Fellow Constitutionalists,
One of my earliest childhood memories is of my parents talking about Nixon and the Watergate scandal. I remember the newspaper headline: “Nixon Resigns!” President Nixon’s fight against court subpoenas made international news. Yesterday President Obama completely ignored a court subpoena, and the world shrugged.
Obama’s behavior yesterday is even more disturbing than Nixon’s. Nixon at least respected the judicial branch enough to have his attorney’s show up in court and follow procedure. Nixon’s fight in the courts followed existing law. Nixon acknowledged the authority of the judicial branch even while he fought it. Obama, on the other hand, essentially said yesterday that the judicial branch has no power over him. He ordered his attorneys to stay away from the hearing. He didn’t petition a higher court in a legitimate attempt to stay the hearing. Instead he showed complete contempt for the entire judicial branch and for the rule of law. Rather than respecting the legal process Obama went around the courts and tried to put political pressure directly on the Georgia Secretary of State. When that failed, he simply ignored the judicial branch completely.
The rule of law, and our three-branch system of government, now hang in the balance. If the Georgia court issues a ruling on the merits and an order finding Obama in contempt of court, and if that contempt order actually results in real punishment of some kind, then we will still have a Constitutional Republic. If this doesn’t happen, then Obama will have been rewarded for showing complete contempt for the judicial branch.
Understand that the goal of the Georgia ballot challenge was to have a court rule on the merits of the Constitutional question: Does the term “natural born citizen” in Article II of the Constitution, require a Presidential candidate to have two parents that were U.S. citizens at the time the candidate was born? Obama wants to avoid having a court rule on this question. That is why he didn’t show up and ordered his attorneys to not show up. He was hoping that the Georgia court would enter a default judgment rather than rule on the merits. If the court enters a default judgment, Obama will have succeeded in avoiding the Constitutional eligibility question. He will then appeal the default judgment, get the appellate court to suspend the default judgment pending appeal, and then delay the appeal until after the primary. This is undoubtedly Obama’s plan.
If the Georgia Court rules that Supreme Court precedent must be followed and therefore Obama simply does not meet the minimum Constitutional requirements to hold the office of President, then we will at least have succeeded in finding one court in the nation willing to do its job. If that court finds Obama in contempt of court, then we still have three viable branches of government. The Georgia court has the authority to do both of these things. The world should be holding its breath.
Unfortunately the world is apparently unaware that a great Republic is on life support. The Roman Empire died a slow death. It’s death was so gradual that few people living at that time probably noticed the individual events that marked the death throes of that great empire. Apparently the same is true of America. Yesterday marked a stunning turn of events in the constant power struggle between the three branches of our government. Our President openly showed that he believes he is completely above the law. I wonder if the court even noticed its own death certificate. We will see in a few days.
I will certainly try to explain this to the court in our proposed findings of fact and law that the court requested we file before February 5th.
All of your encouragement and prayers have been greatly appreciated. They are needed even more over the next few weeks. This battle is FAR from over. And it has taken on importance beyond what we predicted (which is truly astounding). Please tell everyone you know about Obama’s contempt of the judicial branch. Please explain to them what it really means. Even those that agree with Obama politically and disagree with our ballot challenge should be shocked, appalled, and scared of Obama’s contempt for the judicial system.
In Liberty,
Van Irion
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Van, I just want to say to you, thank you for taking this task on. I am sure that you will not be on Obama’s next party list, so don’t get your hope up. We read comments everyday about Obama in such a ventilated way that those who comment ar sure to be as frustrated as I am over this issue, so to have someone like you to stand up to the plate and actually do something tanible about it. I can’t thank you enough Van. You are a frustration reliever by what you have done for America. Each and everyone of us see this president go around the country using our money for his on purpose, and giving our money away like we have an ever lasting stream of it without thinking of the consquences of hs actions, of course one can go on and on with all the ilegal things he get’s away with beside what you have brought forth in the court room. So, once again, Van thank you, and America look’s forward to the day when the truth does come out, so all the world will see the America was almost taken over by a president that was illegal who was trying to usurp America and it’s laws to bring forth communism, thanks Van, God Bless.
This entire government is so out of sync with the voters and taxpayers it is incredible that there has not yet been a uprising considering the amount of anger that is being exhibted from citizens of all stripe, color and party.
We have a uncredentialed leadership that holds the American people, culture and laws in disdain and acts as though his office is immune from the rule of law and this agenda is not affected by the Constitution.
Now all this must be put under the auspices of a Consitutional Convention of states in order to regain the rights we the people are no longer are in charge of, the way all elected officials and appointiees are allowed to hold office must now change in order to regain the blance of government branches and restore representation to American citizens….Repair and maintenance was not meant to be easy but it is necessary from time to time…or you lose your Republic.
