Four Tennessee legislators want Obama to prove citizenship

[BlueJessamine]

Source: Tennessean

Several Tennessee lawmakers have signed on to a legal action intended to force President Barack Obama to turn over his birth certificate and other documents to prove his citizenship, an effort rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court in an earlier case.

Tennessee Reps. Eric Swafford, Stacey Campfield, Glen Casada and Frank Niceley have all agreed to be plaintiffs in a planned legal action by a Russian immigrant in California who has challenged whether Obama meets constitutional criteria to be president.

The lawsuit from the Defend Our Freedoms Foundation, which has not been filed, will be among several court challenges to Obama's citizenship.

One of the cases reached the U.S. Supreme Court late last year, and the court declined without comment to take it up, a move many interpreted as meaning the issue was dead.

The campaign posted a copy of his certificate on a page intended to counter rumors about Obama.

Swafford's letter states "I agree to be one of the plaintiff's in a legal action filed by Dr. Orly Taitz, Esquire for a Writ of Mandamus to obtain birth certificate, immigration records, passports and other vital records for Barry Soetoro, aka Barack Hussein Obama."

The letter from the Pikeville Republican is written on the letterhead of the House of Representatives.



Read more: http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090213/NEWS02/902130368/1009/NEWS02

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Niceley, Campfield and Casada, who are also Republicans, confirmed that they have agreed to be plaintiffs.

[bluestateguy]

1. These lawsuits have all been dismissed. Why do they keep coming back?

Why is it that these people (who I'm sure are otherwise big advocates for "tort reform") can just keep on suing and suing?

[david13]

5. There is no cure for insanity, I guess.

[question everything]

9. A very effective way to raise campaign funds (nt)

[RT Atlanta]

2. Really doing a favor for their constituents

This is representative government in action.

[TNDemo]

3. Multiple threads on this one.

Might be best to join one of those.

[Bozita]

4. More Repiglicons hiring more trial lawyers.

[MADem]

6. Well, this will be Obama's Whitewater. They don't have Congress on their side, so

they won't be able to appropriate forty four million to come up with nothing.

[47of74]

7. I hear the GOP Waaaaahmbulance

I hear the GOP Waaaaahmbulance again.

[Lucky Luciano]

8. I think I know four Tennessee lawmakers that can go blow themselves. nt

[skeewee08]

10. When will they learn? These rethugs get on my LAST NERVES!

[crankmob]

11. didn't he already turn over his birth certificate?

maybe the court should comment because if it keeps reappearing it's obviously not dead; proving citizenship shouldn't be this difficult.

[RC]

16. It wa only a Certified copy. That means to them, that the State of Hawaii could have

faked it. Never mind there are newspaper clipping of the birth announcement in one of the Hawaiian papers at the time.

I wonder how many of these idiots could be able to see their own actual birth certified and not a certified copy?

[KamaAina]

19. And never mind that repuke Gov. Lingle has stated it is authentic

What a bunch of :dunce: s.

[xiamiam]

12. they should be fired by their constituents for wasting time...nt

[get the red out]

13. I demand proof

that these crackers arnen't card-carrying members of the Klan.

[southernyankeebelle]

14. Just like a bunch of Rednecks.

This country has major problems and we have these red necks stirring to pot over and over again. I am living Tn and I am sick and tired of this shit.

[CountAllVotes]

17. can't blame you

I know someone living in Kingston and wow, what a racist pig. Beyond words really.

I don't know how anyone could stand living there. You have my sympathies, believe me! :hug:

:dem:

[Cha]

15. Fucking idiots.

Good luck with that, assholes.

[county worker]

18. It's the 12% who still think Bush was a good president.

They live in a fantasy world in their minds. If you read some of the freeptard's posts in jim robinson's loony bin called freerepublic you would think the Russians pulled of the red dawn for sure. They talk about armed insurrection!

They thought they had a 1000 yr reich going and are still in shock that the country doesn't agree with them.

[KamaAina]

20. "written on the letterhead of the House of Representatives"?

Might that not just possibly be against the rules of the Tennessee legislature?

[Wizard777]

21. Obama should file a countersuit for malicious prosecution or abuse of process.

THEN this BS will stop.