Obama Citizenship

Broe v. Reed: Date Set for Oral Argument

By Phil

Stephen Pidgeon, attorney for 12 Plaintiffs including James Broe in Broe v. Reed, issued the following press release, showing that the Plaintiffs are set to be heard January 8, 2009 (the presser says “2008,” but I think that’s a typo)…

-Phil

Contact: Stephen Pidgeon, Attorney at Law, P.S.
Tel: (425) 605-4774 Fax: (425) 818-5371
Email: attorney@stephenpidgeon.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

12 Washington voters sue to set aside the election of Barack Obama in Washington.

Bellevue, WA, December 10, 2008 ? The Washington Supreme Court has set a date for oral argument on the case Broe v. Reed, to be heard en banc on January 8, 2008.

On December 4, 2008, James (Jim) Broe and 11 other Washington voters sued Secretary of State Sam Reed in the Washington Supreme Court, seeking a Writ of Mandamus to require the Secretary to set aside the votes cast for Senator Barack Obama, because at the time of the election, Senator Obama had failed to establish that he was a ?natural born citizen? of the United States, failed to establish that he was an American citizen, and that he was not running under his legal name of Barry Soetoro.

?The issue of standing seems to be behind us,? said Stephen Pidgeon, counsel for the plaintiffs. ?What remains is to establish the duty of the Secretary of State, under Article III, Sections 4 and 17 of the Washington constitution, under RCW 29A.04.230 which names the Secretary as the state?s chief of elections, and under relevant administrative codes which also require the Secretary to act.?

Pidgeon goes on to say that ?each candidate that stands in a primary election must make a declaration of candidacy, stating that ?at the time of filing this declaration, I am legally qualified to assume office if elected.? The Secretary of State has a constitutionally imposed duty to determine if the candidate is telling the truth.?

Full post as published by The Right Side of Life on December 10, 2008 (boomark / email).