Source: https://www.helena-arkansas.com/x586037972/Philip-Maddocks-Supreme-Court-to-hear-arguments-on-whether-President-Obama-is-a-birth-certificateless-al-Qaida-plant
Timestamp: 2019-04-23 10:10:46+00:00

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Bending to political pressure and hoping to duplicate the popular appeal of its recent hearings, the Supreme Court justices agreed to hear arguments challenging the veracity of president Obama’s birth certificate and the claim that he is not a radicalized terrorist bent on remaking the country into a socialist state.
“Only time will tell whether we will have hundreds of people camping out on sidewalks for days in hopes of getting a ticket and spending $36 to $50 an hour to hire professional “line standers” to do the waiting for them, but I’ve got a good feeling about this one. I think it could be even bigger and more divisive than the hearings on the Affordable Care Act,” said Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. agreed.
“With all the ramifications a ruling against the individual mandate would have on the legal underpinnings of the Social Security Act, unemployment insurance benefits, Medicare, the National Labor Relations Act, the Occupational and Safety Health Act, the Clean Air Act, all federal disaster relief, the Anti-Trust Act, the Equal Pay Act, and all jurisprudence related to public accommodations,” he said, “I know it is hard to believe that this astonishing display of judicial activism the court has shown in taking up the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act would ever be eclipsed in our lifetimes, but here we are.
At stake, noted Justice Clarence Thomas, is not just a ruling on whether an enemy of the state has set up business in the oval office, but — and more importantly — whether the nation’s highest judicial body, with its prohibitions against sending Twitter messages, making telephone calls, and using laptops or iPads in the courtroom, can remain relevant in the digital age.
“I think the numbers we drew for the hearings on the Affordable Care Act shows that you don’t need a Facebook page, a hashtag or a “Dancing With the Stars” appearance to connect with the public,” said Justice Antonin Scalia as he played with a newly purchased Etch A Sketch.
Adding to the justices’ hopes for another judicial blockbuster is a meticulously planned marketing campaign from the public relations firm Crosby~Volmer and Donald Trump’s commitment to argue before the court regarding the veracity of Mr. Obama’s birth certificate.
“Hey, we might end up firing him. Who knows? But if you get a ticket to the proceedings, you’ll be able to see for yourself,” said Justice Stephen Breyer.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg predicted this case could have the same kind of worldwide appeal as “The Hunger Games” movie, partly because, unlike in other Supreme Court hearings, this one will have a computer-generated image of Mr. Obama’s birth certificate made available in 3-D.
Despite experiencing one of the biggest flops in memory with its ruling in the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court has sharply improved its performance over last year with rulings in United States v. Antoine Jones, Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc., and Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting. Even before the Affordable Care Act case arrived, attendance for the year at the Supreme Court was 18 percent higher than the same period in 2011, fueled by hits like Wal-Mart v. Dukes and AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion.

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