All of the Cases Dealing with Obama’s Birth Certificate Issue

The purpose of this blog is to expose Barack Obama’s rhetoric; however, since holding his press conference last Friday, Mr. Obama hasn’t said anything, so I can’t take up my cause until he speaks again.  In the meantime, I know that many of you are following Mr. Obama’s birth certificate (or certification of live birth) issue surrounding the Constitutionality of his election to President of the United States.  I thought it might be useful to list all of the websites here, so you have an easy reference point to get information.

Let’s first just summarize the pending cases regarding this issue.  Philip J. Berg was the first to file such action in federal court in Philadelphia, PA.  Immediately, thereafter, Jeff Schreiber began documenting Berg’s case attempting to give a well rounded view of the issue.  Jeff has been a sound speaker on this issue and has done a great job of trying to keep everyone abreast of Berg’s case and the overall issues surrounding the case.  I will list Jeff’s site here as well as a place to get a wealth of information on the topic.

Next, a suit was filed in Washington state against the Secretary of State’s office asking for the birth certificate to be produced.  Then, Andy Martin, went to Hawaii, the only place he felt a suit could truly be filed and won regarding the birth certificate issue.  Since then others have filed including the intent by Patriot Brigade Talk Radio’s to file a suit as well.

Notably, Leo Donofrio and Cort Wrotnowski have filed suits that don’t rely on Obama being born outside of the United States.  They contend that because Barack Obama’s father was not a U.S. Citizen and was a British Subject, Barack Obama was British Subject at the time of is birth and is not a natural born citizen.  On Leo Donofrio’s Weblog, http://naturalborncitizen.wordpress.com he miticulously discusses his arguments as to Barack Obama’s lack of Natural Born Citizenship status.

As promised, here are the links to the various suits:

Philip J. Berg’s Suit:  http://www.obamacrimes.com

Commentary on Berg’s suit:  http://www.americasright.com

Press Release on WA suit:  http://peoplespassions.org/peoplesvoice/Lawsuit_Sam_Reed/Press_Release_08_10_10.htm

Andy Martin’s suit filed in Hawaii:  http://contrariancommentary.blogspot.com

Information on Leo Donofrio’s New Jersey suit:  http://naturalborncitizen.wordpress.com

Information on Cort Wrotnowski’s Connecticut suit:  http://naturalborncitizen.wordpress.com

Patriot Brigade’s intent to file suit:  http://www.blogtext.org/naturalborncitizen/

Not a suit but Dr. Vieria Jr.’s knowledgable opinion on the subject:  http://www.newswithviews.com/Vieira/edwin84.htm

A summary of CA Obama eligibility lawsuit filed on behalf of Alan Keyes: http://www.americasright.com/2008/11/keyes-action-unlikely-to-overcome.html

This should give you plenty of reading on the subject.  I’ll add to the list if more suits are filed.

The following are the dispositions thus far in the Supreme Court Cases:

Leo Denofrio’s Case:

No. 08A407
Title:	Leo C. Donofrio, Applicant v. Nina Mitchell Wells, New Jersey Secretary of State
Docketed:
Lower Ct:	Supreme Court of New Jersey

Case Nos.:

(AM-0153-08T2 at the New Jersey Appellate Division without a docket number)

~~~Date~~~	~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nov 3 2008	Application (08A407) for stay pending the filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Souter.
Nov 6 2008	Application (08A407) denied by Justice Souter.
Nov 14 2008	Application (08A407) refiled and submitted to Justice Thomas.
Nov 19 2008	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 5, 2008.
Nov 19 2008	Application (08A407) referred to the Court by Justice Thomas.
Nov 26 2008	Supplemental brief of applicant Leo C. Donofrio filed. (Distributed)
Dec 1 2008	Letter from applicant dated November 22, 2008, received.
Dec 8 2008	Application (08A407) denied by the Court.

Cort Wrotnowski’s Case

No. 08A469
Title:	Cort Wrotnowski, Applicant v. Susan Bysiewicz, Connecticut Secretary of State
Docketed:
Lower Ct:	Supreme Court of Connecticut

Case Nos.:

(SC 18264)

~~~Date~~~	~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nov 25 2008	Application (08A469) for stay and/or injunction, submitted to Justice Ginsburg.
Nov 26 2008	Application (08A469) denied by Justice Ginsburg.
Nov 29 2008	Application (08A469) refiled and submitted to Justice Scalia.
Dec 8 2008	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 12, 2008.
Dec 8 2008	Application (08A469) referred to the Court by Justice Scalia.
Dec 9 2008	Supplemental brief of applicant Cort Wrotnowski filed. (Distributed)
Dec 15 2008	Application (08A469) denied by the Court.

Phil Berg’s Case:

No. 08-570
Title:	Philip J. Berg, Petitioner v. Barack Obama, et al.
Docketed:	October 31, 2008
Lower Ct:	United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Case Nos.:	(08-4340)
	Rule 11

~~~Date~~~	~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oct 30 2008	Petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment filed. (Response due December 1, 2008)
Oct 31 2008	Application (08A391) for an injunction pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Souter.
Nov 3 2008	Supplemental brief of applicant Philip J. Berg filed.
Nov 3 2008	Application (08A391) denied by Justice Souter.
Nov 18 2008	Waiver of right of respondents Federal Election Commission, et al. to respond filed.
Dec 1 2008	Motion for leave to file amicus brief filed by Bill Anderson.
Dec 8 2008	Application (08A505) for an injunction pending the disposition of the petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Souter.
Dec 9 2008	Application (08A505) denied by Justice Souter.
Dec 15 2008	Application (08A505) refiled and submitted to Justice Kennedy.
Dec 17 2008	DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 9, 2009.
Dec 17 2008	Application (08A505) denied by Justice Kennedy.

Orly Taitz’s Case:

No. 08A524
Title:	Gail Lightfoot, et al., Applicants v. Debra Bowen, California Secretary of State
Docketed:
Lower Ct:	Supreme Court of California

Case Nos.:

(S168690)

~~~Date~~~	~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dec 12 2008	Application (08A524) for a stay pending the filing and disposition of a petition for a writ of certiorari, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
Dec 17 2008	Application (08A524) denied by Justice Kennedy.

Link to Supreme Court Docket Search Engine

So that is where the Supreme Court cases stand to date.  You can check back here for further details as Taitz’s case continues through the Supreme Court.