Re: "Show me the ruling and I will believe you. Ruling are a matter of public record."
No problem, Peter!
(But, as you should ALREADY know, the word 'ruling' is incorrect for this instance. You get court rulings only when the Court first formally ACCEPTS a case... then considers and issues a RULING deciding the case.)
In THIS SPECIFIC INSTANCE what the Court did was hold a formal VOTE as to whether to ACCEPT the CASE for the Court's docket, or not to.
And, as you should already know... the COURT VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO *NOT* ACCEPT THE CASE FOR FORMAL ARGUMENTS.
They rejected the filing.
Which is EXACTLY WHAT I SAID!
(I never used the word 'ruling'. YOU just dragged that word in with your question but it is not appropriate and I never used it....)
You can't have a "ruling" until and unless the case is ACCEPTED for the docket FIRST. <GGG>
As you can see, what I said was this:
"All I know is that the Supreme court *unanimously* rejected the cases... the cases that claimed McCain was ineligible, the cases that claimed Obama was ineligible, and the cases that claimed that *both* were constitutionally ineligible.
So... since conspiracy theorists and wingnuts of various stripes are NOT YET represented on the highest court in the land, I reckon that's it.
Move on... nothing to see here... except for the 'aluminum foil beanie' wearers.... :-)
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Here is a news item about the FIRST CASE to be dismissed by the U.S. Supreme Court, (however, since this article came out, so far EACH and EVERY CASE that has made it's way to the Supreme Court has been *REJECTED* by unanimous vote of the Supreme Court's Justices.):
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Obama Nationality Case
By Robert Barnes
voices.washingtonpost.com
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 mother and his Kenyan-born father, who was a British subject at the time.
Just to be nonpartisan about it, Donofrio also contended that Republican Sen. John McCain (Ariz.) and Socialist Workers candidate Roger Calero also were not natural-born citizens and should have been kept off the ballot.
The case had little chance at the high court, but became the subject of a tremendous amount of speculation and debate on ideological political blogs.
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.
In fact, both were routine procedures, as the court's action today shows. There were no recorded dissents to the decision dismissing the case.
This hardly means the lawsuits are over. There are two other cases at the Supreme Court, neither of which has been scheduled for consideration. The most celebrated is filed by Philip J. Berg of Lafayette Hill, Pa. There are others still at lower court levels.
Berg argues that Obama was born in Kenya, not Hawaii as Obama has said and Hawaii officials confirm. Alternately, Berg argues that Obama may have renounced his citizenship as a boy in Indonesia, where he lived for a time with his mother and stepfather.
Those supporting Berg do not believe a birth certificate Obama's campaign has produced.
Factcheck.org has done an independent investigation of the controversy.
"FactCheck.org staffers have now seen, touched, examined and photographed the original birth certificate," the group writes. "We conclude that it meets all of the requirements from the State Department for proving U.S. citizenship.... Obama was born in the U.S.A. just as he has always said."
Posted at 10:39 AM ET on Dec 8, 2008 |
