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Posted on 02/01/2012 7:17:02 PM PST by Sallyven
[snip]...Jablonski remained true to his word -- neither he nor Obama showed up for the January 26 hearing. I noted last week that Obama was not scheduled to be anywhere near Atlanta on the date of the hearing, although I had wondered if still, perhaps, Georgia might be on his mind. According to reports in the blogosphere, the president's schedule on the morning of the 26th was open, and according to an unnamed source, Obama watched the live feed of the hearings.
Perhaps Obama, as well as the several mainstream media news outlets I spotted at the hearing, were merely watching in hopes that the "crazy birthers" would really do something...well, crazy. Or unlawful. In fact, though, it was the president himself and his defense team who were the ones defying the rule of law.
The mainstream media, in lockstep with Obama, reported nothing of the events, in a stunning blackout on a truly historic hearing -- one that discussed the eligibility of a sitting president to run for a second term. And more troubling was the fact that the media failed to acknowledge the even more sensational news -- that the president and his defense attorney snubbed an official subpoena.
Today, Attorney Van Irion, on behalf of his client, Georgia resident David Welden, filed a "Motion for Finding of Contempt" with Judge Malihi...
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Wasn't he adopted by soeroto (sp?)
...which promptly went into the round circular file.
Were both of his parents US citizens? That is the question. The answer seems to be NO. The same reason Marco Rubio won't accept VP position.
I'm aware. I still want to know if he adopted by soeroto (sp?)
His name would be pre-sent soeroto.(sp?)
Just a thought...
"Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other."
Jail,Jail Jail
Obama need to be put in Jail!
People just don't get it.
Nice try and I agree but King Obama is our dictator and he makes his own law.
Natural Born Citizen means CITIZEN AT THE MOMENT OF BIRTH and nothing else.
You have NO case law that says otherwise. The Case Law you claim to have does not count, since Congress had no Citizenship language in place at that time.
You are wrong.
Your sources are wrong.
(However, Obama was arrogant to ignore the Court, and Obama deserves a default judgment against him)
There you go again!
Wasn't it Lenin who said If you repeat a lie often enough it becomes the truth."?
So an anchor baby can run for president?
I just want to see what the Secret Service will do when the officers of the Georgia State Patrol attempt to make said arrest. They can't love that arrogant prick so much that they'd want to stop a duly sworn LEO from doing his lawful duty.
T'would be very interesting.
"....and he makes his own law."
Only because of a spineless congress.
The most incredible thing to me is the complete lack of coverage. There is a chance that this challenge could result in Obama's name not being on the Georgia ballot. One would think that would rate at least a human interest story somewhere in the back of at least a few papers, or a negative editorial. But everyone in the mainstream media is afraid to touch this story. Do the insiders think that this could result in a serious and possibly violent backlash or are they worried that our enemies will view this as a seriously weakened president and an opportunity to start trouble abroad?
Good for Sen. Rubio.
Incidentally, since my mother was born in Canada, I am not a natural born citizen either.
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Well...according to post number 12 you're good to go. lol
Just a question in principle: Is there need for case law in a first instance? Further, doesn't the applicable definition derive from the time the law at issue was adopted? Else we are in the land of "living Constitution."
Yes, I think he was adopted by Lolo Soetoro.
Minor v. Happersett
The US Constitution explicitly excuses Congressmen from such a thing, at least while they are on official business. But I haven't heard of any parallel provision for a president, or a court case where the USSC heard the question concerning a question. This little Georgia court seems to be the mouse that roared.
question concerning a question
I mean the question concerning a president
Obama always has thought he was better than the rest of us & had his nose in the air to show his contempt for the U.S. & its citizens. He shows it with his over 90 rounds of golf, parties & overseas trips that are costing our people $$$$$ along with all the $$$$$ he gave to the Unions & his "special" friends. I've had enough & will relish the day he gets his "just rewards".
If she became a naturalized citizen by the time of your birth, that would fix that. In little barry dunham's case, his claimed father was never a citizen of the U.S. and at the time of barry's birth, his mother Stanley Ann Dunham was not old enough to pass even citizenship on to him, so if he was not born in HI (ahem, he wasn't), he wasn't even a citizen until someone at some past time (perhaps no more than five years ago) in Hawaii forged a birth documentation for the bastard.
I thought it was Goebbels.
