Wow! Very quiet in this thread. On Dec 8, 12:25�pm, wncs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can we move on now? > **** > Obama Citizenship Challenge Goes Nowhere > The US Supreme Court cleared the way this morning for Barack Obama to > take the oath of office on Jan. 20, refusing to take a case that > challenged whether Obama was eligible to be president. > > The case, pushed by anti-Obama bloggers and others, argued that Obama > is not a natural-born citizen -- and thus is not eligible to be > president. The critics pushed the case though Hawaii officials > definitively concluded that Obama's birth certificate was genuine. > > As usual, the high court did not offer an explanation in declining to > hear the case. > > The Associated Press reports that the court action came from one Leo > Donofrio of East Brunswick, N.J., who argues 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. Donofrio also contends that two other candidates, > Republican John McCain and Socialist Workers candidate Roger Calero, > also are not natural-born citizens and thus ineligible to be > president. > > The AP says at least one other appeal over Obama's citizenship remains > at the court. Philip J. Berg of Lafayette Hill, Pa., argues that Obama > was born in Kenya, or may be a citizen of Indonesia, where he lived as > a boy. Federal courts in Pennsylvania have dismissed Berg's lawsuit. > Federal courts in Ohio and Washington state have rejected similar > lawsuits. > > http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/12/oba... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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