Obama Eligibility Lawsuits In Alabama And Florida

birth certificate Obama eligibility lawsuits in Alabama and Florida

Obama being born out of an apple pie in the middle of a Kansas wheat field as Toby Keith sings the National Anthem—such are the contents of an amicus brief filed by an Alabama Democrat Party that has resorted to ridicule in responding to the Obama eligibility case McInnish-Goode v Chapman, which will be held in front of Judge Roy Moore and the Alabama Supreme Court!  In an exclusive story reported by WND reporter Drew Zahn, the flippant nature of this brief indicates that the Obama team will be unable to brush off legitimate questions about how he can serve as a U.S. President without showing legitimate and verifiable evidence of eligibility!

Brought by Virgil Goode and Hugh McInnish, the case seeks to force Alabama Secretary of State Beth Chapman to verify eligibility of all candidates on the 2012 ballot.  Reporter Zahn points out that in 2010, Judge Moore (the “Ten Commandments” judge) remarked to WND about people who rely on their feelings to ascertain the fact that Obama is U.S.-born. “This is the strangest thing…the president has never produced evidence in the face of substantial evidence he was not born in our country,” said Judge Moore.

A Florida eligibility lawsuit brought by Attorney Larry Klayman on behalf of his client (Michael C. Voeltz) was filed on April 29, 2013 (case no. SC 13-560) in Florida’s First District Court of Appeals. “No physical paper copy has ever been presented to firmly establish Respondent Obama was indeed born within the United States,” maintains Klayman in the suit that asks the Court to direct Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner to issue an opinion regarding BHO’s eligibility to serve as president!  This latest action asks for reinstatement of Voeltz v. Obama, ”which was improperly dismissed by court order dated 2-8-2013.”  The Florida case points out that Obama’s father was a British subject born in Kenya, which was a British colony at the time of birth of Obama, Jr.  “The U.S. Supreme Court has defined this term (NBC) to mean a child born to two citizen parents (R.245-260). . .Obama is not an NBC as required by the U.S. Constitution and therefore ineligible to be President.”

Earlier court filings include the sworn affidavit of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, dated June 12, 2012, stating that Obama’s online birth certificate is a “computer generated document, manufactured electronically, and that did not originate in paper format as claimed by the White House.”  Arpaio swears under oath that he and his investigators have found probable cause of document forgery, meaning that the certificate cannot be used as a legal verification for Barack Obama’s date, place, or circumstances of birth!

“It would be paradoxical beyond measure if the real and grave question of the legitimacy of the de facto President, a question which lies at the very heart of our American Constitutional Government, were left unresolved for want of the simplest of documents, a birth certificate,” states Klayman in the Alabama suit.

We’ll soon find out if the State Supreme Court agrees with him.

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Jim DeMint And The Immigrantion IQ Debate

richwineheritage Jim DeMint and The Immigrantion IQ Debate

When South Carolina’s Republican Senator Jim DeMint resigned to head the Heritage Foundation most “outside the Beltway” conservatives were at first apprehensive about the net effect it would cause.  The thinking on DeMint’s move slowly evolved to “Jim can do things outside of the system he can’t do/say while in the Senate.” It sounded reasonable – after all this was Jim DeMint.

Since he took over Heritage DeMint has been an irritant to the Gang of Eight as they fight to destroy America by erasing our borders, but time has shown that alas he is not the “all in” warrior for our safety we assumed he would be.  The abrupt “resignation” of Jason Richwine, a Harvard trained PhD, from his position as a Heritage Foundation analyst/writer tells us a different story about DeMint.

Richwine HAD to be banished from Heritage for committing the heretical outrage of telling the truth about the destructive effect mass waves of Hispanic immigration have had on America’s economy.  Worse still Richwine took the “head on” position that the damage has been caused because of the lower IQ of these immigrants.

Richwine exposed Teddy Kennedy’s lies about the probable results of his Immigration Reform legislation. We know now that it was a clever gambit to replace the Democrat votes being lost in the South. Today we have veritable conga line of new low IQ immigrants eager to reward the Democrat Party for holding the door open for them.

