Lawsuit Re: Obama's Citizenship Tossed
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Lawsuit Re: Obama's Citizenship Tossed
| Sat, 10-25-2008 - 6:36pm |
Looks like the judge dismissed Berg's lawsuit alleging Obama was born in Kenya.
| Sat, 10-25-2008 - 6:36pm |
Looks like the judge dismissed Berg's lawsuit alleging Obama was born in Kenya.
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from the OP:
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20081025_Judge_rejects_Montco_lawyer_s_bid_to_have_Obama_removed_from_ballot.html
"U.S. District Judge R. Barclay Surrick had denied Berg's request for a temporary restraining order on Aug. 22 but had not ruled on the merits of the suit until yesterday.
Obama and the Democratic National Committee had asked Surrick to dismiss Berg's complaint in a court filing on Sept. 24. They said that Berg's claims were "ridiculous" and "patently false," that Berg had "no standing" to challenge the qualifications of a candidate for president because he had not shown the requisite harm to himself.
Surrick agreed.
In a 34-page memorandum and opinion, the judge said Berg's allegations of harm were "too vague and too attenuated" to confer standing on him or any other voters. Surrick ruled that Berg's attempts to use certain laws to gain standing to pursue his claim that Obama was not a natural-born citizen were "frivolous and not worthy of discussion." The judge also said the harm Berg alleged did "not constitute an injury in fact" and Berg's arguments to the contrary "ventured into the unreasonable."
translation: the court (Surrick) said the case had no merit.
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