I’m with you Michael11 and ONTIME
We no longer have a free and vibrant 4th Estate. It died 18 months before Mr Obama ascended the throne. Thanks to the derelict Senate any American can be taken out of his home and placed under the aegis of the military without due process. Where will it end. America in filled with socialist not to say communist judges who legislate from the bench. The Supreme Court refused to even consider the Presidents credentials and passed the Buck back to Congress knowing a do nothing Senate under Harry Reid would once again thumb its nose at We The People simply because he can and doesn’t give a tinker’s dmn who knows it. Kagan refuses to recuse herself on Obamacare and her esteemed colleagues on the Court whine that they are powerless to do their jobs. Compared to this Fraud, Richard Nixon looks like a a cannonized Saint. The Department of Justice has become a home for shyster lawyers and thugs
words which can be used to describe 90% of those employed there. America is a breath away from lossing it all. God is the only one we can ask for help and we all should feel like fair weather friends if
we ask him. May Judge Malihi stay strong and Secretary of State Kemp keep the pressure on.
My prayers and support go with you, Mr. Irion.
I believe Ga. Secretary of State Kemp is aware of the contempt Obama has for both his state and the judicial process. After all, Kemp wrote to Obama’s attorney that he and The One ignore the Malihi court “at their own peril.” And just as the Secretary takes the process seriously, I ‘ll guarantee Judge Malihi does as well. We’ll know very soon.
WesternJ said, “Yesterday President Obama completely ignored a court subpoena, and the world shrugged.”
The world didn’t shrugg, they are watching but are already under the influence of the NWO. They don’t get the news, they can’t respond. We can’t let that happen here.
Obama ignoring one judge is one thing, the Constitution says we have to vote for president in all 50 states. GA will mean he can’t run for president.
Next we get a lot of states to remove him from the ballot. Call or write your Secretary of State and let him know you want him off the ballot for being illegal. Get there contact number here.
http://entrepreneurs.about.com/od/generalresources/a/secretarystate.htm
The states can do this and there is nothing Obama can do about it.
Donald, I contacted our Sec. of St. about this and she told me she is not responsible for this. She said it was the Presidential electors who are. I think she is lying but I don’t know enough about it to say for sure.
I live in Oregon and her name is Kate Brown, if anybody else here is from Oregon, please write or email her also, please. I got the feeling I was getting the DC run around. I’m not done tho, I’m going to try and contact our electors and find out for sure, but if you can help out it would be great, thanks guys & Gals.
Hi Rustytruck, I did a search for presidential electors. You have a little digging to do but I’m sure you will get to the bottom of this. Post the contact information you used to get your Sec. of St.. More people will contact him/her. It seems like he/she is trying to pass the buck. From what I see the presidential elector carries the popular vote to the college AFTER the voting.
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That’s exactly what I thought too Donald, she just doesn’t want to help out. Probably because our state is mostly represented by Dems. It’s such a falsehood because we are not liberal here even tho we’re listed like that. Mostly loggers and construction, farming type of people, does that sound liberal to you? Me neither, it’s because we’re too busy working to be bothered with politics but I guess we better start taking care of business and correct that image. Anyway, thanks for the reply, I’ll post the info for our Sec. of State, Kate Brown in just a bit, hopefully others will contact her also and we will get to the bottom of this.
Donald, here’s the rest of our Sec. of State info. She can be reached at oregon.sos@state.or.us , her name is Kate Brown. 255 Capitol St NE, Ste 501, Salem, OR 97310-1306 , (503) 986-1518
This info is directly taken from our state website, regarding the elections div. So, obviously she lied to me Donald, it said right here that they handle the elections. http://oregonvotes.org/ and this is the website where she can be reached. Any Oregonians out there who are reading this, please contact her about this. I am going to contact the local TV stations again about why they are not covering the story in Georgia. God Bless America!!
I’ll call her in the morning.
her name is Kate Brown. 255 Capitol St NE, Ste 501, Salem, OR 97310-1306 , (503) 986-1518
NOt true. The Sec of State vets and approves a candidate’s inclusion on the state ballot. All the electors do is honor the votes ultiamtely cast by the voters. She’s dodging, or is obscenely ignorant and unqualified to be Sec. of State.
jdlaney3, Thanks
From what I understand of what’s happening in Georgia, the court case & the default judgment will be going to the GA Sec. of State…From what I saw of the Sec.State letter that was sent in response to D.C.’s request to have them simply revoke the case (on the evening just before the hearing scheduled for the next morning), the reply said that at least this much would happen. The GA Sec.State said he would be reviewing the info.
