Washington (CNN) -- The Supreme Court has again cast aside an appeal that raised doubts about President Barack Obama's U.S. citizenship, a grass-roots legal issue that has gained little legal or political footing, but continues to persist in the courts. The justices without comment Monday rejected a challenge from Charles Kerchner Jr., a Pennsylvania man who sought a trial in federal court forcing the president to produce documents regarding his birth and citizenship. Kerchner's attorney, Mario Apuzzo, had argued in a petition with the Supreme Court that Obama did not fit the definition of a "natural-born citizen" required for the nation's highest office, as defined by Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution.
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The Supreme Court rejects latest appeal without comment
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The challenge contends both a president's parents must be U.S. citizens
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It says Obama's father was a British citizen
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@placeholder, a retired military officer who describes himself on his website as a "genetic genealogy pioneer," argues the framers of the 1789 document intended a "natural-born" citizen to mean someone born in the U.S. to parents who were both American citizens.
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The high court and other courts had dismissed earlier, unrelated lawsuits from individuals questioning @placeholder's citizenship.
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@placeholder and his staff produced copies of his birth certificate when he was running for president in 2008, and have previously dismissed questions over his citizenship.
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Other legal claims on the citizenship question whether @placeholder was in fact born in the United States, and whether his birth documents are authentic.
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Other legal claims on the citizenship question whether Obama was in fact born in the @placeholder, and whether his birth documents are authentic.