Nov 26, 2008

Taking Obama birth challenge to high court

There have been several lawsuits claiming that Barack Obama (pictured) is not a natural born citizen of the United States. They were quickly dispensed with by local courts. However, two challengers have pursued their cases to the Supreme Court.

When the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court meet on Dec. 5th, in their regular private conference to decide which cases to hear, two lawsuits that have captivated a segment of the blogosphere will be up for discussion.

One suit is by Pennsylvania lawyer Philip Berg and the other by New Jersey lawyer Leo Donofrio. Both challenge the validity of Obama’s claim that he is a natural born United States citizen.

The justices are unlikely to take up these cases for a host of reasons, not the least of which is the invitation to overturn the results of an election in which more than 66 million Americans voted for Obama.

The article also says:

An equally high hurdle is the issue of whether Berg or Donofrio have the legal right to sue claiming a violation of the Constitution.

Actually, a higher hurdle is whether Barack Obama has the legal right to violate the Constitution if he is not a natural born citizen.

We wonder why MSNBC is reporting this. After all, MSNBC was quite vocal in their support for Obama all during the campaign by some of their top personalities such as Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews.

Conventional wisdom would say MSNBC would ignore these lawsuits just as they have any other negative reports involving their chosen candidate.

Perhaps this is an attempt by MSNBC give the Supreme Court an excuse to turn down both cases.

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