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There are multiple efforts underway to investigate the eligibility of President-Elect Barack Hussein Obama to hold the office of President of the United States (POTUS). These fall into several categories:
==Lawsuits==
There are a large number of current ongoing lawsuits and planned lawsuits on this issue.Obama camp: Lawsuits by citizens are 'garbage'; Legal challenges spring up across U.S., demand proof of eligibility for office, Chelsea Schilling, November 13, 2008Lawsuits Regarding Mr. Obama and His lack of Standing as a Natural Born Citizen have Spread to many states:, Steve Marquis, Peoplespassions.org website
===Dismissed Federal lawsuits===
*Berg v. Obama et al; Third District Court in Pennsylvania, dismissed October 27 2008 for lack of "standing". Case appealed to the US Supreme Court.BERG v. OBAMA et al, Justia News & CommentaryTitle: Philip J. Berg, Petitioner v. Barack Obama, et al., No. 08-570, Supreme Court of the United States website
*Berg v. Obama review in US Supreme court. Dismissed without comment January 21, 2009http://origin.www.supremecourtus.gov/docket/08-570.htm.
*Berg emergency injunction to stay the general election; filed in the US Supreme Court; dismissed November 3, 2008.Title: Philip J. Berg, Petitioner v. Barack Obama, et al., No. 08-570, Supreme Court of the United States website
*"NEW JERSEY VOTER VS. OBAMA AND McCAIN ON "NATURAL BORN CITIZEN" STATUS" by retired lawyer and former NJ Secretary of State against current NJ Secretary of State for not properly vetting Obama; appealed to US Supreme Court, and was dismissed December 8, 2008. NJ VOTER VS. OBAMA ON "NATURAL BORN CITIZEN" STATUS NOW PENDING US SUPREME CO, Democratic-Disaster websiteNJ CITIZEN LAW SUIT CHALLENGING 08' ELECTION- UNORTHODOX PROCEDURAL HISTORY, court documents, Natural Born Citizen Blog, November 11, 2008
*Cort Wrotnowski of Connecticut, filed in US Supreme Court; Marked as "denied" under "pending cases" on December 15, 2008Wrotnowski v. Bysiewicz, Case number SC 18264
*Berg v. Obama in US Federal Appeals court
*Berg v. Obama in DC District court; suing for fraud and return of campaign funds and Senate salary.
*Berg v. Obama in DC District court; sealed False Claims Act suit.
*Chris Strunk of New York, filed in US Supreme CourtCan't Tell the Players Without a Program, Beckwith,Obamafile Latest News, November 30, 2008.Chris Strunk NY Cases: Writs of Mandamus: SCOTUS Rule 22, DC Circuit Court, The Right Side of Life Blog, December 4, 2008
*Thomas et al v. Hoseman, 2:2008cv00241, in Federal Mississippi Southern District CourtThomas v. Hosemann: MS Federal Lawsuit, WND Coverage, Right Side of Life blog, December 17, 2008
*Darrel Hunter of Texas in front of US Supreme Court
*Kerchner v. Obama: Complaint, Petition Filed in NJ Federal District Court
===Active Federal lawsuits===
*Barnet v Obama, dismissed, appealed to the 9th circuit.
===Settled Federal Lawsuits===
* None to date.
===Dismissed State lawsuits===
*ConnecticutJUDGE DISMISSES OBAMA BIRTH CERTIFICATE CHALLENGE, New York Post, November 3, 2008Conn. court upholds Obama's place on ballot, Associated Press, Hartford Courant November 3, 2008.
*OhioChallenge to Obama's citizenship rejected, Sheila McLaughlin, The Cincinnati Enquirer, October 31, 2008
*Washington StateObama’s birth no longer a legal matter in Washington, Jerry Cornfield, HeraldNet, October 28, 2008Judge tosses lawsuit over Obama citizenship, The Associated Press and Herald staff, Tricity Herald, October 28, 2008.
