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The Volokh Conspiracy —
The Chicago Tribune has a story, via Howard, arguing that the Internet is helping to keep alive the very silly rumors that Obama's birth certificate has been forged and that he is ineligible for the presidency: This is a different army at work, in an environment increasingly influenced by the Internet. "It's only being mentioned by a relative few, by the real die-hard, anti-Obama crowd," said Michael Harrison, editor and publisher of Talkers magazine, the trade bible of the talk-radio industry. "On mainstream talk radio, it's not a big deal right now. I think it's run its ...
ODS Setback
QandO —
The sufferers of Obama Derangement Syndrome were dealt a setback by the Supreme Court this morning. The Supreme Court has turned down an emergency appeal from a New Jersey man who says President-elect Barack Obama is ineligible to be president because he was a British subject at birth. The court did not comment on its order Monday rejecting the call by Leo Donofrio of East Brunswick, N.J., to intervene in the presidential election. Donofrio says that since Obama had dual nationality at birth — his mother was American and his ...
Supreme Court Rejects Appeal Over Obama's Citizenship
The Caucus —
... Times, noted that none other than Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was circulating Mr. Donofrio’s appeal for consideration among the members of the highest court. And because the state of Hawaii would not release the original birth certificate — birth certificates aren’t public record there (released only to the family) — various sites have pondered the veracity of the document published by the Obama campaign, even as the state’s officials themselves have declared it valid. The Chicago Tribune has also followed the rumor mill relentlessly. And PolitiFact, one of the ...
To Every Thing There Is a Season
The Corner on National Review Online —
... on the home page stomping on the ridiculous, bitter-ender efforts to disqualify Obama from the presidency illustrates what might be an amendment to Ecclesiastes: there is a time to bomb-throw and a time to refrain from bomb-throwing. Bravo to David for being out front on this. The Supreme Court this morning refused to hear the case challenging Obama's eligibility. This is good, on the one hand, given how loony this whole thing is (the plaintiff asserted that McCain wasn't eligible to be president either at that would leave who, Nader?). On the other hand, this issue has ...
Forget the Birth Certificate, Get the Campaign Donor Records
The Sundries Shack —
Can we finally put the Obama Birth Certificate thing to rest now ? The Supreme Court has turned down an emergency appeal from a New Jersey man who says President-elect Barack Obama is ineligible to be president because he was a British subject at birth. The court did not comment on its order Monday rejecting the call by Leo Donofrio of East Brunswick, N.J., to intervene in the presidential election. Donofrio says 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 ...
Obama, One More Time
The Republic of T. —
... , not to mention two trips to the Supreme Court over the matter. The, um, “true believers” no doubt wouldn’t have let that one go. ...
Obama's Wikipedia Page Lacks References to Ayers, Birth Certificate
Politics Daily —
... [Numerous lawsuits have been filed petitioning Obama to release his birth certificate, but most suits have been thrown out by the courts. [3] ...
