Mar 022012
 

The Mississippi Attorney General’s office has filed, on behalf of Republican Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, a Motion to Dismiss:

Petitioner Orly Taitz is a nationally known figure whose notoriety is derived in part by her numerous unsuccessful lawsuits in which she as an attorney or party has alleged that Barack Obama is not eligible to hold the office of the President of the United States. While Taitz, a California resident, cannot vote in Mississippi’s March 13 Democratic Party presidential primary, she nonetheless seeks a court order removing President Obama from the Mississippi Democratic Party’s presidential primary ballot.

The challenge should be thrown out because, basically:

The petition is time barred pursuant to Code Section 23-15-961 because Taitz missed the deadline to file with the Circuit Court. … The petition fails to state a claim for mandamus as the Secretary of State has no duty under state law to determine the qualifications of a presidential candidate in connection with a primary election ballot. … The petition fails to state a claim for any relief, including declaratory and injunctive relief, against the Secretary of State. Regardless of whether the relief sought against the Secretary of State is classified as declaratory, injunctive, or in the nature of a writ of mandamus, the petition should be dismissed for failure to state a claim. … Taitz lacks standing to pursue this action. Standing is a jurisdictional requirement necessary to invoke the authority of the judiciary. Taitz’s lack of standing deprives this Court of jurisdiction. … The petition and summons have not been properly served on the Office of the Attorney General as required by Rule a(d)(5).

Dr. Orly Taitz, Esq. has certainly been having her problems down South. No wonder. I think she filed her challenge three times and it was still all wrong.

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 Posted by at 10:06 am
Mar 012012
 

A State Commonwealth Court Judge

… has dismissed the claims of a group of voters, including one from the Lehigh Valley, who argued that President Barack Obama doesn’t qualify for the spring ballot because he’s not a “natural-born citizen” of the United States.

Judge Keith B. Quigley did not rule on the merits of the claim brought by Charles Kerchner, of Emmaus, Lehigh County, and others. The judge found that the court didn’t have the jurisdiction to hear the claim and dismissed it.

Quigley ruled in favor of arguments brought on behalf of Obama by lawyer John P. Lavelle of Philadelphia that the state appellate court only had jurisdiction to hear arguments on defects in nominating petitions. A lawyer for Kerchner and the plaintiffs claimed that questions about Obama’s citizenship constituted a defect in his petitions.

Capitol Ideas

NBC has a write-up: Sour Grapes.

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 Posted by at 12:20 pm
Mar 012012
 

President Obama’s got an AV-rated ass-kicker representing him in this ballot challenge. Hearing today in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg:

KERCHNER v OBAMA – Letter to Clerk in Opposition of Testimoney via Skype

KERCHNER v OBAMA – Letter to Clerk

KERCHNER v OBAMA – Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Admission pro hac vice

KERCHNER v OBAMA – Motion to Strike and Dismiss

On February 5, Kerchner posted this announcement to his blog, explaining his aims:

CDR Charles Kerchner (Ret) Leading a Group of Citizens in Pennsylvania to File a Ballot Access Challenge/Objection to Obama

For the past several months CDR Charles Kerchner (Ret) has been researching and planning for a ballot access challenge/objection to be filed against Barack Hussein Obama II in Pennsylvania on the fact that Obama is NOT a “natural born Citizen of the United States” since his father Obama Sr. was a FOREIGN NATIONAL. Obama Sr. was never a U.S. Citizen, and was not even an immigrant to the USA. Obama is the first person sworn in (illegally and unconstitutionally) as the President and Commander in Chief of our military since the founding generation who were exempt from the natural born Citizen requirement via a grandfather clause in the Constitution whose father was a foreign national, was never an immigrant to this country, and was never a Citizen of this country. This is outrageous. He slipped through the cracks of the 2008 primary nomination process last time due to an enabling media not vetting him properly and which is covering up for him, a cowardly Congress, and a Republican Party establishment that wants to run their own ineligible candidates and are thus complicit in abrogation of Article II Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution. But he will be challenged every step of this way by We the People this time. He is not constitutionally eligible to be the President.

