By way of update, these key developments: Congress meets in joint session on January 8th to count/certify the Electoral College votes. On the same day, the Broe vs Reed suit, whose intention it is to set aside the election of Obama in the State of Washington, will be heard by the Washington Supreme Court. On January 9th, the Berg vs Obama suit will got to SCOTUS conference where it will be decided if the case will be granted certiorai (full hearing by all nine Justices). State Rep. MIke Ritze (R-OK) is still urging the Oklahoma congressional delegation to formally challenge Obama’s eligibility. And there is even a report, so far insufficiently substantiated for my taste, that Rep. Ron Paul may challenge Obama’s constitutional eligibility on the floor on Congress. We shall see. In any case, one Senator and one Representative are needed to properly contest the election and to lay the matter before SCOTUS.
Since legal challenges and single-minded investigations on the matter of Obama’s eligibility will continue to plague Obama well after Congress certifies the election results on January 8th, it seems only a matter of time before a critical mass is reached and a constitutional crisis envelops us all. On top of an economic meltdown, gargantuan bailouts and trilliion dollar spending programs, I hope America can at least be spared a constitutional upheaval as well.
In my humble opinion, I am honestly unconvinced that this matter will be handled objectively, responsibly, judiciously and in keeping with the Constitution. Why? Because, for the most part, “we the people” are asleep at the helm of state.
Many Constitutional scholars, both liberal and conservative alike, continue to persuasively and soberly assert that Obama, born of an alien father of UK citizenship, is not, as intended by the Constitution, a “natural born citizen” and, thus, per Article I, Sec 2 of the Constitution, is, by intent of the Framers, ineligible to assume the office of Commander-in-Chief. Of course, only SCOTUS can properly resolve any disputes regarding this assertion once and for all.
Aggravating the eligibility question is the awful possibility of Obama’s having been born in Kenya–outside the jurisdiction of the United States altogether. If true, then in accordance with prevailing law, Obama’s mother was too young when Obama was born to confer American citizenship upon him. If this is the case, Obama would be unquestionably ineligible for the office of the President. Even if most loosely interpreted, on constitutional grounds no one could reasonably defend his eligibility if this were the case. In effect, he would be a “usurper”, a “Celebrity-in-Chief”, and nothing more.
Most disturbing to me, Obama’s powerful legal team continues to stonewall any attempts to procure Obama’s birth certificate in Hawaii which would clarify the matter of his citizenship once and for all. To me, and absent any evidence to the contrary, this surreptitiousness on the part of the Obama Team suggests a foreign birth which, if true, would, as said, constitute a death blow to any claims of Presidential eligibility.
As you may recall, all that has been allowed the light of day is a Certificate of Live Birth (COLB) which is not only short on information, but which, at the time, could just as easily have been issued on behalf of persons born outside the United States. A notice of birth in a Hawaiian newspaper is even less informative, since a birth occurring outside Hawaii could have easily been published in the paper.
Though it appears that many objective and well-intentioned Constitutional scholars already believe that BHO is not a natural born citizen of the US and, is, therefore, ineligible for the office of POTUS, a foreign birth would render Obama absolutely, incontrovertibly ineligible. And, his being a Constitutional professor, Obama would surely know that.
Did you also know that since mid-December 2008 the Kenyan Government has reportedly imposed a “gag order” on Obama’s extended family in Kogelo, Kenya? I am double-checking the accuracy of that report, but from what I’ve seen already, it appears to be true. And, if true, why?
Why won’t Obama release his vaulted birth certificate in Hawaii and end this mystery? Why?
The manner in which the Obama Team has handled this matter is wholly irresponsible and suspect; and their arrogance has been very deeply troubling. Such does not bode well for the sanctity of American Constitutional law.
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