Monthly Archives: January 2016

Cruz eligibility lawsuits and ballot challenges

Back in the day, I started the Obama Docket Project to keep track of all the birther lawsuits against Barack Obama. That list became outdated and Tes did an excellent job of tracking them all over time (link in under … Continue reading

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The occasional open thread: grossly inappropriate edition

Put your Obama conspiracy comments (I hope not grossly inappropriate ones) that don’t relate to the current articles here. This thread will close in two weeks.

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Republicans not very worried about Cruz eligibility

A Fox News telephone poll of registered voters conducted January 18-21 found that Cruz’ Canadian birthplace wasn’t much of a factor. To the question: Ted Cruz was born to an American citizen mother, while the family was temporarily working and … Continue reading

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Who is Pinckney McElwee and why should I care?

I was following a Google alert and ended up on the “low immigration” activism web site, the Center for Immigration Studies. Their article takes the Washington Post to task for one of its articles about Cruz eligibility, and its suggestion … Continue reading

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Sibley’s angst

Montgomery Blair Sibley is not too happy with a definition of “birther” from 2008 from the Urban Dictionary cited in his article from Thursday, “BuzzFeed, Birthers & Me”: The term “birther” now has a common understanding in the general lexicon: … Continue reading

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Return of the birther bill

A bill has been introduced in the Tennessee House (HB2595) and Senate (SB2625) that would prohibit a presidential candidate who is not a natural born citizen from appearing on the general election ballot, even if nominated by a political party. … Continue reading

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