Little-Acorn
12-15-2008, 05:16 PM
They're knocking them down regularly now. Still about a dozen to go.
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Supreme Court refuses 2nd challenge to eligibility
Case alleges dual citizenship disqualifies Obama for office
Posted: December 15, 2008
11:45 am Eastern
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a second challenge to the presidency of Barack Obama, announcing today it denied an application for a stay or an injunction in a case from Connecticut.
The case brought by Cort Wrotnowski had been distributed for review by the court and apparently was considered during a conference of the justices Friday.
It met the same fate as an earlier case brought by Leo Donofrio and essentially challenged Obama on the same issue: allegations that dual citizenship based on a father who was a British subject and a mother who was an American minor disqualified him for office under the U.S. Constitution's requirement that presidents be "natural born" citizens.
As is its custom, the Supreme Court made no comment other than to post its decision.
The latest case, Wrotnowski vs. Susan Bysiewicz, the Connecticut secretary of state, was turned down at the state level and rejected by Justice Ruth Ginsburg Nov. 26. It was submitted to Justice Antonin Scalia, and there was no word on its fate for about 10 days. The case then was scheduled for Friday's conference, a meeting at which justices consider which cases to accept.
The court last week also turned down a request to stop the Electoral College today from selecting the 44th president until Obama documents his eligibility for the office under the Constitution's requirement that presidents must be "natural born" citizens.
The action came in a case brought to the high court by Philip J. Berg, who also alleges Obama is ineligible to be president.
Berg had asked the court for an injunction to stay the Electoral College votes and prohibit Vice President Dick Cheney, the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate from counting any votes until the demanded proof arrives.
The injunction was sought while Berg awaits the court's determination on whether it will hear his writ of certiorari requesting review of a dismissal of his case in U.S. District Court in eastern Pennsylvania.
As WND has reported, more than a dozen lawsuits have been filed over Obama's eligibility to assume the office of the president, many have been dismissed, while others remain pending.
The cases have, in various ways, alleged Obama does not meet the "natural born citizen" clause of the U.S. Constitution, Article 2, Section 1, which reads, "No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President."
Some of the legal challenges have alleged that Obama was not born in Hawaii, as he insists, but in Kenya. Obama's American mother, the suits contend, was too young at the time of his birth to confer American citizenship to her son under the law at the time.
Other challenges have focused on Obama's citizenship through his father, a Kenyan subject to the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom at the time of his birth, thus making him a dual citizen. Such cases contend the framers of the Constitution excluded dual citizens from qualifying as natural born.
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http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=83693
Supreme Court refuses 2nd challenge to eligibility
Case alleges dual citizenship disqualifies Obama for office
Posted: December 15, 2008
11:45 am Eastern
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a second challenge to the presidency of Barack Obama, announcing today it denied an application for a stay or an injunction in a case from Connecticut.
The case brought by Cort Wrotnowski had been distributed for review by the court and apparently was considered during a conference of the justices Friday.
It met the same fate as an earlier case brought by Leo Donofrio and essentially challenged Obama on the same issue: allegations that dual citizenship based on a father who was a British subject and a mother who was an American minor disqualified him for office under the U.S. Constitution's requirement that presidents be "natural born" citizens.
As is its custom, the Supreme Court made no comment other than to post its decision.
The latest case, Wrotnowski vs. Susan Bysiewicz, the Connecticut secretary of state, was turned down at the state level and rejected by Justice Ruth Ginsburg Nov. 26. It was submitted to Justice Antonin Scalia, and there was no word on its fate for about 10 days. The case then was scheduled for Friday's conference, a meeting at which justices consider which cases to accept.
The court last week also turned down a request to stop the Electoral College today from selecting the 44th president until Obama documents his eligibility for the office under the Constitution's requirement that presidents must be "natural born" citizens.
The action came in a case brought to the high court by Philip J. Berg, who also alleges Obama is ineligible to be president.
Berg had asked the court for an injunction to stay the Electoral College votes and prohibit Vice President Dick Cheney, the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate from counting any votes until the demanded proof arrives.
The injunction was sought while Berg awaits the court's determination on whether it will hear his writ of certiorari requesting review of a dismissal of his case in U.S. District Court in eastern Pennsylvania.
As WND has reported, more than a dozen lawsuits have been filed over Obama's eligibility to assume the office of the president, many have been dismissed, while others remain pending.
The cases have, in various ways, alleged Obama does not meet the "natural born citizen" clause of the U.S. Constitution, Article 2, Section 1, which reads, "No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President."
Some of the legal challenges have alleged that Obama was not born in Hawaii, as he insists, but in Kenya. Obama's American mother, the suits contend, was too young at the time of his birth to confer American citizenship to her son under the law at the time.
Other challenges have focused on Obama's citizenship through his father, a Kenyan subject to the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom at the time of his birth, thus making him a dual citizen. Such cases contend the framers of the Constitution excluded dual citizens from qualifying as natural born.