The whines and howls that followed from the Left were of course to be expected. It is simply “not allowed” to point out differences in IQ among various races and ethnic groups unless you are saying a minority group (usually Asian) has a slightly higher IQ than any other.

Nevertheless, other unexpected voices have joined in the attacks on Richwine – those who should be defending him and using the data he presented demonstrate the lower IQ immigrant costs us $6.3 TRILLION.

After the first squeal from the Left about Jason Richwine’s  R-a-c-i-s-m,  within three days Jim DeMint folded and begged for mercy.  Heritage denounced its own White Paper on IQ and race by bleating its findings, “… in no way reflect the positions of The Heritage Foundation.” How we wish they did.

Jim DeMint agreed with the Left that it is better to never mention what wave immigration has done to America because it makes for uncomfortable evenings at DC cocktail parties.

Maybe we are better off with DeMint out of the Senate.

Here is the full Jason Richwine paper:

IQ and Immigration Policy – Jason Richwine

Multiple Obama Birth Certificates Surface In Alabama Eligibility Case

Barack Obama between flags SC Multiple Obama Birth Certificates Surface In Alabama Eligibility Case

Not that we are surprised, but now there are multiple copies of Barack Hussein Obama’s “real” birth certificate that are surfacing and they are clearly indicating fraud. In a rare move, the Alabama Democrat Party has submitted an amicus brief in the McInnish Goode v Chapman Appeal case. The reason being is most likely because the Alabama Supreme Court has Chief Justice Roy Moore presiding over it. The Alabama Democrat Party just submitted a completely different birth certificate than the one that was posted at the White House website in 2011.

Larry Klayman, the plaintiff’s counsel submitted the forgery of Barack Hussein Obama’s birth certificate that was posted to whitehouse.gov on 4-27-2001 (seen below). Fogbow/Jack Ryan obot group produced another bogus one. Still a third birth certificate has been submitted by Alabama Democrats to the Supreme Court.

Remember, this court is being presided over by Chief Justice Roy Moore, who supported Lt. Col. Terry Lakin, when he believed Obama to be a usurper and denied following orders to deploy to Iraq until Obama proved his eligibility as part of keeping his oath (ironically Lakin was not supported by Mr. Oathkeeper Stewart Rhodes). Another justice on the court by the name of Tom Parker will also hear the case. He has stated in a previous case:

“McInnish has attached certain documentation to his mandamus petition, which, if presented to the appropriate forum as part of a proper evidentiary presentation, would raise serious questions about the authenticity of both the “short form” and the “long form” birth certificates of President Barack Hussein Obama that have been made public.”

Read More at freedomoutpost.com . By Tim Brown.

Out Of The Closet And Into Identity Politics

gay pride flag 3 SC Out of the Closet and into Identity Politics

I’ve never sought the spotlight.

Though I’m coming out to the world, I intend to guard my privacy.

I’m making this blanket statement in part to keep rumors and misunderstandings at bay.

I’m not just a white, Catholic Republican. I’m not just a Reagan conservative. I’m a heterosexual.

Like Jason Collins of the Washington Wizards, I just want everyone in America to know my sexual orientation.

And like Collins — the veteran NBA center who became the first major male professional athlete to announce he was gay and got himself plastered on the cover of Sports Illustrated — I just want to protect my privacy.

I won’t go into any more specifics about my personal life or answer any questions at this press conference.

I’ll only say that I’m happily married and that my partner is not a man. Let’s leave it at that, please, because I deserve my privacy.

With all due apologies to Jason Collins, or whoever actually wrote the words I borrowed from his Sports Illustrated cover story, this whole gay-sports thing is nuts and about to get nuttier.

Collins made headline news by coming out as the first gay NBA player. As I write this, the country’s top sports “journalists” are working overtime to break a story on the first openly gay NFL player.

Then will come the National Hockey League. Then Major League Baseball. Then Major League Paintball…

Not long ago — OK, 50 years ago — Sports Illustrated put athletes on its covers because they did things only Mickey Mantle, Jimmy Brown, Bobby Orr, or Wilt Chamberlain could do on the playing field, not in the sack.