This pro Obama nonsense is revolting. And the fact that they use irrelevant cases such as Wong Ark Kim (a 14th amendment case not a Article II; Sec. I case prove the speciousnes of the claims ofthe Messiah's apologists.
"Incidentally, since my mother was born in Canada, I am not a natural born citizen either."
Nonsense. Your parents' birth doesn't matter. It's YOU who matters.
My father was likewise born in Canada (of US parents, incidentally). But while we always have to go through conniptions any time employment/clearance is applied for, it's because of him, not me.
The above pdf is the proposed order drafted by one of the attorneys in the Georgia challenge to Obama's placement on the GA ballot and contains a cogent argument based on the law.
I'd say many agree with this position.
He is and has committed HIGH TREASON, so the penalty for that is in order upon summary of trial. What does the U.S. now use as their means to punish HIGH TREASON? ... And he has guilty accomplices, too, who have committed treason.
This is how the system works.
Learn the system before you argue, OK?
So you are another 0bamunist - one of Hussein's butt boys who is anxious to protect him against those who think The Constituion should be upheld and 0bama shouldn't get an affirmative action pass just because he is black.
Before anyone embarrasses himself by asserting that Bill Clinton was compelled to testify and then perjured himself, that was to a federal judge.
Strange. Last I checked, state courts couldn't issue subpoenas to persons who aren't in that state. They don't have jurisdiction. All they can do is request that the witness's state's courts issue one. And even then, it is generally only available for depositions, not to compel appearance in court.
But not a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN!!!!
And what sort of reception did that get?
If she was a naturalized citizen before you were born, you would be natural born. For example, Dukakis was eligible because of this.
It only takes a thread to unravel an entire garment.
Totalitarians buy, imprison or kill to affect their control.
It just takes some people in the right places who don't care about these things to resist, and bring the house of cards down.
Psalm 127:1 "1 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it:"
Actually, Barry could not appear because he was likely to lose the case on the grounds that he had used forged documents to optain ballot entry, so he had no alternative but to ignore the court summons. He is a criminal oh so close to being apprehended, and there is so much power at stake, the GA court will be dealt with illicitly and the issue will be buried by the media which is the enemy of We The People.
More than half, of all the above, do NOT want Obama to be reelected.
What's going on in Florida?
I've been around some dirty people in government, and this is exactly how they play it.
They get to take a graceful exit usually because they hold dirt on others themselves.
It's a house of cards.
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Special Report #40 on Legal Issues
January 6, 2009
January 6, 2009 | Special Report on Legal Issues
Our Constitution places the ownership of private property at the very heart of our system of liberty.... The result of this business culture has been a prosperity that's unmatched in human history.... Our greatest asset has been our system of social organization, a system that for generations has encouraged constant innovation, individual initiative and the efficient allocation of resources.
--Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope.[1]
President-elect Obama, you have been a strong and eloquent defender of property rights and the rule of law, recognizing that they undergird Americans' freedoms and protect us from unjust government actions. These protections may be most important to those of modest means, who are the disproportionate victims of government takings of property. As explained by the NAACP and other civil rights leaders, the poor are also affected more profoundly by takings that upset their communities and ways of life.[2] Any approach to governing that is premised, at least in part, on empathy for the weakest among us must therefore include strong protections for private property.
Pragmatism counsels the same focus. Government policies that place property rights at risk and upset reasonable investment-backed expectations discourage all investment, innovation, and beneficial risk-taking and dampen economic growth. When property rights are uncertain, neighborhoods are consumed by blight, entrepreneurs suffer for lack of credit, and those who are well connected appropriate the resources of those who lack financial means and political connections--what is known as "crony capitalism." Strong legal protections for property rights are therefore a necessary condition for our continued economic and civil prosperity
But as Americans have learned in recent years, and especially in recent months, their valuable property rights are under assault from all levels of government by seemingly well-meaning public officials who fail to consider the long-term consequences of their actions. Most strikingly, the Supreme Court's 2005 decision in Kelo v. New London sparked widespread public outrage. The Court's conclusion that the term "public use" in the Takings Clause of the U.S. Constitution does not limit the purposes for which the government may take a citizen's home caused Americans of all social stripes to recognize that their own property may be at risk of expropriation for transfer to more influential private parties for their own private ends.
