Obama Citizenship

Berg v. Obama: Justice Souter Denies Injunction

By Phil

Philip Berg, Plaintiff in Berg v. Obama, filed for an injunction to stop the Electoral College from having their votes cast by Monday, December 15.

Today, according to the case’s docket (see also “Supreme Court Info” on the top right sidebar), there is the following line:

Dec 9 2008 Application (08A505) denied by Justice Souter.

The Bulletin posted an article today regarding Berg’s case and had the following to say:

Mr. Berg’s lawsuit has not yet been scheduled for conference with the Supreme Court, although the Supreme Court justices will vote on another lawsuit originating in Connecticut on Dec. 12. In such a conference, hearings will be scheduled to a case should four of the nine justices vote to hear the case.

The Bulletin has consistently been very fair about this matter, and while I don’t know if the publisher is aware of Associate Justice Souter’s denial of injunction, I’m pretty sure this does not mean that Berg’s case is completely dismissed; I’ll stand by the story that SCOTUS is still going to schedule it for Conference soon.

Update: Jeff Schreiber elaborates on Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz, Lightfoot v. Bowen as well as potential scenarios for Berg v. Obama. Phil Berg makes the following commentary about the future of this effort:

“Am I optimistic? Absolutely,” he said. “One way or the other, we’re going to get to the bottom of this. One way or the other, the truth will come out, and he will not take office as president of the United States.”

-Phil

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