Monthly Archives: March 2012

Charting citizenship

Birthers like to present charts to explain how they see citizenship. Here’s a chart that explains how the courts see citizenship: The naturalized citizen has as much right as the natural born citizen to exercise the cherished freedoms of speech, … Continue reading

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Decoding the long form (Part 2)

Update: Since this article was written, further research has determined that the penciled notations on Hawaiian birth certificates are not federal codes at all, but ones specifically developed for Hawaii. While the article that follows contains useful information on the … Continue reading

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AZ: Court says Minor v. Happersett no problem for Obama

In a ruling yesterday in the case of Allen v. Arizona Democratic Party, Judge Richard E. Gordon dismissed the action for a variety of reasons: Most importantly, Arizona courts are bound by United States Supreme Court precedent, and this precedent … Continue reading

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Ignorance of the law is no excuse

In response to the Mississippi Secretary of State’s Motion to Dismiss the Taitz ballot challenge in Mississippi by pointing out Orly Taitz cites no statute supporting what she demands, Taitz replies [link to Taitz web site] by making an appeal … Continue reading

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The empty chair advantage

Sometimes I wonder if Obama is playing the birthers like a cheap violin I don’t spend much time reading liberal sources and watching liberal commentators, so I can’t characterize them, but at least in anecdote I can report a theme, … Continue reading

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Mississippi: Sanctions sought against Taitz

Evidence on the Wikipedia! On March 6, the attorney for the Democratic Party of Mississippi filed a Motion to Dismiss in the case of Orly Taitz v. Democrat (sic) Party of Mississippi, Secretary of State of Mississippi. Special Assistant Attorney … Continue reading

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