Ethics

Justices to Consider Cert Petition on Citizenship

By Ed Brayton

It appears that Clarence Thomas has done what David Souter would not, which is forward a request to hear a challenge on presidential eligibility to the other justices. A discussion on whether to grant that cert petition is now scheduled for the court's conference on Dec. 5th according to the Worldnutdaily. This is not the suit by Phillip Berg, it is another suit filed by Leo Donofrio that challenges the eligibility of both Obama AND McCain to be on the ballot.

Donofrio appears to be even more batshit insane than Berg. You have to read some of this brief and stare in wonderment that Clarence Thomas would think it was worthy of a vote. Donofrio argues that it doesn't matter whether Obama was born in Hawaii, he still isn't a natural born citizen solely because his father was from another country:

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on November 21, 2008 (boomark / email).