Obama Lawsuit: Citizen or Not? - Update

The lawsuit I wrote about in August that was filed by Philip J. Berg has been dismissed. The reason for the dismissal was primarily that Berg did not have "Standing" as a voter to challenge the eligibility of a presidential candidate. Berg is appealing to the Supreme Court of the United States. With just one week left before the election, the question of Obama's citizenship is spreading fast, but it has still not hit the main stream media as of 10/28/2008.

This does not change the possibility that Obama in ineligible to run for president. The constitution requires that a candidate be a natural born citizen. If it turns out that he was not born in Hawaii, he would be ineligible. If it turns out that his stepfather adopted him, and Obama became a citizen of Indonesia, he lost forever his natural born status. There is some documentation that Obama has that could clear this up, but Obama still refuses to release it.

In the meantime, others have also brought suits to see Obama's "Vault", or long-form Birth Certificate. Andy Martin, a Chicago Muckraker, flew to Hawaii to attempt to see it, and was denied a hearing by the Circuit Court until November 7^th. Another writer, Jerome Corsi, arrived in Hawaii to view the same birth certificate, but has not succeeded.

According to a WorldNetDaily story, the Governor of Hawaii, Linda Lingle, had Obama's birth certificate sealed. The governor of Hawaii is a republican. She has instructions that no one from the press may view it, only Obama and his immediate family.

You have to wonder just what could Obama be trying to hide. McCain was asked about the circumstances of his birth, and he immediately provided all necessary documents. McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone, which was US Territory at the time of his birth, and both his parents were US Citizens, one being a Navy Admiral.

It should be interesting to see how all this unfolds. There is a provision in the constitution to eliminate ineligible candidates, but not until the electors actually vote in January.

If Obama wins, and it is determined that he was never constitutionally eligible sometime after his inauguration, it opens up many questions. How do you remove a sitting president? What becomes of all the bills he signed into law? How do we prevent something like this from happening in the future?

Let us all hope it does not come down to that.