CDR Kerchner was the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit Kerchner et al v Obama & Congress et al brought by Atty Mario Apuzzo which was taken all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, but turned away every step of the way by court created technicalities such as standing. In collaboration with Article II Super PAC, CDR Kerchner has gathered a group of plaintiffs and PA lawyers who plan to bring the challenge.

Here they all are filing the POS at the Chief Clerk’s Office of the Commonwealth Court of PA, on February 17:

Credit: CDR Kerchner's Blog

On February 27, Kerchner announced that BV-rated Birther lawyer Mario Apuzzo was joining the cause as co-counsel; however Apuzzo has been Denied pro hac vice status by the Pennsylvania court. Before PHV status was even determined, Apuzzo filed a 199-page brief.

For rebuttal, see Nolu Chan’s analysis here.

On February 23, Birther lawyer Phil Berg, who has not been disbarred in Pennsylvania, filed another challenge. Realist, a moderator at The Fogbow, summarized: “Kenyan birth, Grandma sez, Indonesian loss of citizenship, Never naturalized, et cetera.” This hearing is scheduled for March 19, in Philadelphia. As reported by The Western Center For Journalism: The United States Justice Foundation (USJF) is funding this project, and USJF Executive Director Gary Kreep will be co-counsel in this case.

Orly will be so happy.

The original Pennsylvania challenge, in the Western part of the state, was brought by Jim Schneller, an independent candidate for US Congress in PA-07. This will be heard today in Harrisburg, as well.

He got his, too:

SCHNELLER v OBAMA – Motion to Strike and Dismiss

SCHNELLER v OBAMA -Letter to Clerk

On February 27, he filed a second challenge, but it apparently has not yet been scheduled for a hearing.

Last year, the objector said of his 2008 ballot challenge:

“Once eight or nine courts toss it out (maybe it’s time),” he said. “It’s like an old pork roast in the freezer. Maybe it’s time to put it out for the trash man.”

Now Schneller seems to believe there is life in that old pork roast yet, even though 168 times, lower courts, Appellate Courts and the SCOTUS have put out the trash.

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 Posted by at 12:55 am
Feb 292012
 

He’s gone back and forth about it, but he’s in now. Hot dog.

Doing things the conventional way has never been my strong suit. This afternoon, I will file to become a candidate for the United States Senate in Nebraska. I came to realize that my previous decision was the easy one, not the right one. My commitment to serve Nebraska and America, and to be part of the debate about the challenges we face was too strong to dismiss. My family supports this decision 100%. I look forward to seeing you in the coming weeks. We have a lot of work to do.

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 Posted by at 4:50 pm
Feb 292012
 

From the Docket:

February 29, 2012 Order Filed 02/29/2012
Per Curiam
Document Name: upon consideratrion of obectors’ amended motion for admission pro hac vice of Mario Apuzzo, Esq.
Comment: the motion is denied.

Also, Vattelvision gets no love:

February 28, 2012 Order Denying Application for Relief 02/28/2012
Per Curiam
Document Name: upon consideration of objectors’ motion for audio and video recording, the motion is DENIED.

 Posted by at 10:06 am
Feb 292012
 

Dr. Orly Taitz, has been very worked up over her project to provide certified copies of the unauthenticated “evidence” from Farrar v. Obama, showing exactly how badly our Empty Chair beat her in the Georgia ballot challenge, to Secretaries of State and so forth all over the goddamned nation.

Additionally, I still need your assistance in getting the certified file from Farrar v Obama and sending it to remaining 49 Secretaries of State and 49 election boards with a demand to remove Obama from the ballot immediately and sending this to 49 remaining Attorney Generals with a demand for immediate criminal prosecution of Obama and his accomplices for elections fraud, use of a forged birth certificate and use of a stolen Social Security number.

Here she is, driving herself even crazier than she is:

Update on ObamaForgeryGate in MS and GA

I was on the phone with four different clerks and the sheriffs department in the First Circuit court in Jackson MS. . They are still trying to find my letter and checks for the additional $120 filing fee and the checks to the sheriffs department for the service of process. …

We have 50 states to take care of, I can’t be mired in logistics in one case in one state for so long, I really need my supporters to help with this, as I will end up with a heart attack and will not be able to finish the job and send the criminal usurper and his accomplices to prison, where they belong.

