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O.C. lawsuit challenging Obama birthplace dismissed

U.S. District Judge David O. Carter this morning dismissed Laguna Niguel attorney Orly Taitz’s lawsuit alleging that Barack Obama is not a natural-born citizen and so is not the country’s legitimate president.

Carter ruled (link to the full decision is below) that the federal courts do not have the constitutional powers to remove a sitting president.  He also sharply criticized the conduct of attorney Taitz, calling her actions unethical and possibly illegal.

“Plaintiffs’ request, asking this Court to sweep away the votes of over sixty-nine million Americans with the stroke of a pen and order a new election during which the country would be in a state of turmoil, ignores the Constitution’s processes and separation of powers that were developed by the founders,” Carter wrote.

Taitz said last week that she would appeal the matter if the case was dismissed.

Taitz argued that Obama was born in Kenya or possibly Indonesia - and that even if he was born in the U.S., he’s not a natural-born citizen because his father was Kenyan, or possibly because he abandoned his citizenship by moving to Indonesia.