Appeals court hears Obama birthplace arguments

May 2nd, 2011, 2:57 pm
Martin Wisckol, Politics reporter

President Barack Obama‘s release of his long-form birth certificate last week has done little to quell the challenges, as birthplace skeptics showed when they argued today before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena.

But the three-judge panel produced a steady stream of questions over why it should even consider the issue.

Laguna Niguel lawyer Orly Taitz told the panel about alleged birth certificate forgery, Obama’s alleged false Social Security number, and the allegedly corrupt judge that dismissed her case now under appeal.

“It was an outrage,â€