She must be happy the court clerks found the monies:

02/28/2012
PAYMENT REC FROM DEFEND OUR FREEDOM FOUNDATION

02/28/2012
SUMMONS ISSUED AND RET TO PL- NO COPIES OF COMPLAINT PROVIDED- COPY COST $288.00 PER COPY

What an idiot.

In addition to the additional sums she is spending on this fool’s errand in 49 states, she describes what she’s already spent on losing in the State of Georgia:

I can’t pay thousands of dollars to fly all the witnesses, pay for their hotels and do it 50 times. I would need a donor like Donald Trump or Sheldon Adelson ot Ross Perot to do it. I saw that after the hearing total amount, that I spent was over $14,000. Aside from paying for air and hotel for witnesses, I paid $2,000 to another attorney, who did mock trial with me and some of the witnesses: John Sampson, Susan Daniels, Felicito Papa. Unfortunately Doug Voht’s flight was delayed and he arrived only at 12 at night the day before. For other reasons we could not do mock trial with 2 other witnesses. I also paid over $1,000 for Mr. Dolz to fly and operate computer and projector, so the judge, the media and the public at large could see on the video all of the enlarged evidence. I paid $700 for the projector, $250 for the screen, several thousands for FedEx.

Ask yourself, if you lost in the State of Georgia, but wanted to win in 49 other states, would you spend a fortune of your supporters’ money to make sure authorities in the 49 other states would be sure to know you lost in the State of Georgia?

Up up, down down.

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 Posted by at 9:22 am
Feb 282012
 

Shame. Emphasis mine.

STATEMENT OF SENATOR OLYMPIA J. SNOWE ON
RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN FOR UNITED STATES SENATE

WASHINGTON, D.C – Three-term Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) issued the following statement today with regard to her re-election campaign:

“After an extraordinary amount of reflection and consideration, I am announcing today that I will not be a candidate for re-election to the United States Senate.

“After 33 years in the Congress this was not an easy decision. My husband and I are in good health. We have laid an exceptionally strong foundation for the campaign, and I have no doubt I would have won re-election. It has been an indescribable honor and immeasurable privilege to serve the people of Maine, first in both houses of Maine’s legislature and later in both houses of Congress. To this day, I remain deeply passionate about public service, and I cherish the opportunity I have been given for nearly four decades to help improve the lives of my fellow Mainers.

“As I have long said, what motivates me is producing results for those who have entrusted me to be their voice and their champion, and I am filled with that same sense of responsibility today as I was on my first day in the Maine House of Representatives. I do find it frustrating, however, that an atmosphere of polarization and ‘my way or the highway’ ideologies has become pervasive in campaigns and in our governing institutions.

“With my Spartan ancestry I am a fighter at heart; and I am well prepared for the electoral battle, so that is not the issue. However, what I have had to consider is how productive an additional term would be. Unfortunately, I do not realistically expect the partisanship of recent years in the Senate to change over the short term. So at this stage of my tenure in public service, I have concluded that I am not prepared to commit myself to an additional six years in the Senate, which is what a fourth term would entail.

“As I enter a new chapter, I see a vital need for the political center in order for our democracy to flourish and to find solutions that unite rather than divide us. It is time for change in the way we govern, and I believe there are unique opportunities to build support for that change from outside the United States Senate. I intend to help give voice to my fellow citizens who believe, as I do, that we must return to an era of civility in government driven by a common purpose to fulfill the promise that is unique to America.

“In the meantime, as I complete my third term, I look forward to continuing to fight for the people of Maine and the future of our nation. And I will be forever and unyieldingly grateful for the trust that the people of Maine have placed in me, and for the phenomenal friendship and assistance I have received over the years from my colleagues, my supporters, and my staff, both in Maine and in Washington.” Senator Snowe will be scheduling a news conference in Portland, Maine, in order to further discuss her decision when she returns to her home state on Friday.

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 Posted by at 4:26 pm