*Martin v. Obama in Hawaii Supreme CourtObama citizenship questions continue, Jamie Holmes, wptv.com, October 23, 2008.Obama certificate lawsuit dismissed: Judge says Net author Martin had no standing to get birth document, Jim Dooley, Honolulu Advertiser, November 21, 2008
*Jody A. Brockhausen vs Esparanza Andrade, Office of the Secretary of State Case #081001C3368, Williamson County, TexasCase In Federal Court In Texas in the Morning on Birth Cerificate, Fratzie, Freerepublic.com, January 21, 2009
*California
*Florida
*Kentucky
*North CarolinaLt. Col. Donald Sullivan files suit in North Carolina, America Wants to Know! Obama REFUSES to show his ORIGINAL birth certificate. Why? website
*Colorado
*GeorgiaBryan T. Terry Sr. files suit in Georgia, America Wants to Know! Obama REFUSES to show his ORIGINAL birth certificate. Why? website
*Texas
*Michigan
*Allen Keyes and Dr. Drake v. 55 electors in the state of California and Secretary of State of California asking for a stay of the counting the elector votes until Obama is certified. Ambassador Dr. Alan Keyes; Dr. Wiley S. Drake, Sr.; and Markham Robinson vs. Calfornia Secretary of State et al, Case No.: 34-200880000096-CUWMGDS, Petition for Writ of Mandate, Superior Court of California, Sacremento California'Constitutional crisis' looming over Obama's birth location; Alan Keyes lawsuit warns America may see 'usurper' in Oval Office, Bob Unruh, World Net Daily, November 14, 2008.Former Obama opponent now suing to prove President-elect's citizenship, Rich Rogers, NBC Augusta, November 18, 2008.
*Lightfoot v. Bowen, docket number S168690, a lawsuit by several electors and a vice presidential candidate against the California Secretary of State, in the California Supreme Court.
*Hawaiian Supreme court, case number 29473
*Washington StateSOS Lawsuits: Washington State: Group Files Lawsuit in State Supreme Court, Right Side of Life blog, December 5, 2008Group seeks to have state's votes for Obama set aside Michelle Dupler, Tricity Herald, December 5, 2008.
*Schneller v. Cortes, in PA Supreme court, case number 199MM2008.Schneller v. Cortes: PA Supreme Court Case, The Betrayal, December 9, 2008.
===Active State lawsuits===
none known
===Settled State lawsuits===
* None to date.
===Other Reported lawsuits===
*Wiley S. Drake Sr., vice-presidential candidate, reportedly suing ObamaFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Vice presidential Candidate filing lawsuit against Obama, Steve Marquis, Press Release, October 31, 2008.
*Twenty four potential electors suing Obama.
*Lindsey Springer of Oklahoma is suing at least 16 secretaries of state in separate lawsuits for their choice of electors who intend to vote for ineligible candidates as well as enjoining the secretaries of state in each state from certifying the results of the elector voting if they have voted for an ineligible candidate.
*A planned lawsuit in New York State if Obama does not respond to a national ad containing an open letter to Obama.
===Lawsuit Disinformation Campaign===
*VirginiaVirginia State Court Dismisses Action Challenging Obama's Eligibility to be President, Free Republic, November 3, 2008The status of any lawsuit in Virginia is doubtful because of the lack of information on this webpage such as the name of the judge or identifying numbers or plaintiffs etc. No reports in the mainstream news appeared to confirm this. It has been reported that the Obama team engaged in disinformation operations on the internet, so it is quite possible that this is a fake announcement.Phil Berg has weighed in this issue as well, finding fault with several of the supposed rulings of the court . Wild Bill Files Suit in Virginia, America Must Know website
==Petitions and Polls==
*AOL Hot Seat poll on Obama's eligibility controversy; over 90,000 respondents as of December 19, 2008, with 52% responding YES, and 6% responding that they are unsure.
*Stop the Obama Constitutional Crisis more than 150,000 Letters and Emails to Senators and members of Congress throughout the country sent by more than 90,000 signatories as of mid-December 2008 (9212 as of October 15, 2008)Politeia: Liberty and Equality blog, October 15, 2008.
*PETITION FOR PUBLIC RELEASE OF BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA'S BIRTH CERTIFICATE, WorldNetDaily website; has more than 190,000 signatories as of mid-December 2008 (about 68,000 signatories as of November 24, 2008).
*PRODUCE OBAMA EMBOSSED BIRTH CERTIFICATE, Lolita Meyer, Care2 Petitionsite; 3607 signatories from July 26, 2008 through November 12, 2008.
*FEC Investigation of Obama Eligibility, Michael Langbert; 8351 signatories as of November 12, 2008.
*Illinois Petition for Investigation of Barack Obama's Birth Certificate, contrairimairi
*Freedom of Information Act / Obama Birth Certificate, Rebecca Day; 30 signatories as of November 12, 2008.
