What if the Supreme Court Orders Obama’s Birth Certificate Revealed?
From RightSideNews (referenced also by AmericanDaughter and TheValleyTruth), Joan Swirsky gives a very simple yet cogent explanation of what would happen if SCOTUS did grant standing to one of the cases before it and ordered a certificate to be produced:
At this point, Supreme Court Justice David Souter’s Clerk informed Philip J. Berg, the lawyer who brought the case against Obama, that his petition for an injunction to stay the November 4th election was denied, but the Clerk also required the defendants to respond to the Writ of Certiorari (which requires the concurrence of four Justices) by December 1. At that time, Mr. Obama must present to the Court an authentic birth certificate, after which Mr. Berg will respond.
If Obama fails to do that, it is sure to inspire the skepticism of the Justices, who are unaccustomed to being defied. They will have to decide what to do about a president-elect who refuses to prove his natural-born citizenship.
“I can see a unanimous Court (en banc) decertifying the election if Obama refuses to produce his birth certificate,” says Raymond S. Kraft, an attorney and writer. “They cannot do otherwise without abandoning all credibility as guardians of the Constitution. Even the most liberal justices, however loathe they may to do this, still consider themselves guardians of the Constitution. The Court is very jealous of its power – even over presidents, even over presidents-elect.”
Also remember that on December 1[5], the Electoral College meets to casts its votes. If it has been determined that Mr. Obama is an illegal alien and therefore ineligible to become President of the United States, the Electors will be duty-bound to honor the Constitution.
The above is one of the reasons why it’s helpful that there are, to date, two cases (once Mr. Donofrio resubmits) before it to consider this issue, especially in case Berg’s suit shows him lacking standing.
See also this incredible article from NoQuarter (thanks, TruthIsGold!).
-Phil
If an elector votes in favor of Obama and Obama is later revealed as an usurper….. is that elector guilty of voting for an unqualified candidate….If the answer is ‘Yes,that elector is guilty is subject to a lawsuit’ then our job is to let them know loud and clear what their options are……
Unavoidable scenario: If SCOTUS disqualifies Obama BEFORE 1/20/09 inauguration, McCain is POTUS per remaining electoral college electors; if SCOTUS disqualifies Obama after 1/20/09 inauguration, Hillary likely becomes POTUS per vote of Dem controlled House of Rep. Either way, is clear Obama will NOT be or remain POTUS.
Bruce,
As a citizen journalist (and amateur at that), I would guess that _a_ response is due, and that Obama is going to do everything he can to not show the cert (he obviously knows what this would do if, in fact, his cert is illegite in some way).
It’s all going to depend on how, exactly, Obama responds back how Berg then responds to the response.
-Phil
Phil, Do I understand this correctly, Obama’s response, which is due on Dec 1, 2008 must include a birth certificate to be responsive to the courts order? Or can he reply however he and his attorneys wish without a birth certificate? If he replies as in the later without a birth certificate may the court find that sufficient and rule against Berg?
I hope you can clarify this for me.
Thanks,
Bruce