A case that has plagued President-elect Obama just won't go away...,"Where was he born?"
This case was originally filed requesting that Obama prove his "natural-born" citizenship. According to the Constitution, the President of these United States must be a "natural-born" citizen and not a naturalized citizen or a citizen who derived citizenship from his/her parents.
The case asks for Obama to just simply produce a birth certificate proving that he is a "natural-born" citizen. And in so doing this would qualify him for the office of President. However, Obama has refused to so, and instead has produced a certificate of live birth (which is not proof of natural-born citizenship).
At one time the case was considered invalid since average citizens could not bring up such questions concerning a candidate's origin of birth. The case had been submitted to Justice David Souter, who rejected it. The case then was resubmitted to Justice Clarence Thomas. The next line on the court's docket says: "DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 5, 2008."
The biggest question is why Obama, if a Hawaii birth certificate exists as his campaign has stated, simply hasn't ordered it made available to settle the rumors.
The governor's office in Hawaii said there is a valid certificate but rejected requests for access and left ambiguous its origin: Does the certificate on file with the Department of Health indicate a Hawaii birth or was it generated after the Obama family registered a Kenyan birth in Hawaii?
Imagine if an average citizen declined to provide such information, this would automatically disqualify them from employment or to hold any security clearance.
There is simply not enough that we know about this man who has been elected President of the United States.
Former presidential candidate Alan Keyes and others filed a court petition in California asking the secretary of state to refuse to allow the state's 55 Electoral College votes to be cast in the 2008 presidential election until Obama verifies his eligibility to hold the office.
"Should Senator Obama be discovered, after he takes office, to be ineligible for the Office of President of the United States of America and, thereby, his election declared void, Petitioners, as well as other Americans, will suffer irreparable harm in that (a) usurper will be sitting as the President of the United States, and none of the treaties, laws, or executive orders signed by him will be valid or legal," the action challenges.
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