‘President Obama is not a natural born citizen of the
US’:
Top court rejects disqualifying Obama as President
US: The US Supreme Court Monday slapped down a new bid seeking to
show that Barack Obama was ineligible to be elected president of the
United States in the 2008 White House race.
The nation’s highest court refused to take up a case brought by three
people “who claim President Barack Obama is not a natural born citizen
of the United States of America and, hence, is ineligible to be the
president,” court documents said. The nine justices, meeting as they
opened a new term, thus upheld a August 2010 California appeals court
ruling which found that the “plaintiffs’ contentions lack merit.”
The appeals court also argued “the presidential nominating process is
not subject to each of the 50 states’ election officials independently
deciding whether a presidential nominee is qualified, as this could lead
to chaotic results.” Some rightwing conspiracy theorists have claimed
that Obama, whose father was from Kenya, was not born on US territory,
which would disqualify him for the presidency.
But official records show Obama was born in the state of Hawaii and
the White House even released the official full version of his birth
certificate in a bid to squash the debate.
Washington, Tuesday, AFP
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