Now Jason Collins’s sexual affiliation is the biggest news in sports? Does anyone know, or care, how many points per game he scores or how many shots he blocks?

No. Being gay and him being willing to announce it to the entire sports world is what’s important now.

So let’s get this story straight: Collins is gay — or rather, a gay center. That’s wonderful. I couldn’t be happier for him. Maybe he’ll be able to get a role in a network sitcom when he retires.

So what’s the real issue here? It’s not about discrimination. Being gay is irrelevant. It didn’t hurt or help Collins on or off the court.

No bigoted coach ever said to him, “Jason, I don’t care how many rebounds or blocked shots you have. You’re gay. From now on we’re starting the heterosexual.”

I’m sure most of Collins’ family and teammates have known he was gay for years; but because they’re decent and good people who cared about his privacy, they kept the big sports “news” to themselves.

This isn’t about sports at all. It’s partly a case of identity politics.

That’s why Obama was in such a rush to congratulate Collins on his courage to come out and say he was a proud member of the Democrat Party’s most loyal sex-based constituency.

Collins’ coming out is also the latest example of the overhyphenization of America. We’re no longer male- or female- or black- or white- or Latino- Americans.

Now we’re also gay or straight.

“I’m not a center; I’m a gay-center.”

“I’m not a gay switch-hitting centerfielder; I’m a bisexual-switch-hitting centerfielder.”

Who will be the first openly gay NFL quarterback or long snapper?

The first openly gay left-handed Latino relief pitcher? The first openly gay goalie? The first openly gay goalie from a country other than Canada?

I don’t care. Gays have been playing pro sports forever. Big deal. No one asked, and no one told.

Sports should be about winning and teamwork and accomplishment. Owners, coaches, and fans don’t care what color their star players’ skin is, what their ethnicities are, or who they sleep with — and neither should the rest of us.

Wake me up when this embarrassing gay-pride parade is over, please.

Immigration Reform Guarantees Democrat Control Forever

 

Democrat SC Immigration reform guarantees Democrat control forever

Every thinking American, whether conservative or liberal knows that when the feckless Republicans in the Congress fold and stab us in the back by erasing our borders Democrat Party control of our lives will be assured forever.

The sad truth is that we are reduced to hoping that the horrific terror attack on Boston will defeat the Democrats’ plans to swamp our country with ready- made Democrat voters because there seems to be little reason to hope the Republicans will do so.

There are several reasons we should be concerned about the Democrat plan to erase our borders.  Nevertheless, we cannot depend on Senate or Congressional Republicans to come clean and tell us the truth.

The 844 page (“You have to pass to find out what it contains) “comprehensive” immigration reform bill contains at least five dangerous elements.

No matter what Chuck Schumer has ordered McCain, Graham and Rubio to say, this is an amnesty bill. It will immediately create 11 million new Democrats andperhaps another 20 million new Democrats as a result of the “anchor” provisions of our ridiculous immigration laws.  The vast majority of these new Democrats are here in America, not to be Americans but to be Mexicans in America or Jamaicans in America and so on. These people are here for what they can get FROM America NOT what they can add to America.  They will vote themselves every benefit they can.  They will not stop until there is nothing left to carry away.

Even when the Democrats realize that they are now in charge forever and decide to try to stop supporting these freeloaders, built- in entitlement programs already in place will bleed us white. This will cause huge social problems.  This will be a major lose-lose because these people will bring nothing but outstretched palms to our big cities at the expense of lower paid, lower educated minority workers.

Government spending will be huge while the new Democrats settle in but become endlessly expansive once they get the hang of the system.

Border security will disappear and the axiom that a nation that loses control of its borders ceases to be a nation will take hold.

America will become a less free, less attractive choice for the kind of legal immigrants we want. Combined with the devastating effects of Obamacare this could keep skilled doctors from coming here.

Sure, these are dire predictions.   But which dire conservative predictions made by conservatives have not come true, and which rosy liberal predictions about anything have ever come true?

 

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Democrat Storm Troopers Find Gadsden Flag “offensive”

Dont Tread on Me1 Democrat storm troopers find Gadsden flag “offensive”

Democrats love to flex their political muscles in the faces of anyone, but they take special pleasure in rubbing the noses of conservatives in the dirt. They are nasty lowlifes, after all.

