Lawsuit questioning Obama's citizenship is tossed out by California court

[babylonsister]

California court throws out lawsuit questioning Obama's citizenship
By Denny Walsh
Published: Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010 - 12:00 am


A state appellate court in Sacramento on Monday threw out a lawsuit claiming President Barack Obama is not eligible to occupy the White House because he is not a natural-born citizen of the United States.

The court did not deal with the citizenship issue, instead ruling that the California secretary of state, who oversees elections, and the state's Electoral College members are not legally responsible to certify presidential candidates as qualified for the office.

Under the terms of the U.S. Constitution's 12th Amendment, that responsibility rests solely with Congress, a unanimous three-justice panel of the 3rd District Court of Appeal declared.

"The members of the Senate and the House of Representatives are well qualified to adjudicate any objections to ballots for allegedly unqualified candidates," the justices said.

In a lawsuit filed in Sacramento Superior Court shortly after the 2008 general election, the three plaintiffs, who are members of the so-called "birthers" movement, claimed there is persuasive evidence Obama was born in what is now Kenya, which was then (1961) the British East African Protectorate of Zanzibar. He would have automatically been a British citizen, based on his father's citizenship, they claimed.
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http://www.sacbee.com/2010/10/26/3131570/california-court-throws-out-lawsuit.html

[jaxx]

1. I didn't know the idiots were still wasting court time on this.

Talk about frivolous lawsuits!

[Kdillard]

2. It keeps them busy and out of trouble so that is worth it imo.