Obama Citizenship

Ankeny v. Daniels: Judge Dismisses Indiana Lawsuit

By Phil

Per IndyStar.com, the case Ankeny v. Daniels has been dismissed by Judge David Dreyer in Indiana today:

A Marion Superior Court judge today dismissed a lawsuit brought by two Indiana men seeking to invalidate Indiana?s election results based on President Barack Obama?s citizenship status. …

Dreyer?s order today says the issue raised by the plaintiffs, Steve Ankeny, New Castle, and Bill Kruse, Roselawn, now is moot. It also says they have failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted and that they are barred from bringing the action under the legal doctrine of laches, which means the plaintiffs waited too long to assert a time-sensitive claim.

The suit said Indiana?s 11 Democratic electors weren?t properly chosen because Daniels didn?t first verify the eligibility of Obama or Sen. John McCain, his Republican opponent, to be president.

The Indiana attorney general?s lawyers argued the suit should be tossed because the governor and the electors already had carried out their duties under election law. They said the U.S. Congress would be the proper venue for a debate over how to verify the eligibility of candidates. 

Further information will be made available as it is received.

A current listing of eligibility lawsuits can be found here.

-Phil

Full post as published by The Right Side of Life on March 16, 2009 (boomark / email).