prefer not to use. It does not go to the proper sources. “No Supreme Court precedent”? Is he serious? I have cited several, and so have Messrs. Purpura, Laster, Irion, and Hatfield.
All of the cases that birthers refer to have been cited in this report and many additional sources that the birthers do not acknowledge such as the rational for using English common law when interpreting the constitution.
CRS reports are peer reviewed if the draft does not pass muster at any level it would go back for revisions or rewrite. The final published report not only the authors 38 years of experienced in making sense of complex constitutional issues but also vetting of his experienced colleagues.
This process has resulted in a product that is small-c conservative. That is, cutting-edge legal arguments & conclusions are absent. Instead, the work is grounded in statutory & case law, using widely accepted means of analysis & interpretation that do not venture beyond what the precedents, documentation & texts can support.
States may use English Common Law (though some of them use Spanish Common Law, and Louisiana uses French Common Law). But the federal government uses a uniquely American common law. Vattel’s Law of Nations informed the drafters of the Constitution. From him came the definition of the phrase “natural-born citizen” that they worked with.
Terry,
Thanks for allowing the misinformation, as presented by “Slock.” His (uninformed) comment assists intelligent online readers to reflect, on how some American citizens have not only been propagandized by the anti Constitutional crowd, but also how they have been hoodwinked to minimize and discount this entire “natural born citizen” Constitutional requirement for legitimate US president.
Here’s, a helpful link of information authored by someone in the know, about the US Constitutional standard (requirement) of “natural born citizen” for legitimate US president.
How Obama’s Enablers Mislead the Public on the Meaning of an Article II “Natural Born” Citizen
link to puzo1.blogspot.com
We all have been around and around with this debate. We both can add info from our birther websites and our anti-birther websites, but we all still going to disagree. What I want to know is when a birther case finally gets to the Supreme Court, will you accept their decision if they rule against the case. I know if the Supreme Court rules for the birther case, I will have a moment of it can’t be but I will accept it. Will the birthers find another constitutional issue on why Obama is eligible if they lose their current campaign?
Correction
The last sentence should be:
Will the birthers find another constitutional issue on why Obama is ineligible if they lose their current campaign?
Doesn’t look like the Birthers had in luck in Illinois.
Slock – RE: Your February 2, 2012 at 8:20 am comment response:
Are you talking about Obama’s stumping ground of Illinois? Why would you wonder about that attempt (you mention) by birthers? Unless you are naive, you know full well that Illinois is crawling with Obama’s thuggery type politics.
As to your question about the Supreme Court. Who knows? And, is the high court the final prevailing opinion? Was it with American slavery? Also, while Hitler was in power, were there German courts which opposed him? And, how far did they succeed, if any attempt was even made?
The reality remains, – influence, raw power and courts do not determine morality and justice. Another reality remains – Obama’s “presidency” is unconstitutional. The American Constitution was never changed to accommodate his present occupation of the White House.
And Godwin’s law has comes into play. You cannot compare slavery to the Birther arguments.
Yes I know Illinois is Obama’s home turf and I thought you would write it off as some underhanded dealings. I also agree that Illinois is probably not the best venue for a Birther case. If there were any underhanded dealings no one will ever be able to prove it. I think the Birthers experience in Illinois is a foreshadowing of their future court rulings.
What will the Birther’s next move be if they lose the Vattel base arguments in the courts?
What a surprise: the judge in Georgia has thrown out the case and states Obama “became a citizen at birth and is a natural-born citizen”. A brief story on the topic is here: link to ajc.com
Sorry, birthers, you just lost. Please can you all move on now?
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