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The responsibility to verify a president meets the qualifications required in the Constitution rests on Congress who then directs the US Chief Justice to do the swearing in..
The answer is pretty simple - his campaign opponents. They're the ones with legal standing to sue if Obama (or any candidate) violated the particular laws dictating who is qualified to run for president (or any office) since they are the ones harmed by the violation.
I had a brain fart hence my edit...funny you whould pick up on it though.
Btw the term "natural born citizen" didn't come up prior to Obama's presidency
so why would you expect us to believe the thread is not about him?
The answer is pretty simple - his campaign opponents. They're the ones with legal standing to sue if Obama (or any candidate) violated the particular laws dictating who is qualified to run for president (or any office) since they are the ones harmed by the violation.
not true at all...
An opponent does not have legal jurisdiction to question if a candidate passes constitutional muster to be elected legally. An example might be if Arnold Schwarzenegger decided to run for President. As his opponent you can question if he should be on the ballot, but being on the ballot and being sworn in is 2 different things.
If those states decide he should be allowed to run, his opponents have no legal authority then to sue and neither does the citizens.
If Schwarzenegger got on the ballot and won the election, its the responsibility of Congress to verify the candidate is legal to be sworn in..
Apparently the Secret Service and FBI are initially required to vet a candidate, after which the media combs through every aspect of their lives. President Obama has produced his b.c. and it was verified; even John McCain, who had every reason to attack Obama, accepted that he was a viable candidate.
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