Obama Sued in Philadelphia Federal Court on Grounds he is Constitutionally Ineligible for the Presidency

[Ban Hammer 14,289]

Thursday, August 21, 2008

A prominent Philadelphia attorney and Hillary Clinton supporter filed suit this afternoon in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic National Committee and the Federal Election Commission. The action seeks an injunction preventing the senator from continuing his candidacy and a court order enjoining the DNC from nominating him next week, all on grounds that Sen. Obama is constitutionally ineligible to run for and hold the office of President of the United States.

Philip Berg, the filing attorney, is a former gubernatorial and senatorial candidate, former chair of the Democratic Party in Montgomery (PA) County, former member of the Democratic State Committee, and former Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania. According to Berg, he filed the suit--just days before the DNC is to hold its nominating convention in Denver--for the health of the Democratic Party.

"I filed this action at this time," Berg stated, "to avoid the obvious problems that will occur when the Republican Party raises these issues after Obama is nominated.".

Berg cited a number of unanswered questions regarding the Illinois senator's background, and in today's lawsuit maintained that Sen. Obama is not a natural born U.S. citizen or that, if he ever was, he lost his citizenship when he was adopted in Indonesia. Berg also cites what he calls "dual loyalties" due to his citizenship and ties with Kenya and Indonesia.

Even if Sen. Obama can prove his U.S. citizenship, Berg stated, citing the senator's use of a birth certificate from the state of Hawaii verified as a forgery by three independent document forensic experts, the issue of "multi-citizenship with responsibilities owed to and allegiance to other countries" remains on the table.

In the lawsuit, Berg states that Sen. Obama was born in Kenya, and not in Hawaii as the senator maintains. Before giving birth, according to the lawsuit, Obama's mother traveled to Kenya with his father but was prevented from flying back to Hawaii because of the late stage of her pregnancy, "apparently a normal restriction to avoid births during a flight." As Sen. Obama's own paternal grandmother, half-brother and half-sister have also claimed, Berg maintains that Stanley Ann Dunham--Obama's mother--gave birth to little Barack in Kenya and subsequently flew to Hawaii to register the birth.

Berg cites inconsistent accounts of Sen. Obama's birth, including reports that he was born at two separate hospitals--Kapiolani Hospital and Queens Hospital--in Honolulu, as well a profound lack of birthing records for Stanley Ann Dunham, though simple "registry of birth" records for Barack Obama are available in a Hawaiian public records office.

Should Sen. Obama truly have been born in Kenya, Berg writes, the laws on the books at the time of his birth hold that U.S. citizenship may only pass to a child born overseas to a U.S. citizen parent and non-citizen parent if the former was at least 19 years of age. Sen. Obama's mother was only 18 at the time. Therefore, because U.S. citizenship could not legally be passed on to him, Obama could not be registered as a "natural born" citizen and would therefore be ineligible to seek the presidency pursuant to Article II, Section 1 of the United States Constitution.

Moreover, even if Sen. Obama could have somehow been deemed "natural born," that citizenship was lost in or around 1967 when he and his mother took up residency in Indonesia, where Stanley Ann Dunham married Lolo Soetoro, an Indonesian citizen. Berg also states that he possesses copies of Sen. Obama's registration to Fransiskus Assisi School In Jakarta, Indonesia which clearly show that he was registered under the name "Barry Soetoro" and his citizenship listed as Indonesian.

The Hawaiian birth certificate, Berg says, is a forgery. In the suit, the attorney states that the birth certificate on record is a forgery, has been identified as such by three independent document forensic experts, and actually belonged to Maya Kasandra Soetoro, Sen. Obama's half-sister.

"Voters donated money, goods and services to elect a nominee and were defrauded by Sen. Obama's lies and obfuscations," Berg stated. "If the DNC officers ... had performed one ounce of due diligence we would not find ourselves in this emergency predicament, one week away from making a person the nominee who has lost their citizenship as a child and failed to even perform the basic steps of regaining citizenship as prescribed by constitutional laws."

