Obama Citizenship

Lightfoot v. Bowen: Submitted to the Chief Justice

By Phil

Yesterday, one of Dr. Orly Taitz’ cases, Lightfoot v. Bowen, currently shows on the docket (see also “Supreme Court Info” on the sidebar) that it has been refiled and submitted to Chief Justice John Roberts:

Application (08A524) refiled and submitted to The Chief Justice.

Dr. Taitz similarly posts this news; it is a follow up to a previous posting here.

Remember that she is essentially filing for an emergency stay of California Elector voting; it is unlikely that the Supreme Court will grant Certiorari, based on the following two reasons:

1. Even though denying Certiorari does not set precedent, there does not appear to be anything especially different with this case versus other cases that have already been denied a writ;
2. There is nothing unconstitutional, per se, about having the Electors in the Electoral College vote; therefore, the Supremes would be correct in allowing this aspect of the Legislative branch take place

However, to the best of my knowledge, this is the first Supreme Court case that involves actual Electors and candidates for the office of the vice presidency. While these two types of Plaintiffs could be construed as the differentiating factor, how likely is it that the Court will grant the writ when, to date, the Legislative process has not yet been exhausted, we don’t technically have a President-elect yet, and so therefore no actual harm has been committed in certifying an ineligible presidential candidate?

Obviously, we’ll see what happens.

A current listing of eligibility lawsuits can be found here.

-Phil

Full post as published by The Right Side of Life on December 30, 2008 (boomark / email).