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Vermont Supreme Court Hears Case Challenging Legality Of Obama's Run For Re-Election
Birther Report
4/24/2013
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Vt. Supreme Court hears case challenging legality of Barack Obama's run for re-election
Former Republican U.S. Senate hopeful brings case saying Obama is not a 'natural born citizen' because of father's citizenship
By Sam Hemingway @ Burlington Free Press
President Barack Obama may be the “de facto” president of the United States, but that doesn’t mean he was elected legally, a former Republican U.S. Senate hopeful told the Vermont Supreme Court on Tuesday.
H. Brooke Paige, appearing without a lawyer before the state’s highest court, said Obama does not meet what the framers of the U.S. Constitution meant when they decreed that a person holding the presidency must be a “natural born citizen.”
Paige has contended historical papers that the framers relied on at the time the Constitution was written indicated a natural-born citizen was someone who was born of parents who were both American citizens. Obama’s father, now deceased, was a citizen of Kenya.
The argument was rejected by Washington Superior Court Judge Robert Bent in a ruling in November. Bent, in a seven-page decision, said Paige had no real proof to support his definition of the term natural-born citizen.
Paige, of the town of Washington, appealed to decision to the high court. At Tuesday’s hearing he told the justices he was not challenging Obama’s citizenship, as the so-called “birthers” group has contended.
“Don’t pay any attention to them,” he told the justices. “The birther argument is just a sheer flight of fancy.”
Obama, who was named in Paige’s original lawsuit, was not represented at Tuesday’s hearing. Paige said he was unable to get anyone to successfully serve Obama with his lawsuit, a predicament Justice John Dooley said concerned him. [...]
CONTINUED HERE: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/a...or-re-election
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Birther Report
4/24/2013
Excerpt:
Vt. Supreme Court hears case challenging legality of Barack Obama's run for re-election
Former Republican U.S. Senate hopeful brings case saying Obama is not a 'natural born citizen' because of father's citizenship
By Sam Hemingway @ Burlington Free Press
President Barack Obama may be the “de facto” president of the United States, but that doesn’t mean he was elected legally, a former Republican U.S. Senate hopeful told the Vermont Supreme Court on Tuesday.
H. Brooke Paige, appearing without a lawyer before the state’s highest court, said Obama does not meet what the framers of the U.S. Constitution meant when they decreed that a person holding the presidency must be a “natural born citizen.”
Paige has contended historical papers that the framers relied on at the time the Constitution was written indicated a natural-born citizen was someone who was born of parents who were both American citizens. Obama’s father, now deceased, was a citizen of Kenya.
The argument was rejected by Washington Superior Court Judge Robert Bent in a ruling in November. Bent, in a seven-page decision, said Paige had no real proof to support his definition of the term natural-born citizen.
Paige, of the town of Washington, appealed to decision to the high court. At Tuesday’s hearing he told the justices he was not challenging Obama’s citizenship, as the so-called “birthers” group has contended.
“Don’t pay any attention to them,” he told the justices. “The birther argument is just a sheer flight of fancy.”
Obama, who was named in Paige’s original lawsuit, was not represented at Tuesday’s hearing. Paige said he was unable to get anyone to successfully serve Obama with his lawsuit, a predicament Justice John Dooley said concerned him. [...]
CONTINUED HERE: http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/a...or-re-election
View the complete Birther Report presentation at:
http://obamareleaseyourrecords.blogs...ears-case.html