Targeting the Electoral College

between the lines

Joseph Farah

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Posted: December 10, 2008
1:00 am Eastern

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Perhaps never before in American history has the Electoral College had before it such an awesome responsibility.

Normally, the electors perform their duties like robots. Those pledged to the Democrat candidate vote for him. Those pledged to the Republican candidate vote for him.

To my knowledge, however, never before has there been serious concern about the eligibility of the winning candidate.

There certainly is in 2008.

On Monday, 538 electors are scheduled to convene throughout the 50 states to cast their ballots for one of two candidates – John McCain and Barack Obama. Yet, there is a more fundamental issue at stake this year than ever before – and electors should each take their constitutional responsibility seriously to raise it.

Is the man who won the majority of popular votes Nov. 4, Barack Obama, eligible to be president under Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution?

If there is any doubt, electors have a sworn duty to find out. And, no matter what you hear from my colleagues in the press, elected officials who chose not to investigate this matter and not to insist that safeguards and checks were in place on a matter so urgent and fundamental, there is doubt – grave doubt.


In fact, unless we're going to live under an honor system in the future, one that relies solely on what a candidate says about his own eligibility, there is no reason to believe Obama is. There is simply no valid evidence to prove it, and there is plenty to raise doubts.

For instance:

* None of the offices of secretary of state responsible for placing candidates on the ballot across the country bothered to ask them for proof of eligibility.

* The Federal Election Commission didn't involve itself in that process – begging the question: What does the Federal Election Commission do?

* The issue was never addressed by the U.S. attorney general's office or any state AGs.

* The Supreme Court, confronted with a question of constitutional propriety, passed on the chance to investigate further.

* Members of Congress have actually written constituents explaining that the American people have spoken – so the Constitution be damned!

It seems government wants to be involved in every facet of your life, far exceeding constitutional scope, but isn't the least bit concerned about upholding even the most clear-cut eligibility requirements for the president of the United States.

If all of this has you as frustrated and angry as it does me, there are two things you can still do to make your voice heard:

* Sign the petition I launched several weeks ago calling on all controlling legal authorities to demand proof of Obama's eligibility under the Constitution.

* FedEx the Electoral College before 1 p.m. Thursday about your concerns in anticipation of its meetings next Monday – the meetings that will officially elect Obama as the next president.

I'm afraid the clock is ticking.

We're running out of time.

Yet, I think it is essential for those of us who still revere the Constitution to stand up for it and make as much noise as we can.

I'm not sure we will be successful at getting questions answered about Obama's eligibility. But, if we make enough noise, we just might make the parties think twice about nominating again a candidate of questionable eligibility.

Are you ready to stand up for the Constitution?

Or are you going to lie down and allow it to be trampled?

Please stand up with me. We owe it to all those who have fought and died for that Constitution to do all we can to honor it.

Do your part:

* FedEx 538 members of the Electoral College right now for only $10.95.

* Sign the petition demanding accountability to our Constitution.

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Joseph Farah is founder, editor and CEO of WND and a nationally syndicated columnist with Creators Syndicate. His book "Taking America Back: A Radical Plan to Revive Freedom, Morality and Justice" has gained newfound popularity in the wake of November's election. Farah also edits the online intelligence newsletter Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, in which he utilizes his sources developed over 30 years in the news business.

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Keyes' lawyers invite public to 'join the fight'

High-profile eligibility lawsuit may succeed where others have failed

Posted: December 09, 2008
10:00 pm Eastern

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A California public interest legal group has taken on a high-profile battle that already has at least three entire law firms lining up on the other side. But the group has promised to fight until a resolution is reached in the dispute over Barack Obama's eligibility to be president.

The legal action by the United States Justice Foundation seeks to stop the state's Electoral College voters, who already have been served with formal notices, from voting for Obama unless and until documentation proving his eligibility to occupy the Oval Office has been provided.

"For the sake of our Constitution and our republic, the issue MUST be resolved," the legal advocacy group says in a new campaign seeking support for its work.

To explain the implications of not resolving the eligibility question before Inauguration Day, USJF gives several possible examples: "If President Obama issues an executive order to rescind the Mexico City Policy and allows the tax dollars of Americans to fund organizations that promote abortions overseas, the door to question the legitimacy of that executive order remains open."

"If President Obama signs a treaty with an unfriendly power or the United Nations, the door to question the legitimacy of that treaty remains open.

"If President Obama signs a bill granting amnesty to illegal aliens, the door to question the legitimacy of that law remains open.

"If President Obama appoints new commissioners to the FCC who bring back the so-called Fairness Doctrine, the door to question those appointments and the legitimacy of the actions taken by his appointees remains open."

Thus, contends USJF in its lawsuit: "Should Senator Obama be discovered, after he takes office, to be ineligible for the office of president of the United States of America and, thereby, his election declared void, petitioners, as well as other Americans, will suffer irreparable harm in that an usurper will be sitting as the president of the United States, and none of the treaties, laws, or executive orders signed by him will be valid or legal."

"In other words, as long as this case is in the courts, a cloud hangs over Sen. Obama's head. For the sake of our Constitution and our Republic, the issue MUST be resolved!" the legal group said.

The USJF team said its goal is simply to make certain that the Constitution's clear requirements are met.

"Protecting the Constitution is not 'garbage,'" the group said, responding to an earlier WND report in which an Obama campaign spokeswoman said of challenges to his eligibility: "All I can tell you is that it is just pure garbage."

But USJF says making certain the Constitution's provisions are followed is basic to America, including the provision in Article 2, Section 1, which demands, "No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of president."

"The Obama campaign's response is an elitist, condescending slap in the face to patriotic Americans," says USJF. "The Obama campaign has a crack team of three high-priced law firms – that's not three lawyers but three law firms – that will use every means that money can buy to fight this action."

Although there are over a dozen cases nationwide challenging Obama's constitutional eligibility to be president, USJF attorneys explain why their case is different. Unlike other cases that have been rejected because the plaintiffs allegedly lacked "standing" to complain, the parties in this case definitely "have standing to bring this litigation."

That's because the plaintiffs, including former presidential candidate Alan Keyes and Wiley Drake, were both candidates on this year's California ballot. Keyes was a U.N. ambassador during the Reagan administration.

USJF, which previously has fought on behalf of members of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps and for families' rights to homeschool their children, was integral several years ago in providing legal representation for WND when it successfully fought a high-profile accreditation fight with the Senate Press Gallery.

"Here's the bottom line," says USJF. "Team Obama presently has THREE LAW FIRMS at its disposal – and a seemingly unlimited ability to raise funds from the far-left for re-enforcements. Three law firms potentially translates to scores of attorneys and possibly hundreds of clerks who can literally throw paperwork at us until we crack under the sheer pressure and cry uncle.

"The only thing they fear is you! They hope and pray that you will not support our efforts or that you will grow tired of the fight. Conversely, what they fear most is that you will join us and support our efforts!"

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