Since the elegibiliity question was already addressed directly during the hearing with at least one SCOTUS case that SPECIFICALLY STATED that the “two-parents citizens birthing a child” was the actual meaning of “natural born citizen.” I’ve heard of 3 other SCOTUS cases stating the same thing, but I’m not aware if these other cases were also mentioned. From what I figure, the GA Sec.State will confirm that the court’s judgment is correct. What happens from that point can only be guessed.
It was no surprise to me that Obama would do his best to ignore the GA subpoena, since he’s already ignored a SCOTUS Court Order to lift the Oil Drilling Moritorium in the Gulf Coast. I’ve lost count of how many times Obama has already ignored Congress & SCOTUS already.
What would be best is for GA to charge him with Contempt of Court, so that if Obama ever steps foot inside GA boundaries, he can be arrested. Then similar cases & judgments happen in most or all of the other 49 States…If even 2/3 of the States follow GA’s lead, then Congress & SCOTUS cannot let Obama slide any longer, because it would cost them all their own jobs!
As a side note, I think Obama is DELIBERATELY provoking We the People to rise up in a violent revolution so that he could claim some kind of “justification” for openly declaring Martial Law & using that as an angle for his PR…And to suspend any elections from kicking him out of the White House.
So far, I’m glad to see that calmer heads are prevailing while the People are working on cleaning out corruption from the local level down to the Federal level. Yes, the US Government is, by the Supreme Law of the Land, the LOWEST level of government…We the People had authorized our duly selected Representative Officers in our State governments to establish the “General Government.” The US Constitution (& all of the State Constitutions) are the Contracts of Employment, with We the People as the employers of the States & the US government levels. By the 10th Amendment, it’s made CLEAR that the Feds can only exercise a limited number of Powers on OUR behalf, while the States (& the People) retain ALL OTHER POWERS except those specifically delegated to the Feds. In short, the Federal Powers are few & limited while the States’ & the Peoples’ Powers are expansive & indefinite.
It’s far past time to REMIND them of this FACT OF LAW.
The Sec of State needn’t bother with the legalese. In this case, Sec. of State Kemp indicated that he would abide by the judge’s “recommendation”. So, if Judge Malihi does, in fact, recommend that Obama NOT be allowed on the ballot, and if Sec. Kemp honors his assurance that he’d follow the judge’s lead in this matter, it’s all over.
What’s next? Comtempt charges against the DNC, Pelosi, et. al. felons. AND, other states will drop Barack from their ballots as well.
The King is dead!
Long live the King.
Go for it Ron Paul.
Why don’t We The People just make it illegal to be a Communist in America? WE can deport the Communists along with the wetbacks and then rebuild our Constitutional Republic as our founders created it, with no foreigners in our White House. Obama, McCain, Jindal. Rubio, And possibly Romney are not Natural Born! Why do “you” think after all these years we get a chit load of nonElegible foreigners running for our highest office? THE NEW WORLD ORDER! They have unlimited pockets! They own the MSM! They control our own courts both State And Federal! THEY OWN US! You like being a slave? Well sheeple, stand up on your human legs and fight back! This is still America and WE are still Americans! How do you think we built this Constitutional Republic based on FREEDOM? WE FOUGHT FOR IT!
Dear RustyTruck & Donald.
Hello! I too have been getting the runaround in my state of SC. I was blocked by the office workers when I entered a complaint in 2009 regarding election fraud to my AG. Now, my state Dept of Elections and the new AG’s office tell me there is no mechanism for filing a complaint. I refuse to accept that. I do have a letter in to my SOS and am waiting for a reply.
Any advice appreciated!
Hi Dawn, We’re all new at this little game Obama started but not giving up. The best I can say is go to your state website and look around the SoS dept. Somewhere in there is the answer. I’m going down to
our capitol Monday and see what can be done in person. It’s only 20 miles away from where I live so it won’t be too difficult for me. I’m betting on the fact of me standing there, they will have to come up with an answer just to get me to go home. You know, I’ve defended my country one way or the other for many, many years and I refuse to quit now just because we got a liar in DC wanting me to. I really wish the Dems had seen this coming, it would’ve been easier to stop him if everyone was on board. Looking back, Nixon and Clinton were angels compared to this guy, and they were out of office in a blink. Well, good luck Dawn, keep posting and maybe we all will get the right solution together.
Hi Dawn, Post the names you contacted and contact information plus what you and they said here. I’m not a lawyer but I know public pressure can make things happen. You write to the top and document your copy by putting it on line in as many places you want. Send them the links so they can read the comments. If they don’t respond, say so. If they do respond let us all know their response. Here is some SC’s information.
