USA Will court allow Obama to be above the law? (karma: 5)
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By TexanForever  Comments: 19294, member since Thu Jun 10, 2004On Sun Jan 29, 2012 11:23 PM
The Roman Empire died a slow death. It’s death was so gradual that few people living at that time probably noticed the individual events that marked its death throes. Apparently the same is true of America. Yesterday marked a stunning turn of events in the constant power struggle between our three branches of government. Obama openly showed he believes he is completely above the law.
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Will court allow Obama to be above the law?: Message from Van Irion- A Georgia Ballot Challenge Hearing Attorney
Posted by By GeorgeM at 29 January, at 09 : 19 AM
“Our President openly showed that he believes he is completely above the law. I wonder if the court even noticed its own death certificate. We will see in a few days.”
Fellow Constitutionalists,
One of my earliest childhood memories is of my parents talking about Nixon and the Watergate scandal. I remember the newspaper headline: “Nixon Resigns!” President Nixon’s fight against court subpoenas made international news. Yesterday President Obama completely ignored a court subpoena, and the world shrugged.
Obama’s behavior yesterday is even more disturbing than Nixon’s. Nixon at least respected the judicial branch enough to have his attorney’s show up in court and follow procedure. Nixon’s fight in the courts followed existing law. Nixon acknowledged the authority of the judicial branch even while he fought it. Obama, on the other hand, essentially said yesterday that the judicial branch has no power over him. He ordered his attorneys to stay away from the hearing. He didn’t petition a higher court in a legitimate attempt to stay the hearing. Instead he showed complete contempt for the entire judicial branch and for the rule of law. Rather than respecting the legal process Obama went around the courts and tried to put political pressure directly on the Georgia Secretary of State. When that failed, he simply ignored the judicial branch completely.
The rule of law, and our three-branch system of government, now hang in the balance. If the Georgia court issues a ruling on the merits and an order finding Obama in contempt of court, and if that contempt order actually results in real punishment of some kind, then we will still have a Constitutional Republic. If this doesn’t happen, then Obama will have been rewarded for showing complete contempt for the judicial branch.
Understand that the goal of the Georgia ballot challenge was to have a court rule on the merits of the Constitutional question: Does the term “natural born citizen” in Article II of the Constitution, require a Presidential candidate to have two parents that were U.S. citizens at the time the candidate was born? Obama wants to avoid having a court rule on this question. That is why he didn’t show up and ordered his attorneys to not show up. He was hoping that the Georgia court would enter a default judgment rather than rule on the merits. If the court enters a default judgment, Obama will have succeeded in avoiding the Constitutional eligibility question. He will then appeal the default judgment, get the appellate court to suspend the default judgment pending appeal, and then delay the appeal until after the primary. This is undoubtedly Obama’s plan.
If the Georgia Court rules that Supreme Court precedent must be followed and therefore Obama simply does not meet the minimum Constitutional requirements to hold the office of President, then we will at least have succeeded in finding one court in the nation willing to do its job. If that court finds Obama in contempt of court, then we still have three viable branches of government. The Georgia court has the authority to do both of these things. The world should be holding its breath.
Unfortunately the world is apparently unaware that a great Republic is on life support. The Roman Empire died a slow death. It’s death was so gradual that few people living at that time probably noticed the individual events that marked the death throes of that great empire. Apparently the same is true of America. Yesterday marked a stunning turn of events in the constant power struggle between the three branches of our government. Our President openly showed that he believes he is completely above the law. I wonder if the court even noticed its own death certificate. We will see in a few days.
I will certainly try to explain this to the court in our proposed findings of fact and law that the court requested we file before February 5th.
All of your encouragement and prayers have been greatly appreciated. They are needed even more over the next few weeks. This battle is FAR from over. And it has taken on importance beyond what we predicted (which is truly astounding). Please tell everyone you know about Obama’s contempt of the judicial branch. Please explain to them what it really means. Even those that agree with Obama politically and disagree with our ballot challenge should be shocked, appalled, and scared of Obama’s contempt for the judicial system.
In Liberty,
Van Irion
Co-Founder, Lead Counsel
LIBERTY LEGAL FOUNDATION
9040 Executive Park Drive, Suite 200
Knoxville, TN 37923
Phone/Fax: 423-208-9953
libertylegalfoundation.net
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By Dewi_Sant Comments: 22913, member since Wed Jul 06, 2005On Mon Jan 30, 2012 04:08 AM
should obama get a foot in his arse next election will this just drop or will the knives be out for him ?? |
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By bloodhound  Comments: 5934, member since Thu Jan 05, 2006On Mon Jan 30, 2012 05:39 AM
Obama goes by his own rules. If some of our laws happen to coincide with his, fine, if not, then he completely ignores them. Any person, with Honor, especially the President of the United States of America, at least should acknowledge the aligations against them. Since he didn't bother showing up, it shows he has total disdain for our system. As Allen West said, Obama, Pelosi, Reid, and so many others, need to take their BS and socialist agenda and get the hell out of the USA! |
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By jukinj3 Comments: 15078, member since Tue Apr 08, 2003On Mon Jan 30, 2012 03:28 PM
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
Thomas Jefferson |
