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Supreme Court Declines to Hear Obama Nationality Case
By Robert Barnes The Supreme Court this morning unceremoniously declined to hear an emergency appeal from a man who claimed President-elect Barack Obama is not qualified for the presidency because he is not a "natural-born" citizen. The court without comment declined to hear "Donofrio v. Wells," ...
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Breaking: Supreme Court declines to hear Obama birth certificate challenge
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US Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Obama Birth Certificate Conspiracy Case
A Blog For All — ... , isn't going to succeed where this one failed. Of course, it too will be rolled into the conspiracy that Barack Obama is somehow not a US citizen. Just you watch. UPDATE: The Washington Post claims that right wing blogs were hot to these kinds of claims and that they were outraged when Donofrio's claims were rejected by Souter: Right-wing blogs were outraged when Justice David H. Souter denied Donofrio's petition for an injunction, and left-wing blogs smelled trouble when Justice Clarence Thomas referred the matter to the full court for consideration. ...

Breaking: Supreme Court declines to hear Obama birth certificate challenge
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... that might have been had the Court taken the case. If anything good comes of this, it’ll be Congress and the states revisiting the “natural born” qualification, which must surely be the single dumbest operative clause in the Constitution. Exit question for WaPo , which helpfully informs its readers that “right-wing blogs were outraged” when Souter turned down Donofrio’s petition originally: Care to name one?

High court turns down Obama eligibility case
Political Animal — ... Kenyan father at the time was a British subject -- he cannot possibly be a "natural born citizen," one of the requirements the Constitution lists for eligibility to be president. 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. How non-partisan of him. So, it's all over? Donofrio's case is, but, alas, he's not the only one pursuing the issue. Robert Barnes notes that there are two related cases filed at the Supreme Court -- neither of ...

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Comments from Left Field — ... 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 born citizen,” one of the requirements the Constitution lists for eligibility to be president. But don’t get too comfortable just yet, kids: There are two other cases ...

Berth, Sir Tifficutt?
The Democratic Daily — ... Supreme Court Declines to Hear Obama Nationality Case — The Supreme Court this morning unceremoniously declined to hear an emergency appeal from a man who claimed President-elect Barack Obama is not qualified for the presidency because he is not a “natural-born” citizen… ...

scotus refuses to consider nutjobs
skippy the bush kangaroo — ... so, it's all over? donofrio's case is, but, alas, he's not the only one pursuing the issue. robert barnes notes that there are two related cases filed at the supreme court -- neither of which have been considered by the justices -- in addition to many more suits in the lower courts on the same issue. the "most celebrated" of the suits was filed by philip j. berg of lafayette hill, pa., who continues to insist that obama was born in kenya, and might possibly be a citizen of indonesia. ...

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Gates of Vienna — ... Supreme Court Declines to Hear Obama Nationality Case The Supreme Court this morning unceremoniously declined to hear an emergency appeal from a man who claimed President-elect Barack Obama is not qualified for the presidency because he is not a “natural-born” citizen. The court without comment declined to hear “Donofrio v. Wells,” a suit that had attempted to keep Obama off the New Jersey ballot. Leo Donofrio of East Brunswick had claimed Obama had dual nationality at birth, because of his Kansas-born ...

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