High court turns aside another lawsuit questioning Obama citizenship

[babylonsister]

High court turns aside another lawsuit questioning Obama citizenship
By: CNN Supreme Court Producer Bill Mears
March 7th, 2011


Washington (CNN) - The Supreme Court has again rejected an appeal from a "birther" proponent questioning the citizenship of President Barack Obama.

The justices Monday turned aside without comment a request for a rehearing of various claims, after dismissing the original appeal in late January.

The long-shot petition by Gregory Hollister had called on Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan to withdraw from considering the constitutional claims, contending a conflict of interest by the president's two high court appointees.

Lower federal claims had dismissed Hollister's claims.

The justices had also dismissed earlier, unrelated lawsuits from individuals questioning Obama's citizenship. State birth certificate records show he was born August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. His mother is a native of Kansas; his father was born in Kenya.

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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/07/supreme-court-rejects-appeal-from-birther-advocate/

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. A "comment" might be helpful.

:think:


It is "their" Court, after all.

[babylonsister]

3. Maybe they figured this suit wasn't worthy of comment; guess they

could have said that.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. O's b-certificate not worthy of comment.

Chimp declared winner is a one-timer, though.

"Odd."

[babylonsister]

5. They've filed so many suits to no avail, maybe the court is

just yawning.

As for your chimp remark, no comprende.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

6. Chimp remark= Unprecedented

The point: They could have yawned then, too.

[babylonsister]

7. That might have been important enough to explain their votes.

Not that I will ever agree with the final judgment. This, not so much.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

10. They both go to legitimacy.

:shrug:

[jberryhill]

14. The issue on appeal had nothing to do with Obama's legitimacy

The case was kicked out of the district court for the monumentally idiotic claim that "military duty" qualifies as a thing held in trust for the purpose of an interpleader action.

[jberryhill]

13. There are over 8000 petitions for certiori filed with the Court every year

The vast and overwhelming majority of them are denied without comment.

It's not as if the substance of most of them is given more than a glance.

The issue in this case, was not even Obama's citizenship status.

It was filed as an interpleader action, which is a type of action that might be filed by, say, a bank, in the event there are two parties both claiming that the bank is holding something that belongs to each of them. This is a specific type of action that can be filed by a party holding such funds or property, in order to have a court assign it to one or the other, so that the bank doesn't have to decide.

In this action, a retired AF officer was claiming that he was subject to recall to active duty, and in that hypothetical event, he would not know whether to assign his "duty" to Obama or to Biden.

First off, "military duty" is not even a type of property which is proper subject matter for an interpleader action, which is why this case was booted from the district court with a reprimand to the attorney who brought it. Likewise the appeals court booted this thing, and the attorney's appeal of the reprimand he was given.

The case - regardless of where Obama was born or his citizenship status - was frivolous from day one, and the issue on appeal had nothing to do with where Obama was born or who his parents were.

Nobody has time to explain to the idiot who filed it what is wrong with his case. It has been explained to him twice now, and he still doesn't understand it.

The only purpose for filing the appeals was to keep the fundraising machine going for the knuckle-dragging idjits who pay the hucksters who file these things.

[opihimoimoi]

2. When ya got nothing, ya tend to clutch at straws.. Birthers Hatred for Obama fosters abject Delusion

[ClarkUSA]

11. Hatred for Obama fosters abject Delusion, period.

[bigwillq]

8. Time for a law

that states no person shall file another suit on this matter. :)

[babylonsister]

9. AMEN! nt

[demosincebirth]

12. What a waste... money that could have gone to a useful cause.

[davidpdx]

15. I really wish there was better news, but they will keep persisting on this

There is money for everyone involved I'd bet as the suits are probably being funded by Koch brothers or someone like them.

[rasputin1952]

16. Dear Lord, these people have crossed from the lame to the insane...

This has gone to obsession and that is never a good place to be standing.

These people are lunatics, it would be funny if they weren't so dead set on this particular item.