Philip J. Berg and Obama in Federal Court Thursday, October 16th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
By Justin McAffee
Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Philip J. Berg, Esq. filed a lawsuit against Barack Obama claiming he does not meet the qualifications to be president under our U.S. Constitution because he is not a natural-born citizen. Berg claims that Obama was born in Kenya, despite Obama’s statements that he was born in Hawaii. Even if Obama was born in Hawaii, Berg claims that his citizenship was revoked when he moved to Indonesia and became a citizen, as this was the only way for Obama to go to school there. If this is the case, Obama would have had to come back to the United States through immigration, which he did not. Therefore, according to Berg, Obama would not even be qualified to be a senator.
Obama has filed a motion to dismiss and a motion for protective order which would prevent Obama from having to turn over the documents requested for discovery until after the court has ruled on the motion to dismiss. Berg is outraged that Obama will not simply turn over the documents that will prove his citizenship. Why is the Obama camp resisting this? If nothing else, it gives the appearance that they have something to hide. FactCheck.org claims to have seen the original birth certificates and believes Obama is a natural-born citizen. But there are other claims about Obama’s current status as a US citizen because of his Indonesian citizenship.
You can find the entire docket and pleadings here. It appears from court records that the hearing on the motion to dismiss will occur on Tuesday, October 21, 2008. It will be interesting to see what happens.
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