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Supreme Court turns down case about Obama's citizenship

"The Supreme Court has turned down an emergency appeal from a New Jersey man who says President-elect Barack Obama is ineligible to be president because he was a British subject at birth," the Associated Press writes. It adds that:

The court did not comment on its order Monday rejecting the call by Leo Donofrio of East Brunswick, N.J., to intervene in the presidential election. Donofrio says that since Obama had dual nationality at birth -- his mother was American and his Kenyan father at the time was a British subject -- he cannot possibly be a "natural born citizen," one of the requirements the Constitution lists for eligibility to be president.
For background on the case, which the court was not expected to take up, go here.

Posted by Mark Memmott at 10:17 AM/ET, December 08, 2008 in Election law, Obama administration
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This was expected, and is expected for any other such case that reaches the Supreme Court.

Originally Posted by BetsyRoss

This was expected, and is expected for any other such case that reaches the Supreme Court.

Yes, no surprise.

They will continue to sweep it under the rug until it "goes away."

I figured this would happen. No one cares about the U.S. Constitution anymore. This country is going to crumble under the Obama administration.

Supreme Court justices will discuss challenge to Obama's citizenship Friday

Though it writes that the legal action has "little chance of succeeding," the Chicago Tribune notes that Supreme Court justices will sit down tomorrow to "take up a lawsuit challenging President-elect Barack Obama's U.S. citizenship."

At issue is the contention of some Obama opponents that he either wasn't born a U.S. citizen or that at one point as a child he gave up his citizenship. The arguments have been dismissed by lower courts and well as by Obama and his aides.

The nonpartisan FactCheck.org reported earlier this year that its researchers "have now seen, touched, examined and photographed the original birth certificate. We conclude that it meets all of the requirements from the State Department for proving U.S. citizenship."

Another nonpartisan fact-checking outfit, PolitiFact.com, reached the same conclusion.

Justice Clarence Thomas submitted the case, Donofrio v. Wells, for the court's consideration.

Posted by Mark Memmott at 01:58 PM/ET, December 04, 2008 in Election law

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That was last Friday.

Originally Posted by BetsyRoss

This was expected, and is expected for any other such case that reaches the Supreme Court.

This is actually a plus for us as it relates to the anchor baby scam.

The Supremes would not hear Donofrio because he is asking them to overturn current US law which states that Obama IS a natural born citizen due to being born in Hawaii to a US Citizen. The Supremes are basically saying Congress can define who is a natural born citizen. Which means if Congress passes a law saying children born to illegal aliens ARE NOT natural born citizens, it should pass Constitutional muster and the Supreme Court would not overturn it and actually should not even hear it just like in this case.

Supreme Court Not Considering Obama's Birth Certificate Case

By Michael Kraskin
Dec 5th 2008 8:48AM
Filed Under:eBarack Obama, Breaking News, Supreme Court

Today is the day that all the Barack Obama birth certificate conspiracy theorists--or "birthers," as they're known in some circles*--have been waiting for. Yes, at long last, it's Birth Certificate Day at the Supreme Court! Time for the highest court in the land to settle this dispute once and all.

Or so the "birthers" would like to believe.

They're a tad mistaken, though. That's because the authenticity question over of Obama's birthplace document has all ready been put to rest innumerable times.

No, the question before the court today is not whether Obama was born in the U.S., it's whether that birth makes him a natural born citizen. The argument brought by Leo Donofrio goes like this:

"Don't be distracted by the birth certificate and Indonesia issues. They are irrelevant to Senator Obama's ineligibility to be President. Since Barack Obama's father was a Citizen of Kenya and therefore subject to the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom at the time of Senator Obama's birth, then Senator Obama was a British Citizen 'at birth', just like the Framers of the Constitution, and therefore, even if he were to produce an original birth certificate proving he were born on US soil, he still wouldn't be eligible to be President.

The Framers of the Constitution, at the time of their birth, were also British Citizens and that's why the Framers declared that, while they were Citizens of the United States, they themselves were not "natural born Citizens".

Got it? The argument is that even if he was born in the U.S., his daddy was an immigrant, so he can't be president. Donofrio in fact "concedes Mr. Obama was born in Hawaii."

Also, the Supreme Court isn't hearing the case, they are deciding whether to hear the case.

So, sorry birthers, no closure for you today.

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Nowhere in the Constitution is the term natural born citizen defined. It is up to Congress to pass laws defining who is or is not a natural born citizen. After that the Courts can then review it to see if it is Constitutional. You can be both a natural born citizen and a citizen of some other country at the same time. There are no laws prohibiting that.

Our Court system has Failed the people that they have sworn to protect! What has happened to our country? LIES!!!! ALL LIES!!!!!