Recently, the Democrats of the City Council of New Rochelle, New York, a Big Apple bedroom community, decided that the United Veterans Memorial & Patriotic Association could not fly a Gadsden flag (known more widely as the “Don’t Tread On Me” flag) in front of the town’s armory. One of the five skunks who voted to take this action cried that the flag, which is a symbol of pride to actual patriotic Americans, was “offensive” to him.

In a surprisingly hateful and stupid display, even for a liberal Democrat, Council member Barry Fertel likened the Gadsden flag to the Confederate “Stars and Bars” battle flag and a Gay pride flag.  When veterans at the Council’s public hearing  said American patriots died fighting under the Don’t Tread On Me flag during the Revolution (and more recently during battles in Iraq and Afghanistan), Fertel replied, “People died fighting under the Confederate flag too.”

When liberals are given power, laws they don’t like such as “theft under color of law” mean nothing.  Gleefully adding insult and illegality to their fiat, the Council not only ordered the flag be taken down; it ordered that it be confiscated.

Before voting to order the flag be taken down, each of the five liberal Democrats took a turn attacking the flag as a “symbol of the TEA Party.”

Drunk with the power of their 5 to 2 majority, the abuse of logic and patriotism continued with member Brian Sussman, a local Democrat Party District Leader who likened the flag to the Nazi’s swastika, a Mickey Mouse flag, and finally to simple graffiti.  Words cannot accurately describe the level of contempt people like this guy deserve. It is truly a disturbing example of what America has become under the psychopathic rule of the vicious Left.

If there is any good news in this story, it is that the Thomas More Law Center, which is representing the veterans, is confident it can beat these thugs in court and get this ruling overturned.

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Free Healthcare For Illegals Continues The ObamaCare Way

Illigal Aliens SC Free healthcare for illegals continues the ObamaCare way

In 2009, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) estimated that the yearly cost of providing healthcare for illegal aliens was $10.7 billion. It was a difficult figure to approximate as hospitals are not permitted to ask if an emergency room patient is in the country illegally. After all, should an exact total of monies spent even on the delivery of anchor babies (about $10,000 per “anchor”) become known, it would enrage an American public which Democrats especially hope to keep blissfully ignorant about one of the principle reasons for skyrocketing healthcare and health insurance prices—uncompensated costs.

In 1986, EMTALA was signed into law. Part of the COBRA act, EMTALA requires hospitals to provide treatment to anyone who needs it regardless of citizenship status or ability to pay. As the government does NOT reimburse hospitals for such care, a number of hospitals nationwide were forced to close their doors, being unable to provide millions of dollars in free services.

Though hospitals are able to recoup a minimal portion of this massive expense via Medicaid reimbursement, the only way to remain solvent is by raising prices to paying patients. Naturally, this drives up the cost of both healthcare and health insurance.

Enter Barack Obama and his namesake “healthcare” program. When arguing the constitutionality of ObamaCare before the Supreme Court, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli claimed that the individual mandate requiring everyone either purchase health insurance or pay a penalty was necessary in order to stop the  practice of charging “…uncompensated costs … directly to other market participants…”

In short, the Regime was ostensibly outraged that responsibility for payment of these uncompensated costs was being placed on others by healthcare providers who routinely  “…charge[d] higher rates in order to cover the cost of uncompensated care…”  Mr. Obama’s Justice Department minions argued that although millions of Americans did not WANT to purchase health insurance, the federal government had both a right and an obligation to force them to do so in order to halt the “unfair practice” of the uninsured taking advantage of and driving up prices for the insured!

So by charging EVERYONE, whether they wanted insurance or not, there would be no more unfair, uncompensated costs because everyone would be paying for healthcare!  The freeloaders, formerly gaming the system by getting free care paid by others, would now be forced to pay their “fair share!”

Did Congress consider changing the EMTALA LAW–the real reason for uncompensated costs–rather than forcing ObamaCare on the American people? Of course not.  Will illegals have to buy healthcare? No. They will STILL be getting “free” care, paid by those who ARE required to buy ObamaCare approved healthcare or pay a “penalty.” (A “TAX” if you’re Justice Roberts.)

