Fate of the Republic to be Decided April 20th

I think the Gods must have a sense of humor to choose April 20th (420) to have Obama's fate decided.  Particularly, as a previous post of mine related Obama's lying to the public about his support of state's rights and medical marijuana during his 2008 campaign.


On April 20, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to fast-track the determination of Obama's constitutional eligibility to be President.  The unresolved question is whether, with a father who was a British subject, Obama can qualified as President as required by Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution as a "natural born Citizen".  The considered weight of the legal scholarship on that question is a resounding "No!".  Yet if this issue is never allowed to be adjudicated, then the constrictors of the Constitution are no longer in force and effect.  Instead that hallowed document is to be considered by the Supreme Court as aspirational alone in its effect: Something I am quite sure the Framers did not intend.


On April 20, if the Supreme Court agrees to fast track the determination of Obama's eligibility, a decision will be had on that issue before the September 2012 Democratic convention.  If they instead let the judicial process grind on for years -- and I have had a case, 07-6522, pending at the Supreme Court for over four (4) years -- then the question of Obama's eligibility to be President may only be decided after his second term expires.


In that case, though we have Constitutional right to a President who is a "natural born Citizen", we have no way of enforcing that right.