In the wake of Kelo, and in response to the massive political backlash that it generated, legislators in 43 states enacted laws of varying degrees of strength to curb the abuse of eminent domain.[3] Similar legislation passed the U.S. House of Representatives but failed in the Senate.[4] Though President George W. Bush did issue an executive order on eminent domain abuse, its loose drafting appears to do no more than to reaffirm the standard in Kelo and provides no further limitations on takings.[5]
Recent financial crises have also raised the specter of counterproductive government interventions in the economy that endanger property rights. In particular, the government has intervened in the financial markets by taking ownership stakes in corporations through both voluntary and involuntary transactions. When conducted without the consent of the corporation, government purchases of preferred shares in banks may constitute a "taking" of private property, in the constitutional sense, from these corporations. Though the government has provided some compensation for these takings, difficulties in valuation that are worse than those that usually arise in the forced-sale context complicate the assessment of whether that compensation has been "just," as required by the Constitution; and whether or not there has been a constitutional taking, investors' shareholdings have been diluted and subordinated by the government stake. Similarly, government-backed loans that subordinate pre-existing priority debt may also constitute takings, in this case without any compensation.
These policies have severely upset the expectations of investors. In one instance, the government, operating through the Federal Reserve, effectively seized ownership of a major insurer over the objections of some of its largest shareholders rather than let the firm enter bankruptcy, sell off assets, or otherwise reorganize. This was done without a shareholder vote, as would ordinarily be required to protect shareholders' property rights in a control transaction.[6]
Important contractual rights are also being undermined by government action. The government's asset-purchase program, for example, requires participating corporations to abrogate the vested contractual rights of executives whose compensation packages are inconsistent with new government regulations. In certain instances, these corporations may also be required to "claw back" compensation already awarded to executives. In some cases, the government has sought to subordinate the debts of priority lenders--taking, in effect, a portion of the financial instrument that they negotiated with the borrower. As a result, lenders are even more reluctant to make loans to the ailing firms that need them most.
The mortgage market is suffering similar turmoil. Building on the Depression-era Supreme Court decision in Home Building & Loan Association v. Blaisdell (1934), many state governments have been forcing mortgage holders to alter the terms of their agreements with borrowers, accept lower or no payments for periods of time, and delay foreclosures. Courts in some states have imposed unusual procedural burdens on lenders who are seeking to enforce lending agreements, thereby delaying justice.
These actions directly undermine the enforcement of voluntary contracts, increasing transaction costs across the economy and further increasing the cost of borrowing while, over the long term, reducing the availability of credit through secured transactions. As a result, unable to enforce the terms of their loans, lenders will be less willing to extend credit in the future, and many responsible individuals of limited means will be excluded from the mortgage market and, in the end, homeownership. This will reduce economic opportunities and income mobility for years to come.
Most ominously, the bailout legislation enacted in October and the Administration's unilateral auto bailout in December raise the specter of widespread contravention of fundamental constitutional principles that protect entrepreneurs and investors. Responding to a perceived crisis, Congress and the President agreed on policies that raise serious constitutional concerns because they appear to violate the Constitution's separation of powers and exceed the scope of the federal government's enumerated powers.
These acts may serve as a precedent for future "power sharing arrangements" that threaten the individual rights of citizens that the true separation of powers was designed to protect. With such vital walls breached, there is the real risk that, should financial markets continue to falter, the government will build on this precedent, enacting "emergency" measures that interfere further with Americans' property and other rights. This may be a self-fulfilling prophecy if investors, fearful of government interference, choose to sit on the sidelines as the economy collapses for lack of liquidity and credit.
To prevent that eventuality and to restore Americans' faith in the security of their private property, you and your Administration should take the following steps:
Property rights are that rare area of strong agreement between individuals of different political affiliations, ideological commitments, and visions for our society. Reflecting this consensus, upwards of 80 percent of Americans believe that the Supreme Court got it wrong in Kelo and that no American should be turned out of his or her home so that the land it occupies can be turned over to a commercial developer. On the other side of the issue are some politicians who view abusive takings as an inexpensive way to accomplish certain political ends on the cheap and narrow, concentrated special interests, such as property developers, that benefit directly. The result has been deadlock at the federal level.
