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Thursday, Apr. 28, 2011
‘Birther’ attorney Taitz still has questions about Obama’s birth certificate
The release of President Barack Obama’s long form birth certificate isn’t enough for Orly Taitz.
Taitz, the California attorney and “birther” known for filing lawsuits on behalf of those who question Obama’s citizenship, still has questions after seeing the document the White House issued Wednesday.
Taitz represented an Army major and captain before a Columbus federal judge, both of whom questioned the legality of their orders coming from a man they argued might not legally be able to hold office. Both suits failed, and Judge Clay Land sanctioned Taitz $20,000.
“First of all, I do feel that this is a step in the right direction,” Taitz said Wednesday. “I welcome this. I do question the timing.”
Obama has come under new pressure in recent weeks with reality TV star, real estate mogul and possible presidential candidate Donald Trump reigniting demands to see the long form certificate. Through a spokesman, Obama said the debate over his place of birth had become a “sideshow.”
The certificate of live birth states that Obama was born Aug. 4, 1961, at the Kapiolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Taitz said that based on her examination of the birth certificate, Obama holds dual citizenship in countries including America, Great Britain, Indonesia and Kenya. She said she doesn’t know whether someone with dual citizenship can legally be president.
“If a federal judge provides a determination that a person with dual citizenship is a natural born citizen, then this issue is solved,” she said. “But this issue has to be solved.”
Taitz pointed to John Bingham, a U.S. representative in the 1800s who played a large role in the creation of the 14th Amendment which defines citizenship. According to Taitz, Bingham said that citizenship is granted to someone born in America to parents who owe no allegiance to another country.
Obama’s father was born in Kenya.
Taitz continues to question what she calls his use of a Social Security number that never was assigned to him, and she claims the president “is committing felonies.”
But is the birth certificate real?
“It’s a better document that we had before, but there are still some questions,” she said. “It’s a little bit strange.”
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