Supreme Court to Hear Obama's Citizenship Kerfuffle

Case challenging candidacy set for 'conference' of justices

This case is set for a conference Dec. 5, just 10 days before the Electoral College is scheduled to meet to make formal the election of Obama as the nation's next president.

Seems absurd that the citizens of the United States have been forced to the Supreme Court before Obama would produce a birth certificate. There's an obvious controversy, if it is all on the up and up, why not just...produce it.

The Obama camp produced a "certificate of live birth" which is a registration for citizens born outside of the country for year preceding their birth and is not authoritative. More interesting is the Indonesia citizenship issue. He is listed as having Indonesia citizenship, went to Indonesian schools (which are non-citizens are not permitted to attend) - and Indonesia doesn't allow dual-citizenship.

What is absurd? Is this Indonesian law or isn't it? Was he a citizen or wasn't he? Did he go to school there or didn't he? Were laws broken then, are they being broken now?

Citizens and other presidential candidates have raised facts which appear to affect the validity of Obama's natural born citizen status.

We all have a right to see the birth certificates, track down the records, visit the status of his Indonesian citizenship - and get formal answers.

At least we know we can trust Clarence Thomas.

"Hawaii Revised Statute 338-178 allows registration of birth in Hawaii for a child that was born outside of Hawaii to parents who, for a year preceding the child’s birth, claimed Hawaii as their place of residence," the document said. "The only way to know where Senator Obama was actually born is to view Senator Obama's original birth certificate from 1961 that shows the name of the hospital and the name and signature of the doctor that delivered him."

The case also raises the circumstances of Obama's time during his youth in Indonesia, where he was listed as having Indonesian citizenship. Indonesia does not allow dual citizenship, raising the possibility of Obama's mother having given up his U.S. citizenship.

Any subsequent U.S. citizenship then, the case claims, would be "naturalized," not "natural-born."

Rosaries for all involved in this situation.