The US Supreme Court struck another blow at the "birther" conspiracy theorists today, by refusing to hear a case that alleges Barack Obama is not a "natural born citizen." None of the many cases filed have gone anywhere. Probably because the whole conspiracy theory is ludicrous.
Beyond the dubious merits of this and the many other cases though, there is something that needs to be said to the tinfoil hatters who are on this wacky bandwagon. Almost to a person, the birthers claim that they are trying to protect the US Constitution. They claim to be attempting to prevent a Constitutional crisis. They go so far as to call Obama some sort of Trojan horse candidate, ready to rend our Constitution into shreds.
Question: where have these people been the past eight years? Outside of screaming whenever any perceived attack of the 2nd amendment comes up, where were they during warrantless wiretaps? The USA PATRIOT Act? What about the countless other Bush Administration violations of the Bill of Rights?
The answer of course is that these folks are likely cloaking their true motivations within the Constitution. It's sorta like wrapping yourself in the flag. The truth is, they just can't accept the fact that a) a Democrat, b) Obama, c) a black guy, d) a Marxist, Socialist, elitist, secret Muslim with a crazy Christian preacher, who pals around with terrorists and has an angry, militant wife actually won. Take your pick.
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Supreme Court Rejects Appeal Over Obama’s Citizenship
Without any comment whatsoever, the Supreme Court today declined to take up an appeal by a New Jersey man who questioned President-elect Barack Obama’s eligibility for the presidency, based on his birth to a father from Kenya and a mother who was a United States citizen. . .
Read more at: New York Times
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