This morning, the Supreme Court announced that it has denied bringing before a full hearing the Donofrio v. Wells case, one of the several cases challenging Barack Obama’s eligibility as a “natural born citizen” to serve as president.
The Donofrio case claims Obama does not meet the Constitution's Article 2, Section 1 "natural-born citizen" requirement for president because of his dual citizenship at birth. Donofrio also contends that two other candidates, Republican John McCain and Socialist Workers candidate Roger Calero, also are not natural-born citizens and thus ineligible to be president.
The case was dismissed without comment and without a dissenting opinion. At least one other appeal over Obama's citizenship remains at the Supreme Court. Philip J. Berg of Lafayette Hill, Pa., argues that Obama was born in Kenya, not Hawaii as Obama says. Berg says Obama also may be a citizen of Indonesia, where he lived as a boy. In addition, at least fifteen other suits have been brought at the state level in various states.
Much of the controversy behind these suits stems from the fact that Obama has not, or may not have offered for public record a complete, credible birth certificate. Our country has been divided over the past eight years over the question of whether George W. Bush was legitimately elected president. Unfortunately, we face the same kind of division during an Obama presidency if questions concerning his citizenship are not put to rest.
The following comments were sent to the previous Update on the Supreme Court conference and are repeated here for continuity.
ReplyDeleteTed said...
Seems the Supreme Court is waiting to hear from me before issuing a decision on Donofrio, so here goes: While the Court is more than loathe to enter this dispute, currently it has no choice (thanks to the audacious one — and I don’t mean Leo, I mean Barack) and the ONLY WAY to bring closure, knowing CLOSURE IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL before any Presidential inauguration, is to back the original intent of the Constitution, meaning, Obama is NOT an Article II “natural born citizen” (albeit Obama may or may not be a “citizen”, a question heated by the steadfast refusal of the DNC or any of the Secretaries of State to require his birth certificate, which the Court will now not have to confront).
December 6, 2008 10:30 AM
jorgaone said...
As for the BC--it matters little; since at best--he is a naturalized citizen; at worst an illegal alien to this country. EITHER one makes him IN-eligible to hold the office of POTUS. His own web site has stated clearly that his FATHER was "a British citizen" because of Great Britian having protective leadership/occupation of Kenya at the time of BO's birth. Nationality follows the FATHER, always. BO was a NATURAL-BORN BRITISH citizen...NOT US. He can become Naturalized later (but probably didn't) BUT he can NEVER be re-born as something he never was. CASE CLOSED.
December 8, 2008 8:53 AM
Anonymous said...
Breaking news. The Supreme Court has ruled NOT to hear the bogus case of Barack Obama's citizenship. The clown who brought the case to the Supreme Court should be charged with bringing a frivolous suit to the court. Talk about a waste of time for the courts.
December 8, 2008 11:17 AM