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Originally Posted by Irish Rover
Sorry to jump into this so late, but I need to ask a question. Is the Supreme Court really asking for a copy of Obama's birth certificate? I hope it's true, but isn't the horse out of the barn on this one? Thanks SteveZ for interesting post.
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No, SCOTUS is not asking for anything, and won't. All that happens on December 5th is the nine justices meet in private conference to discuss cases they each have nominated for them to review. If the case gets 4 YEAs, then it is calendared. After that, it is the responsibility of the parties to present their cases. SCOTUS rules only on the past record and the briefs/arguments before it. SCOTUS is not acting as a trial court and has no investigative powers. SCOTUS won't issue any subpoenas for documents or witnesses.
And again, Mr. Obama is only one part of the case. The original filing concerned itself with challenges to the eligibility of three specific persons the NJ election commission allowed on the NJ ballot: Mr. Obama, Mr. McCain and Roger Calero. The latter was listed on the NJ ballot as the Socialist Workers Party candidate and was born in Nicaragua.
I was able to find a copy of the filing to SCOTUS. if you want to see what SCOTUS has to deal with, go to:
http://www.geocities.com/matlock.cvm...io-v-wells.doc