In short, thanks to ObamaCare, billions in healthcare costs for illegals will be neatly covered up by the individual mandate. And Democrats will eagerly state that illegals are NOT being covered by ObamaCare and that any healthcare expense associated with illegals is at worst minimal.

It’s the LEAST the Democrat Party can do for 30 million undocumented voters, isn’t it!

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Obama Just Doesn’t Get It

President Obama face WH photo SC Obama Just Doesnt Get It

The latest waste of taxpayer money, following close on the heels of the over-hyped sequester, has been Obama’s so-called Charm Tour. It just hasn’t gotten through his thick skull and massive, disorder-driven ego that the American people are not buying his lies like they used to. They’re starting to connect the man to his mindless Marxism and their economic and social pain to his policies. They are finally realizing that the Fraud-in-the-White House is just that.

B. Hussein, however, insulated from the nastiness of reality as he is by the Ministry of Propaganda, tried to take the tour overseas. The result, as with all his incredibly inept and incompetent attempts at diplomacy, statesmanship, and foreign policy, has been another embarrassing failure. This one, though, has been worse than most.

In spite of his pandering to Muslims (especially those with radical, fundamentalist views), it’s coming out very publicly that they hate him even more than they did George Bush. He’s been trying to play both sides against the middle, straddling the fence; and it apparently has PO’d a whole lot of Muslims all over the globe. The demonstrations by “Palestinians” against him were far worse than the Israeli ones, and the Israelis left no doubt of their dislike for him and his duplicity. The “peaceful Palestinians” who B. Hussein, Hillary Clinton, and the Democrat Party of Latter Day Marxism constantly kiss up to showed their respect for Obozo and his pandering by violating the phony ceasefire and showering Israel with rockets while the Messiah was only a few miles away.

Iran, too, has stepped up its saber-rattling; and it appears that it’s just a matter of time – and not much of that – before a major confrontation occurs. Four years of dithering by Obama and the State of Disarray Department under Hillary – and now the criminal/traitor John Kerry – have fueled the delusions of Iran’s leaders that they are all-powerful, unstoppable, and the rightful rulers of the coming global Caliphate. Obama’s brilliant, ever-so-well-crafted answer to the threat of the start of World War III is “Oh, well, if someone wants to actually take action to stop them, wink, wink, nod, nod, we won’t interfere.” Amazing what an education at Columbia and Harvard will do for you.

Meanwhile, in the Far Out Far East, North Korea, led by the second runner-up in a Pillsbury Dough Boy look-alike contest, has called off the ceasefire that ended the Korean War sixty years ago. Kim Jong Un, a second generation wacko, feels threatened by our Nobel Peace Prize “winning” Commander-in-Chief and has mobilized his army and is threatening to launch nukes at us. This motivated our Department of Surrender to make plans to move missile defenses that were originally intended to protect NATO allies Poland and Czechoslovakia from attacks from Iran to Alaska, to add to our protection against attacks from Asia. Asia, for those educated in government schools, is also where China is. Will the Chinese feel threatened, too?

The Smartest Man in the Room just can’t figure out why the Russians don’t like him, since he unilaterally committed to reducing our nuclear arsenal, reneged on our promise to provide the missile defenses mentioned earlier (after the Russians objected), and he assured Putin that he would sell us out even more after he was re-elected. Russia and China have been mending fences, doing the “reset” to their relationship that Obozo and Hillary botched so completely. He just can’t get his skinny arms around the idea that they are turning their backs on a fellow Marxist. He thinks that if he just bends over a little further, surely they will all see him for the Greatest World Leader that he is certain he is.

A few points to consider: 1) Muslims hate, and are obligated by the writings of Mohamed to kill, apostate Muslims such as B. Hussein. He can praise Islam to the skies and kiss their butts ‘til his lips are bruised; but until he returns to the practice of it, he is the Enemy. 2) To the genuine Marxists in Russia and China, American Marxists are cheap imitations, Stalin’s “useful idiots.” As for the Russians, it’s well known that Russians are exceptionally racist, particularly regarding blacks. Ask any African who studied in Russia. Obama is black and will never be seen by Russians, especially lower-class Slavic policemen like Putin, as anything but inferior. 3) In the 1906s, American Marxists were terrified that black people would realize that their interests are the same as working whites. That is beginning to happen more and more, and an exodus from the Democrat Plantation is gaining momentum.