"It is unfair to the country," he continued, "for candidates of either party to become the nominee when there is any question of the ability to serve if elected."

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Edited August 24, 2008 by charles!

[Dakine 26]

Mole???

[IAMX 3,055]

Why does this reek of the challenging of black voters in Ohio and Florida..

It would make an interesting election if true, but seems to me like the same conservative ballyhoo.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

The truth about Barack's birth certificate

Lie: Obama Is Not a Natural Born Citizen

Truth: Senator Obama was born in Hawaii in 1961, after it became a state on August 21st, 1959. Obama became a citizen at birth under the first section of the 14th Amendment

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Edited August 24, 2008 by A.J.

[Ban Hammer 14,289]

Why does this reek of the challenging of black voters in Ohio and Florida..

It would make an interesting election if true, but seems to me like the same conservative ballyhoo.

you might consider reading the story before saying that.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

A prominent Philadelphia attorney and Hillary Clinton supporter filed suit this afternoon in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against Illinois Sen. Barack Obama,

[Dan J 277]

Why does this reek of the challenging of black voters in Ohio and Florida..

It would make an interesting election if true, but seems to me like the same conservative ballyhoo.

you might consider reading the story before saying that.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

A prominent Philadelphia attorney and Hillary Clinton supporter filed suit this afternoon in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against Illinois Sen. Barack Obama,

I think more correctly is that someone wants another 15 minutes of fame...

[no name 1]

Why does this reek of the challenging of black voters in Ohio and Florida..

It would make an interesting election if true, but seems to me like the same conservative ballyhoo.

you might consider reading the story before saying that.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

A prominent Philadelphia attorney and Hillary Clinton supporter filed suit this afternoon in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against Illinois Sen. Barack Obama,

I think more correctly is that someone wants another 15 minutes of fame...

Berg is not famous...?

FYI....www.obamacrimes.com

[Ban Hammer 14,289]

Berg is not famous...?

FYI....www.obamacrimes.com

good link

[kerewin21 2]

On the other hand, if the suit was bound to happen at some point, better it happen now than when things are down to the wire. This way it can be settled and out of the way.

[no name 1]

Berg is not famous...?

FYI....www.obamacrimes.com

good link

well, before all the Oblahma zealots come on & post some blog BS, I thought I'd at least give the correct link to the lawyer's website.

[Ban Hammer 14,289]

Berg is not famous...?

FYI....www.obamacrimes.com

good link

well, before all the Oblahma zealots come on & post some blog BS, I thought I'd at least give the correct link to the lawyer's website.

thanks, it's a wealth of info.

The truth about Barack's birth certificate

Lie: Obama Is Not a Natural Born Citizen

Truth: Senator Obama was born in Hawaii in 1961, after it became a state on August 21st, 1959. Obama became a citizen at birth under the first section of the 14th Amendment

...

link

[Ggreen 12]

This is just a blah blah blah...Will Obama be sued if he choose Hillary Clinton as a VP?

[IAMX 3,055]

Why does this reek of the challenging of black voters in Ohio and Florida..

It would make an interesting election if true, but seems to me like the same conservative ballyhoo.

you might consider reading the story before saying that.

Thursday, August 21, 2008

A prominent Philadelphia attorney and Hillary Clinton supporter filed suit this afternoon in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against Illinois Sen. Barack Obama,

Do I need to cite the pro-Republican slant of the two sites you've mentioned/favored?

I don't think in a court of law they will disregard evidence because it was posted on a Hillary supporter cite if it can be verified.

You've just put out the very definition of slant.

Hence, conservative ballyhoo.

All this is, is an election stunt. Just like the "Hussein" nonsense.

Edited August 24, 2008 by SRVT

[no name 1]

This is just a blah blah blah...Will Obama be sued if he choose Hillary Clinton as a VP?

This has nothing to do with Hillary, Berg was a HC supporter, but he filed it on his own.

Also, did you miss the part where this guy filed his suit before Obama named a VP....?

[Dakine 26]

If this was anyway close to being for real it would be all over the news . So far nada.