And the birthers just refuse to go away. Ever since President Obama embarrassed the hell out of birther king Donald Trump by releasing his long form birth certificate, birthers have been desperate to keep their claims alive and have filed lawsuits across the country to have the President removed from the ballot in 2012. All of these filings have failed, that is until now.
A judge in Atlanta, Georgia has ordered President Obama to show up at a hearing concerning a complaint filed by a citizen of the state who contends that Mr. Obama is not a natural-born citizen and therefore should be removed from the ballot in the Georgia Presidential primary.
On Friday, Deputy Chief Judge Michael Malihi denied a motion for dismissal of a subpoena that requires the President to attend. The hearing is set for Thursday.
This is clearly a frivolous lawsuit brought by a racist fool who happened to find an equally racist judge. The President was born in Hawaii and he has released his short form and long from birth certificates. President Obama has better things to do than appear before a hack judge in the hack state of Georgia, like finding and killing terrorists and fixing the economy. That being said, President Obama should appear, bring his birth certificates and any other documentation he can find, win the case, and then sue the person who filed this lawsuit. This racist hick should be forced to pay all the legal fees, attorney’s fees, and should be forced to repay the taxpayers all the money it takes for the President to fly on Air Force One with a security detail to Georgia, not to mention all of the security precautions necessary to protect the President en route to the courthouse and inside the courtroom. That’s going to cost a LOT. And if this moron refuses to pay up, the IRS should garnish his wages and seize his belongings, property, etc. That’s the only way to deter other racist birthers from continuing to file lawsuits. More on this story as it develops.
No, there’s nothing that could drop me to the level of the birthers, particulary in S. Carolina or Georgia.
The mind boggling stupidity of southern Republicans is a never ending source of horror and amazement.
Since PRESIDENT Obama was born to an American mother who had lived 7 of her previous 14 years within the United States, he could have been born on frelling MARS and still be a natural-born American citizen. This racist birther crap is exactly that: RACIST CRAP. This judge should tread very, very carefully. I don’t expect him to. I actually, depressingly, expect him to use racist epithets to refer to the man whom he should be calling Mr. President.
I expect, however, that Eric Holder will inform this judge that malicious prosecution is a criminal offense, and that this lawsuit is utterly without merit. The President has put up with more abuse from both his enemies (expected) and his supposed supporters than any President in history.
It doesn’t matter if the President was born on MARS. His mother was an American citizen. He is a natural born American citizen who has all the rights and privileges conferred thereunto, INCLUDING election to the highest office in the country.
And he deserves FAR more respect than many people have deigned to give him.
I guess you had better stick to your day job. You will never make it as a lawyer with your knowledge of the law. If Obama wasn’t actually born on US soil, Stanley Dunham hadn’t reached the age of 18 and according to the law at the time couldn’t grant the right to citizenship merely by giving birth.
If you are certain of the ‘natural born’ clause, which court has confirmed you position? There hasn’t been one.
Is it even possible for a very small court to put the POTUS on trial? If so, I wish it had been done to baby Bush.
THis is the silliest waste of time and money. I’m wondering what made the republican party go so insane. Their hatred seems to know no bounds. Even John Dean (a republican higher up) feels like his party got hijacked.
I am so mad that we have such immoral people in the house and senate. I know a lot of this goes back at least as far as Reagan. THis year they became brazen about it.
From my IANAL perspective, it appears that there’s no authority in an administrative judgeship in Georgia (which this is) to subpoena the President. This is a racist power play, pure and simple, and the President would do well not to respond in any way.
This is what happens when weak sperm are allowed to connect. I’d say more but I’m trying to be somewhat decent here.
Are Southerners stupid because they’re ugly? Or are they ugly because they’re stupid?
Yes.
Stereotyping like this drops you to the same level as the birthers. Beauty has nothing to do with geographic residence. And apparently neither does intelligence.
NewAmericaNow – Remember how Government structure works. The only tool the President actually has is the veto and the executive order.
Yet I read about how Obama has spent all this money. False. Congress did. How Obama wrote NDAA. False – Congress did. Patriot Act? Congress. And why did the Patriot Act and NDAA get passed? Because Congress made sure to tie the funding of the military (an absolute necessity) to these rights violations. If Obama vetos it they chastise him for not funding the military and putting America in danger. If he doesn’t he’s chastised for giving away our rights. Congress is the direct reason why the economy is stuck in neutral, the reason why jobs are not being created and the reason we’re seeing laws passed allowing us to eat horse meat, not eat fetuses and attempting to force creationism in the schools -but not a single bill to help anyone but the wealthy. Obama has kept the economy from collapsing, saved the auto industry, jobs are being created, stock market stabilized, ending of two wars. He accomplished this with the GOP blocking every single thing he’s tried to do and he still managed to make things better.
We would have our hope and change had the GOP not blocked it. I don’t agree with everything he does – NDAA, Patriot Act and Bush Tax cuts extension – but it’s a far cry from the 8 year downhill slope Bush and the GOP had us on.