Obama’s answer? Pretend none of it is happening and spend more of the taxpayers’ money on lavish vacations, parties, and world humiliation tours. Let them eat cake…

Persuasion, Not Pandering

GOP SC Persuasion, Not Pandering

As the GOP struggles with “rebranding” and how they can turn around the 2012 defeat and win the future, the answer is simple.  It has nothing to do with any particular group or moving farther left – those are the same ideas that have failed the Republicans for years.  Instead of pandering to individual groups, the GOP should focus on spreading the truth that conservative policy benefits all people – regardless of sex, race, economic status, origin, preference, or favorite color.

Lower taxes benefit everyone: keep more of your own money and do what you want with it.  A black gay business owner benefits from keeping more of his hard-earned cash just as much as a straight white working mom.  The enforcement of our immigration laws benefit all citizens present and future – especially minorities trying to work in Obama’s failed economy, and especially legal immigrants who abided by our laws so that they could be protected by our laws.  Strong borders and foreign policy protect all citizens, regardless of what may come before the hyphenated “XYZ-American.”

Gun rights provide that every law-abiding citizen regardless of background is able to defend themselves – be it against home invasion or tyranny.  Traditional social values strengthen society for all – even those who choose not to live by them.  The same goes for religion – the whole society benefits from the freedom to practice their faith and Judeo-Christian values, whether or not they practice or believe in any faith at all.  Constitutional law and Conservative values protect and elevate women and minorities, they give children the best chance for stability and success, the poor get a better chance to get out of poverty, and they strengthen society as a whole so that all have a chance at success and happiness.

Despite the myth of diversity hucksters, it’s not what makes us different that brings us together – it’s what we have in common that unites us.  Our differences are what make things interesting, and these can even help us shore up our weaknesses; but the whole point of equality under the law is that no group gets special treatment or special rights.  We’re all equal in our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness – however we define it.  The Constitution doesn’t define what makes you happy, and neither does conservative policy.  Meanwhile, leftist Democrats try to tell you what you need or don’t need – buy this lightbulb; can’t buy that sized drink; you don’t need that kind of gun; you need to pay for someone else.

The GOP has yet to harness the beauty of the uniquely American guarantee of our inalienable rights.  The guarantee of Liberty! That is what created the foundation for the most diverse country in the world boasting some of the world’s greatest inventions, discoveries, and successes by people of every stripe and shape.  It doesn’t matter who you are, who you were, where you came from, what sex you are, or what color your skin is.  Your rights are protected under the law, and there are basically no restrictions on what you can do with your life – whatever effort you are willing to put into it as long as you’re not harming another.  Conservative ideals and policies are freedom-loving while left-wing policies are all about imposing restrictions on others.  This is easy to show, and the GOP should exploit it at every turn.

Expose the hypocrisy of leftists championing freedom of speech while stifling it in the public school systems.  Show the hypocrisy of their promotion of European socialism while every country under such economies is going bankrupt before our eyes.  Shed light on the hypocrisy of the claim to be for the little guy and against crony capitalism while giving their favored “green” companies sweet taxpayer-funded billion-dollar grants to produce nothing.  Display the hypocrisy of those who will scream about a “right” to abortion but are against capital punishment and all about more gun-control laws in the name of protecting children.  Show the hypocrisy of leftists who are against Americans being able to practice their faith and own guns but demand no judgment on extremist Muslims who perform honor killings and mass-murder according to their faith.  Illustrate the double standard of a party that shouts “War on Women!” while they’re silent about the violence against women endemic in Islam as Sharia is increasingly being insinuated into our court systems.

The GOP also needs to recapture the spirit of its great heritage: ending slavery, championing equal and voting rights for blacks, desegregation, women’s suffrage, and equal pay for equal work just to name a few.