*Barack Hussein Obama Jr - Native of Kenya, Aaron Hunters 28 signatories as of February 22, 2009.
*We the Electors of the Electoral College Demand a Congressional Investigation into Obama's Citizenship Status; unfortunately non-electors appear to be mistakenly signing this as well; 84 signatures as of November 13, 2008
*Petition to the Supreme Court of the United States regarding the Birth Certificate of Barack Hussein Obama, President-Elect, Cris Ericson, December 24, 2008.
*Our Constitution Must be Upheld
*Point of Order petition
*Petition for Redress of Grievances
==Rallys, Press Conferences, Vigils, etc==
*Supreme Court Vigil December 5, 2008
*Freedom March January 17, 2009
*Press Conference, Washington Press Club, December 8, 2008Press Conference Debriefing Dr. Orly's Blog, December 8, 2008
*A Planned Vigil at the Supreme Court
==Letter writing efforts==
*Just wanted to thank you, Jean. Looking forward to working with the EC delegates..., We The People blog, November 9, 2008.
*Democratic Disaster forum organizing the contact of electoral college electors for 2008.Electors: Is an Electoral College or Court Challenge Against Mr. Obama Justified? is the evidentiary material to be sent to each elector
*We the People USA: Citizens Dedicated To Preserving Our Republic, dedicated to organizing groups to contact electors
*Stop Obama: A Suggested Method
*Stop the Obama Constitutional Crisis automatically sends emails and letters to members of US Congress
*An effort by People for the American Way to send letters to all fifty secretaries of state and all fifty governors warning them that they will be subject to felony charges of fraud for certifying the vote of electors for Barack Obama if he is ineligible to hold office.
*Calls to contact the US Supreme CourtWe have received a lot of emails from American citizens asking what they can do to be heard. . ., Obamacrimes website, November 13, 2008.Write To U.S. Supreme Court Justices Regarding Obama Birth Certificate etc., Libertynjustice blog, November 14, 2008. and Justice Clarence Thomas.US SUPREME COURT CLERK DANNY BICKELL CONTINUES SABOTAGE OF NJ CITIZEN CHALLENGE TO 08 ELECTION Natural Born Citizen Blog
*An appeal to contact the California Supreme Court.Lightfoot v. Bowen: A new lawsuit, Orly Taitz blog, December 3, 2008
*Janet Porter is asking for people to contact the Republican Members of the Judiciary Committee to ask for Congressional hearings.Rathergate II: Certification of Live Birth a clear forgery, Janet Porter, World Net Daily, November 25, 2008.
*A World Net Daily program to send express mail to the Supreme Court.More than 60,000 letters sent to U.S. Supreme Court, Chelsea Schilling, World Net Daily, December 5, 2008.
*Eligibility question? FedEx Electoral College members WND follows up Supreme Court letter campaign with historic 1st, a World Net Daily plan to deliver FedEx letters to members of the Electoral College.
*The January Offensive: The First Salvo, James David Manning, December 30, 2008; a campaign to send 20 million letters to the US Supreme Court
==Internet discussion groups==
*The One, The Only Birth Certificate Thread, Sean Hannity website.
*Obama Crimes website Commentary
*We The People USA Rapidly expanding networking and discussion group. 
*Kenyanborn Obama hosts a 24 hour a day, 7 day week voice chat session on this topic on Palktalk.
*The Patriotic Resistance
==Internet information sites==
===General background information===
*Atlas Shrugs blog
*Standing Against Obama website
*Texasdarlin blog
*The Obama File, in particular The Obama File; Latest News
*Zapem
*Zapem Extension forums
*The Right Side of Life
*The Federalist Blog, P. A. Madison
*Count Us Out
*What's your Evidence?, blog answering claims made by those with doubts about Obama's eligibility.
*Obama Conspiracy Theories, another blog answering claims made by those with doubts about Obama's eligibility.
*ObamaForgery.com
*Obama Not Qualified
*CITIZENS for the UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION, A well researched and documented nonpartisan website. CUSC.org has NEWS, LEGAL INFORMATION and some commentary, along with numerous links to other sites.
*Investigating Obama
*GOD SAVE AMERICA Nicely done with lots of links and information.
