Mississippi man, birther sues to keep Obama off ballot
Three years and six months into President Barack Obama’s four-year term, a federal court in Mississippi still is being asked to decide whether he was born in America.
The lawsuit filed in February by Orly Taitz challenges Obama’s right to appear on the ballot in Mississippi. In response, the state Democratic Party earlier this month submitted the original official verification of Obama’s Hawaiian birth certificate, the first time in more than 130 legal challenges that this document has appeared in court, Salon reported.
Their counter-argument?
The word of a sheriff in Maricopa County, Ariz.
Taitz last week asked the court to submit an affidavit from the Sheriff Joseph Arpaio into evidence. Arpaio claims that the document looks like it was tampered with if it is opened in Adobe Illustrator, a popular .pdf editor.
Clarion Ledger
6/23/12
