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Electoral Irregularity Added To List Of Obama Questions
By John P. Connolly, The Bulletin
Amid the controversy surrounding President Barack Obama’s citizenship, Orly Taitz, an attorney in the recently rejected Lightfoot v. Bowen case before the U.S. Supreme Court, has raised a pointed question on her Web site about electoral procedure with regard to the congressional method of counting electoral votes.
The Electoral College gathered in state capitals across the nation in December to cast their votes for president. The votes were sealed and sent to Congress where they were counted in a special joint session presided over by Vice President Dick Cheney. The votes were counted, and came out in favor of Mr. Obama and Joe Biden. But Mr. Cheney then closed the session, without asking if there were any objections to the proceedings.
“This announcement of the state of the vote by the president of the Senate shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons elected president and vice president of the United States each for the term beginning on the 20th day of January, 2009, and shall be entered, together with the list of the votes, on the Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives,” said Mr. Cheney. “The purpose of the joint session having been concluded, pursuant to Senate Concurrent Resolution 1, 111th Congress, the chair declares the joint session dissolved.”
Mr. Cheney’s omission of the request for objections is a violation of U.S. law.
According to Title 3 of the U.S. Code, “The president of the Senate, … shall thereupon announce the state of the vote, which announcement shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons, if any, elected president and vice president of the United States, and, together with a list of the votes, be entered on the journals of the two Houses.
“Upon such reading of any such certificate or paper, the president of the Senate shall call for objections, if any,” it continues. “Every objection shall be made in writing, and shall state clearly and concisely, and without argument, the ground thereof, and shall be signed by at least one senator and one member of the House of Representatives before the same shall be received.”
Mr. Obama’s critics have been struggling to make him prove his U.S. citizenship since the summer, which he has refused to do. Multiple court cases have been thrown out of district and federal courts on the basis of standing, that the plaintiffs are not harmed by an offense against the Constitution in a particular way. Mr. Obama’s totally private meeting with the Supreme Court Justices and his refusal to provide his original documentation in court has fueled speculation that Mr. Obama has something to hide.
Calls to Ms. Taitz with regard to her perspective were not returned as of press time.
John P. Connolly can be reached at jconnolly@thebulletin.us
The Electoral College gathered in state capitals across the nation in December to cast their votes for president. The votes were sealed and sent to Congress where they were counted in a special joint session presided over by Vice President Dick Cheney. The votes were counted, and came out in favor of Mr. Obama and Joe Biden. But Mr. Cheney then closed the session, without asking if there were any objections to the proceedings.
“This announcement of the state of the vote by the president of the Senate shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons elected president and vice president of the United States each for the term beginning on the 20th day of January, 2009, and shall be entered, together with the list of the votes, on the Journals of the Senate and House of Representatives,” said Mr. Cheney. “The purpose of the joint session having been concluded, pursuant to Senate Concurrent Resolution 1, 111th Congress, the chair declares the joint session dissolved.”
Mr. Cheney’s omission of the request for objections is a violation of U.S. law.
According to Title 3 of the U.S. Code, “The president of the Senate, … shall thereupon announce the state of the vote, which announcement shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons, if any, elected president and vice president of the United States, and, together with a list of the votes, be entered on the journals of the two Houses.
“Upon such reading of any such certificate or paper, the president of the Senate shall call for objections, if any,” it continues. “Every objection shall be made in writing, and shall state clearly and concisely, and without argument, the ground thereof, and shall be signed by at least one senator and one member of the House of Representatives before the same shall be received.”
Mr. Obama’s critics have been struggling to make him prove his U.S. citizenship since the summer, which he has refused to do. Multiple court cases have been thrown out of district and federal courts on the basis of standing, that the plaintiffs are not harmed by an offense against the Constitution in a particular way. Mr. Obama’s totally private meeting with the Supreme Court Justices and his refusal to provide his original documentation in court has fueled speculation that Mr. Obama has something to hide.
Calls to Ms. Taitz with regard to her perspective were not returned as of press time.
John P. Connolly can be reached at jconnolly@thebulletin.us
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