Today the US Supreme Court decides if they'll take the case of Obama's...

As an American, it is my solemn duty and responsibility to respect the Office of the President of the United States of America and this I will do no matter who occupies that office. This does not mean that I have to agree or disagree with what the individual who occupies that office does. Mr. Obama, you are correct, is not yet the "true" President Elect. The podium that he speaks from with the seal of the Office of the President Elect is incorrect. But, at this time, why should we even care? Do we think that the Electoral College is going to say, "O.K., the American people have spoken and they have voted and Mr. Obama has won the office of the presidency." But now it is possible that the Supreme Court is going to hear a case whether or not Mr. Obama is an actual citizen of the United States. Frankly, I do not believe that he is, but what are we going to do about it? If it is found that he was born in Kenya, then it is possible that the election becomes mute and we are going to have to constitutionally respond. Are we to change to Constitution to allow Mr. Obama to become president? I do not think so. I think what is going to have to happen is that he is granted the position and we are going to have to turn our back on the Constitution. But, then what do we do for future elections? Are we going to allow anyone who wants to run for the highest office in the free world, run, no matter where they were born? Is it possible that his birth was a technicality and really born on American soil? What I think is necessary is for Hawaii to present a truthful document that states Mr. Obama was born in that state. No false documents permitted. I guess we will have to wait and see.

I really dont know what to say to this discussion, but to express that we need to put all of our energy in fixing this economy, i believe he should show proof but dag thats not something we should be focused on right now, i think its vitally important that we get a grasp on what going on in the economy.

I have a theory about this whole brouhaha which you probably will disagree with but here goes: I think that Obama is a very smart dude. First, a birth certificate request would have to have validity which the ones that were shot down it court did not have. You cannot force a state to release confidential information without having a right to that information. Obama also knows that the people making the biggest fuss over his birth certificate are the same ones that ran with the ugly, unsubstantiated rumours of Hilary murdering Vince Foster and McCain having a love child. So he's letting them have the birth certificate scandal. That keeps them occupied and out of his hair. He knows he can produce a birth certificate if he has to and he will when and if it becomes mandatory through the courts. In the meantime, his enemies are fully occupied tracking down the elusive Obama birth certificate.

Why are they deciding to take the case? Was it because as the other user said on here that there are claims that he wasn't born in USA? I thought he was born in Hawaii? And don't they have to be verified before they can run for president? If they didn't meet the criteria then why were they allowed to run? That wouldn't make any sense & would be a waste of time and money. Pablo

I have heard too many things on this. that he was born in Kenya and not Hawaii and therefore not an american citizen. I also heard that when he was little his mother revoked his american citizenship along with her own becaming citizens of another country (indonesian) and sense he never re-applied for his american citiizen statis he can't be president. Hopefully the supreme court will look into it and get it all sorted out either way. Either he is a "natural citizen" or he isn't. I would think this would be an easy one for them to figure out. I do find it funny that his grandmother in Kenya says she was at his birth and that it was in Kenya. But maybe she is confused. But you would think that you would remember something like that correctly. But as I said before maybe she is confused.

Wow. I didn't realize the allegations on this have not already been resolved... We have already elected someone that may not even be eligible. The only thing we can hope for is that Obama is indeed a United States citizen and that he will do what he says and get our country headed in a better direction.

We have to find out if he is eligible to be the president or the president elect. If he is not a US born citizen, then he is eligible. It will also send a message to the Obamanites that the presidency should not be based on how good a speaker he is, but if his ideas makes sense. Of course, this could have been avoided if Obama had shown his true birth certificate, or made people believe he was a demigod and could do no wrong.

This is just plain ridiculous! While I've been reading here for months that Obama wasn't BORN in the United States and therefore can't be President, the case the Supreme Court will decide on today isn't even about that. "Mr. Donofrio concedes Mr. Obama was born in Hawaii. He argues, however, that Mr. Obama was a British citizen due to his father's British citizenship." http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/04/supreme-court-hear-obama-citizenship-suit/ So which is it - was Obama born in Kenya or some other country or was he born in Hawaii but still not a U.S. citizen? Are there any MORE straws to grasp at? Annie

I am of the mind that he in all likely hood was born in the U.S. That being said, with the huge swell of doubt, fueled by the fact that he has side stepped producing a vaulted birth certificate, I think in order to put this behind us and get back to the business of getting our country back, he needs to produce this certificate. If he is in fact legal, why the issue? I can't understand why he would have a problem. All it takes for all of this to go away is to produce that proof. No big deal, right? The remifications of things taking a turn and having it shown he ISN'T in fact legal are pretty reaching and sobering. The constitution is the constitution. It exists for a reason and it is a LEGAL and binding contract. If we ignore that and make exception for any reason, it sets precident for future violations of it. This time it's a qualification for presidency, next time it might be one of your rights, or worse case scenario, it disapears altogether and with it, our dear and great republic. No, this is no trivial issue, the future of this country in the long run truly is at stake with this seemingly nit-picky issue.

This does need to be decided. Sadly, lots of people think that if he had nothing to hide, he would have produced real proof long ago.

i dont know if this is true or not but i have heard that he was born in kenya was not a christian and that he wasnt swearing in on the bible and that his middle name is hussein. so i dont know what to think.

Persoally, i think that the whole reason for any controversy is simply the facts. John mccain had a history of duty and integrity and loyalty to this country. obama is just a kid in comparison. he has little more than qualifiying experience in politics and ran simply to see if he could "win". and john mccain spent years as a POW in vietnam. thats loyalty. so the pure notion that it is problem that we could be faced with a new inexperienced president, i say blessed be us if he is ineligible.