Arizona Rep. considering birther lawsuit

http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0809/Report_Arizona_Rep_considering_birther_lawsuit.html

Taking the birther thing to a new level, archconservative Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) is considering filing a lawsuit to put President Obama on the spot over his birth documents, according to a Mohave Daily News readout of a Franks town hall over the weekend.

 

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UPDATE: Franks' spokeswoman says the congressman was considering filing the suit prior to the '08 campaign — but thinks a string of recent rulings against the birther cause in court has rendered future legal action "moot."

MDN's Jim Seckler:

The other main issue dealt with numerous speakers questioning Obama's birth certificate and why there wasn't an investigation into whether he is a naturalized citizen. One woman said a newspaper announcement of his birth in Hawaii was not sufficient. Another asked how he could have a passport without a birth certificate.

Franks said there was not enough evidence that Obama is not an American citizen. He did say there was a lot of conflicting evidence of Obama's citizenship and that he was considering filing a lawsuit, the only congressman to do so. Franks asked why the president did not simply produce a birth certificate.

One speaker, a pre-school teacher, tearfully said Obama denounced the country as a Christian nation and warned he should learn a civics lesson. Franks agreed with her saying he was offended that Obama denigrated the country on an overseas trip and the president should speak in favor of the country when abroad.

Context: Franks, is a global warming skeptic, pal of Focus on the Family founder James Dobson and served as a high-ranking aide to former Arizona Gov. Evan Mecham, who was removed from office and canceled the state's Martin Luther King Jr. holiday while Franks was on the payroll.

A similar suit has already been dismissed by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals

 

http://www.politico.com/blogs/glenn...lous_O_wont_produce_longform_certificate.html



Franks: 'Ridiculous' O won't produce long-form certificate

Bethany Haley, a spokeswoman for Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), called us earlier today to say that her boss wasn't considering a birther lawsuit against President Obama because of recent legal rulings tossing out similar suits.

She writes back with a lengthy detailed explanation of Franks' position, saying he has extensively researched a lawsuit and ruled it out and believes Obama was born in Hawaii — but finds it "ridiculous" that the leader of the free world won't produce his "long-form" birth certificate.

Haley:

To clarify — the Congressman's comments at Saturday's Mohave County town hall were misrepresented in the original report that you quoted. His statement was that he had, at one time, considered the possibility of filing a lawsuit back when the issue was first brought to his attention before and just after the election. However, after compiling and analyzing a significant amount of research, including looking into all the pertinent public records such as the "short form" birth certificate, the affidavits from public officials certifying the existence of the long-form certificate, and the birth records in the local Hawaii newspaper, it was his conclusion that the evidence indicated that Barack Obama was indeed physically born in the state of Hawaii, and that there was NOT a sufficient basis to file a lawsuit. Nothing has changed since then and he has been quoted multiple times in the press as saying that the believes "Barack Obama was born in Hawaii when Hawaii was a State, and therefore is a Constitutional, natural-born citizen of the United States." The Congressman continues to maintain that belief.

That being said — he also believes it's ridiculous for the President of the United States, who ran on a platform of transparency and accountability, to dismiss so glibly the concerns of literally millions of Americans, and allow such a ridiculous debate to continue when it could so easily be settled once and for all. It should not be too much to ask for the leader of the free world to allay the concerns of a large number of the people he represents by producing his long-form birth certificate, which is the definitive, inarguable way that he can put people's concerns about his national identity to rest for good.

 

Probably a bunch of heart broken birthers out there.

 

Anyone who is a birther is simply not thinking right. Obama is the greatest thing for conservatism sense Thomas Jefferson.