Ok, from day ONE I have said that Barak Obama is a natural born citizen of the USA. I still believe that this "noise" out there that he is not, and therefore not qualified to be President, is just "noise". I still say that this is no reason to not vote for Barak Obama.
Having said that, it sure seems that the case itself is working its way thru the court system and has not been rejected out of hand. So doing the mental exercise and the "what if"...What IF Obama isn't eligible to be president? What happens next?
Well what if this comes out before the election? What do democrat voters do? They will have been robbed of their right to a candidate they can vote for. Constitutionally we have never been here before and it is a scary fact. Do they vote for that ticket with the intent of making Joe Biden President? virtually no democrats wanted Joe.
The Electors that we elect, can actually vote for anyone on Jan. 4. America could vote for Barak Obama, and his electors could in turn elect Hillary Clinton President even though she was never on the ballot. Again, it is constitutionally allowable. In fact, this just might be the very best argument for the Electoral College's existence!
But what if Obama wins in the Electoral college with and then before Jan. 20 it is determined that he cannot serve? Biden becomes president (I think).
What if it comes out that Obama is not legal after Jan 20 once he has been sworn in? What then? Would a democratic congress impeach him? Would the supreme court have some legal authority to force him out without impeachment proceedings?
Would he be allowed to serve out the term?
In my mind there is less than a 5% chance any of this will happen but it is out there. and if it does happen, it will be the biggest constitutional crisis in more than a hundred years. And it will certainly cause massive chaos. Just something to think about.
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