THE CASE OF DAVID vs. GOLIATH - A BIBLICAL STORY?
NO, IT'S WASHINGTON STATE 2008 !
On October 10th Steve Marquis of Fall City, WA launched a lawsuit to
protest the candidacy of Barack Obama, who has refused to present
evidence of his eligibility to run for the U.S. Presidency.
Constitutional eligibility requires a President to be a "natural
born" American citizen. Questions abound in the media (mostly
non-mainstream media) concerning Senator Obama's questionable birth
certificate as presented on his website. The questions have led to
several lawsuits (PA, HI, WA) requesting government officials (the
Goliaths of this story) to force proper eligibility credentials to
be shown in Court that America's Constitutional requirement has been
fulfilled.
The above court suits, unfortunately, have resulted in Goliath
successfully bringing the various State "citizen Davids" to their
knees, rather than helping a few individuals who are trying to
invoke a major Constitutional protection for American citizens.
Our justice system has become so twisted that arcane
"technicalities" of the legal intricacies of the law are deemed more
important to the American Justice system than defending the plain
English sentences of the American Constitution, the defense of which
has cost many American lives and bloodshed over the 2+ centuries of
its existence. Now, no one denies that law is an inherently nuanced
business and that technicalities have their place. But when they are
used as veils to hide behind, rather than defending a foundational
Constitutional principle, then Justice is not well served but is
subverted.
Rather than deal with the question of legitimacy of Senator Obama's
candidacy, our Washington State government has responded to the law
suit with 5 reasons why the suit should be overturned "with
prejudice"( i.e., "get lost"). Here's a layman's summary:
• A. The Plaintiff, who wanted the State's support to
unearth evidence currently being withheld by Senator Obama, is
required to bring all the substantive
evidence to Court immediately at the first hearing. [ Not much
evidence of true ‘Justice' here.]
• B. The Plaintiff should have brought his suit earlier. The
law says Senator Obama's eligibility should have been brought to
Court "within 3 days after
certification of the results of the previous primary" i.e. before
most citizens were even aware of any dispute. [ Not much evidence
of true ‘Justice' here.]
• C. The doctrine of "laches" prevents last minute lawsuits
regarding elections so as not to "confuse" the voters. But
defrauding the voters by presenting
them a non-bonafide candidate appears not to matter. [ Not much
evidence of true ‘Justice' here.]
• D. Senator Obama's name was incorrectly not cited as a
party to the suit. Here's a fine lesson in how to hamstring a
citizen looking for Justice by requiring
him to be fully knowledgeable in the arcane rituals of the legal
profession. What happened to a government for the People? [ Not
much evidence of true
‘Justice' here.]
• E. The Secretary of State has no authority in the matter -
it is fully in the hands of the Democratic Party, or the federal
government or any one else except the State
Official with responsibility to oversee elections participated in
by Washington citizens. [ Not much evidence of true ‘Justice'
here. ]
The matter will come before Judge Jim Rogers in King County Superior
Court on Monday, October 27th, 2008, Courtroom E-201. People who
want to stand
with David (I.e, Steve Marquis) should come and observe American
Justice being delivered (OR NOT ?).
Mark Sussman, voting citizen of Bellevue, WA, US of A
(or so I've previously believed).
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David and Goliath