Every time Republicans lose, they say they need to be more like their opposition to win; but that’s the same failed thinking that keeps losing them elections.  The GOP doesn’t need to be more like the opposition; they need to be more persuasive than the opposition.  It’s no easy task when they control the media and make most of the music and movies.  But naming the right goal would be a good start.  We’re Americans: black, white, gay, straight, guy, gal, young, and old.  We all eat, sleep, breathe, and bleed; and we all want a better life for our children.  The Democrat party is divisive.  Let the GOP be uniting – not by pandering to individual groups, but by appealing to what we all hold in common despite our differences.

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Holder Defrauds Supreme Court

Eric Holder 14 SC Holder Defrauds Supreme Court

In yet another testament to the corrupt if inventive workings of the liberal mind, Attorney General Eric Holder recently decided to defraud the United States Supreme Court in the hope of preventing sections of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) being ruled unconstitutional.

Section 5 of the VRA requires 9 Southern states and a number of jurisdictions in 7 others—all charged with a history of voting rights abuses–to obtain “preclearance” from the DOJ or the District Court of DC before making any changes to state election policies or procedures. Passed into law in 1965, Section 5 was enacted as an “emergency provision” designed to “promote full access to the voting process” and expire in 5 years.

But now, nearly 5 decades later, Section 5 has become the darling of Civil Rights groups, the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ, and liberal bureaucrats throughout the federal government as it has been inexorably extended and amended into a sacrosanct behemoth that virtually guarantees  “election success for certain candidates chosen by certain racial groups.”

It was the Justice Department’s dishonest use of Section 5 that prevented the implementation of Voter ID laws in Texas and South Carolina prior to the 2012 election. In fact, Holder and the Civil Rights Division blocked both laws from taking effect even though the changes proposed by the 2 states were patterned after the Indiana Voter ID law ruled constitutional by the Supreme Court in 2009.

Of course the Department’s behavior should surprise no one, for Section 5 frankly BEGS to be misused by the Democrat Party. After all, it provides a means of accomplishing voter fraud, something that has worked to the benefit of the Party for 6 decades and more. A case in point: Mitt Romney won every state in which Voter ID laws were in effect.

But then something happened. In 2009, the Supreme Court came very close to striking down Section 5 as Justices Kennedy and Scalia lambasted that portion of the VRA, which both believed to be outdated, harmful, and quite probably unconstitutional. And though the Court wrote a VERY narrow ruling allowing Section 5 to escape unscathed in the Northwest case before it, the die had been cast, and the DOJ knew it had to take action in order to maintain its stranglehold on 9 states.

States subject to Section 5 provisions may seek an exemption from DOJ oversight in the form of a “bailout.” This involves satisfying a prescribed list of rigorous requirements in the text of the VRA itself. Once satisfied, Section 5 provisions no longer apply, and the state may initiate the change to its election law.

For years, the DOJ had deliberately made the bailout process virtually impossible to negotiate, even threatening states that dared make the attempt.  But as the Supreme Court had gone to great lengths to grant a bailout in the 2009 Northwest case, the Holder Justice Department decided that bailouts might be the key to salvaging Section 5.

As former DOJ attorney J. Christian Adams explains it:

Because the Roberts court bent the language of the statute to permit a bailout in 2009, DOJ now thinks a flurry of bailouts, some of them obtained improperly, will convince the Supreme Court that Section 5 is not much of a burden and should survive. Cranking out as many bailouts as possible is the deliberate DOJ strategy to convince Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Kennedy that Section 5 should survive because it really isn’t a heavy burden.

In short, Eric Holder decided to SCAM the Supreme Court, as the DOJ has gone from making bailouts impossible to obtain to literally soliciting states and jurisdictions, telling them now is the time to get the bailout of their dreams!  And as Adams says, it is Holder’s hope that, upon finding the bailout procedure working so well and bailouts so easy to obtain, the Court will decide that Section 5 requirements may remain in force.

The Supreme Court has disappointed the American people on any number of occasions, the most recent being the ludicrous ruling by John Roberts on ObamaCare. We can only pray the 5 Court “conservatives” will not betray the public once again by allowing Section 5 to remain in force.

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