Georgia Office of State Administrative Hearings
Deputy Chief Judge Michael Malihi
230 Peachtree St. N.W.
Suite 850
Atlanta, GA 30303
Tel: (404) 657-2800
Valerie Ruff
Case Management Assistant
Tel: (404) 651-7595
Fax: (404) 818-3751
Georgia Secretary of State
Brian P. Kemp
Georgia Elections Division
2 MLK Jr. Dr. S.E.
Suite 802, Floyd West Tower
Atlanta, GA 30334
Tel: (404) 656-2871
Fax: (404) 651-9531
Here is a link to all the Sec. of States
http://entrepreneurs.about.com/od/generalresources/a/secretarystate.htm
Van,
God Bless You and your fellow attorneys.
I understand Judge Malihi has moved up the date to Feb 2nd. I guess he’s not expecting Obama to contest the evidence anyway.
So glad you successfully ducked a default judgement and to the evidence of Obama’s ineligibilty in the record.
My question: if the Judge recommends to Sec. of State Kemp to keep Obama’s name off the presidential ballot, can Obama appeal that action, and to whom? I thought ballot issues were a state’s prerogative.
The greatest evil in the world happens when good men see it and do nothing.
Check out the state-by-state OBAMABALLOTCHALLENGE.COM. There are tips therein for each state on how to challenge Soetoro from getting on the ballot (primary and then General election).
Rustytruck, I called OR today, Leslie, the Sec of State’s assistant took my call and I told her that the Costitution states that all 50 states must vote on the president as since Georgia has already removed him from their ballot obama is not a contender (as of Feb 2nd) but that I still wanted him removed from OR ballot. She said she would pass the message on as SofS Kate Brown was traveling today.
Thanks Donald,
I also found this out in person, I went to Salem to get answers and as usual people who work for our govt. do not want to commit to anything unless you hold their feet to the fires. It seems to be more prevailent in the Democratic circles tho, and that is why I’m really pushing to install some Republican influence in our Representatives. I think we ignored this issue too long and now we have this Democratic appearance to the country. Believe me, it’s only in our capitol and politicians. The state is very much conservative as a whole. Hard work is prime here, it drives myself along with my neighbors to work long hours and pay our way. I’ve always felt the welfare was a hand up, not a hand out and that’s conservative. I can’t thnak you enough for helping us here, I think we’ll win if we keep at it. If in turn you need some support where you live, please feel free to let me know and I’ll fire up the guys here, maybe send out some mail for you too. Now this is what America is about, standing together. God Bless you my friend, and God Bless America!
Thanks Rustytruck, our Governor in Hawaii is Neil Abercrombie, a hand picked ex-Senator that left to “help Us”. Boy did that backfire, he couldn’t find any birth certificate and everybody but the MSM hates him. It would be great for somebody out of state to tell him to take Obama off the ballot. Aloha.
You got it, I’ll send him an email tomorrow and pass the word to my friends here also. Maybe we can really help out. Sooner or later everybody will get fed up and remove Obama one way or the other. By the way, here’s a little video you might want to watch ans pass along also. Hopefully you can see it before it’s pulled. http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=H3aCfR8rmrw
It’s some current history on not just Obama but others in congress etc. It’ll make your blood boil. Good luck to you, I’ll send off to Mr. Ambercrombie tomorrow.
Donald, I can’t find any address for Ambercrombie to write to. Do you have a link or something? Even a phone number would be good. I’ll call if nothing else. Thanks.
Rustytruck – http://hawaii.gov/gov/ – website
After watching this video again I noticed Senator Obama twice tried to pass bills against the 2nd Amendment and the Natural Born Citizen clause. He knew he wasn’t elegible before he ran for president. This is in the Congressional Record. Another nail in his coffin.
This POTUS and his people have been ignoring the law since well before he became POTUS. It is my Sincere Prayer that Georgia rules in favor of the PEOPLE of this GREAT NATION!!!
My understanding is that the Obama campaign sent a threatening letter to Brian Kemp demanding he sign off on the ruling. Its possible they did the same thing to Mahili. I sent an email to Mr. Kemp expressing my concerns and begging him to override the ruling if possible. I think that everyone who opposes this decision should take the time to contact Mr Kemp expressing your concerns. It may not help but it certainly wouldn’t hurt.
Governor of HI http://hawaii.gov/gov/
Van….Van…. please now. Is your credit of self worth so boated that you honestly – we’re talking real honesty now Van, not the bull you bring into the courtroom… is it so great that you feel our POTUS not appearing before your publicity circus a bigger misjustice than those committed by the man historically known as the second worst president in history RichardNixon after your brethren southern GOP idiot George W. Bush?