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Several Tennessee lawmakers have signed onto a legal action intended to force President Barack Obama to turn over his birth certificate and other documents to prove his citizenship, an effort already rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court in another case.
Tennessee Reps. Eric Swafford, Stacey Campfield, Glen Casada and Frank Nicely have all agreed to be plaintiffs in future legal action from a Russian immigrant in California who has challenged whether Obama meets constitutional criteria to be president.
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The lawsuit from the Defend Our Freedoms Foundation, which has not yet been filed, will be among several court challenges to Obama's citizenship.
One of the cases reached the U.S. Supreme Court late last year, and the court declined without comment to take it up, a move many interpreted as meaning the issue was dead. The campaign posted a copy of his certificate on a page intended to counter rumors about Obama.
Swafford’s letter states “I agree to be one of the plaintiff’s in a legal action filed by Dr. Orly Taitz, Esquire for a Writ of Mandamus to obtain birth certificate, immigration records, passports and other vital records for Barry Soetoro, aka Barack Hussein Obama.”
The letter from the Pikeville Republican is written on the official letterhead of the state House of Representatives.
Niceley, Campfield and Casada, who are also Republicans, confirmed that they too have agreed to be plaintiffs.
Casada said that he believes that Obama does have a U.S. birth certificate, and should just make it widely available.
“Let’s just put this to bed. Yes, people may say, you’re just chasing some conspiracy theory,” he said. “It’s a simple act on his part to just do, and we’re done – move on.”
Democratic lawmakers ridiculed the legal action on Thursday morning at a weekly press conference, with one lawmaker asking, “Who’s Eric Swafford?” and another answering, “He’s from Mars.”
The news of the lawsuit later provoked ribbing around the capitol, with one legislative staffer approaching a lawmaker and demanding to see his birth certificate.
[link to www.tennessean.com]
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