More surreptitious forms of takings, while less understood by the public, are no less damaging to Americans' rights and prosperity. They also threaten your agenda. Uncompensated regulatory takings and, more broadly, government interference in investment-backed expectations rarely accomplish the ends for which they have been dispatched and far more often result in unexpected, negative consequences. Thus, coercive capital infusions meant to unfreeze markets have frightened lenders and investors, and regulations meant to protect endangered species have caused the preemptive destruction of their habitats. And still the government regards these tools as affordable, solely because their costs are shunted onto others.
This does not befit the rights that, as you so elegantly put it, are "the very heart of our system of liberty" and have been the cornerstone of achievement for all who have struggled to win civil rights. Americans cherish both their property rights and the rule of law that protects them. Whether for reasons of compassion, pragmatism, or a combination of the two, your Administration should strive to do no less.
Andrew M. Grossman is Senior Legal Policy Analyst in the Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation.
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[1] Barack Obama, The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (New York: Crown Publishers, 2006), pp. 149-150.
NAACP et al., Brief in Support of Petitioner, Kelo v. City of New
London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005). See also Mindy Fullilove,
Eminent Domain & African Americans: What Is the Price of the
Commons? Institute for Justice, at http://www.castlecoalition.org/pdf/pu
Castle Coalition, Enacted Legislation Since Kelo, at http://www.castlecoalition.org/index.php?
option=com_content&task=view&id=510&Itemid=107(December 23, 2008).
[4] H.R. 4128, 109th Cong. (2005); S. 3873, 109th Cong. (2005).
Exec. Order No. 13,406, 71 Fed. Reg. 36,973 (June 23, 2006), at http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releas
es/2006/06/20060623-10.html. See Ilya Somin, "Another Failure of the Kelo Backlash: President Bush's Executive Order on Takings," June 23, 2006, at http://www.volokh.com/posts/1151111493.shtml.
See Stephen M. Davidoff, "The AIG Bailout Takes Shape," New
York Times DealBook, September 24, 2008, at http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008
[7] See Jonathan Adler, Money or Nothing: The Adverse Environmental Consequences of Uncompensated Land Use Controls, 49 B.C. L. Rev. 301 (2008).
[8] See Hans A. von Spakovsky and Andrew M. Grossman, "Promoting the General Welfare Through Civil Justice Reform: A Memo to President-elect Obama," Heritage Foundation Special Report No. 38, January 6, 2009, at http://www.heritage.org/Research/LegalIssues/sr38.cfm.


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FLORENCE, Wis. – Each year near the end of winter, the Florence County Sheriff's Department starts seeing an increase in mental health-related calls.
The department recently responded to five separate cases over a period of 10 days.
Florence County Sheriff Jeff Rickaby said that he does not have a definitive reason for the annual increase.
"I've just noticed that in February and March, people with mental health issues seem to struggle more," he said. "Our mental health commitments jump."
In Wisconsin, only two groups of people have the authority to place a mentally ill person under involuntary commitment: doctors and law enforcement officers.
Rickaby explained that a person must either be a danger to himself or others in order to be committed.
If committed by a law enforcement officer, the person is taken into custody, but not incarcerated in the jail.
"It's medical, not criminal," Rickaby pointed out. "We place them in custody for their protection."
While in custody, the person is interviewed by a social worker. If the social worker determines that the person needs treatment, the person will be transported to a mental health facility.
Deputies from the Florence County Sheriff's Department often utilize a hospital in Rhinelander, Wis.
All commitments must be reviewed by a judge within 48 hours. Since Florence County does not have a resident judge, the person is transported to Judge Leon Stenz in Crandon, Wis. for a hearing.
The judge can then decide if the person must continue treatment.
Although all of these transportation costs are a burden on the county, Rickaby noted that his department must comply with each step of the commitment process.
Rickaby said that nine out of 10 involuntary commitments that he sees involve suicidal people who are in danger of harming themselves. Rarely does he see a case in which a person is threatening others.
Rickaby suggests that now is a good time to stay close with family and friends who might be suffering from mental health issues such as depression.
"See how they're doing," he said. "Get them to a doctor, hospital, or counselor if they need it."
These days, social media websites also play a part in alerting officials to potentially suicidal subjects.
Rickaby said that in a recent case, a person from another state called the department to report that a relative in Florence County had posted some troubling statements on a social media website.
Deputies were then able to step in and assist.
Rickaby added that people should not be afraid to get officials involved.
"People often wonder where to go – to the doctor, to the ER," he said. "We can offer some direction."
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