*Not-Natural-Born blog
*Meet Devvy
:*Devvy's Dose of Reality
*Obama WTF
*Restore the Constitutional Republic
*Colony 14
*, 800POUNDGORILLAMEDIA is a widescale Media Blitz on the Obama eligibility issue and reveals the lawyers' public responses to Obama's lawsuits
===Legal information===
*America Must Know.com ...now... "America Already Knows" "No person except a natural born citizen... shall be eligible to the office of president..." Obama has admitted that he is NOT, NEVER was and NEVER will be natural born! He has NO right to be President! Website UPDATED ON DECEMBER 18, 2008! Excellent "America Already Knows" review states you can "Download the latest summary, print it out, and pass it out!" Some of the other pages on this site are not updated on a regular basis, according to a message on the homepage of the website. But, it's well worth reviewing the latest presentation on the home page.
*Count Us Out website
*The Right Side of Life blog aggregating information pertaining to the various SCOTUS and Secretary of State lawsuits regarding President-elect Barack Obama, his administration's activities, and related issues; of particular interest is the page Current Lawsuit Listing
*CITIZENS for the UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
===Websites organizing information collection===
*Democratic Disaster forum organizing the contact of electoral college electors for 2008
*We the People USA: Citizens Dedicated To Preserving Our Republic, dedicated to organizing groups to contact electors
*An ongoing effort to find all the emails, addresses and telephone numbers of all the electors for 2008
*Grassroots effort to subpoena Obama's Birth Certificate before December 15th - The Electoral Election, AmericaMustKnow website page tracking progress of Democratic Disaster effort.
*PumaPac has a program to compile elector information.2008 Republican and Democratic Electors, PumaPac 
===Websites about advertisements===
There are a number of projects seeking to spread information about this issue through advertisements.Print, TV ads demand citizenship proof from Obama: Concerned Americans look to media to compel president-elect to release documents, Chelsea Schilling, World Net Daily, December 02, 2008
*An Open Letter to Barack Obama: Are you a Natural Born Citizen of the U.S.? Are you legally eligible to hold the Office of President?, Founder and Chairman, We The People Foundation for Constitutional Education, Inc, a proposal for an open letter to appear in USA Today
*An Advertisement appearing in the Washington Times National EditionFull Page Ad in Washington Times Weekly - November 17, 2008, Obamacrimes, November 17, 2008.
*An Open Letter to Barack Obama: Are you a Natural Born Citizen of the U.S.? Are you legally eligible to hold the Office of President?, an advertisement that is planned for December 1st and 3rd of the Chicago TribuneMr. Obama: Don’t Miss Next Week’s Chicago Tribune, We The People Foundation, November 28, 2008.
===Lawyer's websites===
*Voice of the People website, Steve Marquis' website
*Contrarian Commentary blog, Andy Martin's blog
*Obama Crimes official website of Philip J. Berg legal actions
*A Natural Born Citizen...Orly?, Orly Taitz's blog
*Natural Born Citizen, Leo Donofrio's website.
===Related Movements===
*New Sons of Liberty, a group proposing a constitutional amendment requiring that the eligibility of Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates be established
==Videos==
*The October Surprise—Suit To Remove Barack Obama From The Ballot. Barack Obama Is A Citizen Of ?; over 6 million total views as of November 12, 2008
*Revealing the Truth about Barack Hussein Obama, Usama Dakdok
*Reverend Manning calling for boycott of Obama supporters
*$1 MM Reward 4 Obama Long-Form Birth Certificate / Video, Rosary FilmsRosary Films offers a 1 Million Dollar Reward for Obama’s Certified Obama Long-Form Birth Certificate, The Universal Seduction website.
*Phil Berg addresses rally at U. S. Supreme Court - October 30th, 2008 - Video
*Obama Birth Certificate Fraud Proof, William Forrestor, October 12, 2008.
*White House Refuses to Comment on Obama's Birth Certificate, November 25, 2008
*Produce the Dog Gone Birth Certificate, November 21, 2008.
*Obama's Selective Service Fraud?, November 19, 2008
*Affidavit and Tape-Proof Obama Born in Kenya, November 3, 2008.
*Obama Vs. Constitution (60 Sec. TV Ad)
*Countdown: A Non-American President?
*A Message to Our Electors, Dean Haskins, December 10, 2008.
*Message to Members of Congress, Dean Haskins, December 21, 2008.
*Exactly What IS a Natural Born Citizen?, Dean Haskins, December 31, 2008.
*An Open Letter to Congress, January 3, 2009
==See also==
*Electors (2008)
*Articles of interest
*Evidence
==Links==
*CCMS Online Document viewer for viewing court documents
==References==