California State Appeals Court Says Secretary of State is not Obliged to Investigate Presidential Candidate Qualifications

On July 21, 2014, the California State Appeals Court, Third District, again ruled that the Secretary of State does not have the duty to check the qualifications of presidential candidates before placing them on the ballot. Dummett v Bowen, C073763. Here is the six-page decision.

The decision mentions the Ninth Circuit opinion Lindsay v Bowen, 750 F.3d 1061 (2014), which says that the Secretary of State may keep presidential candidates off the ballot if she believes they do not meet the constitutional qualifications. But the Dummett decision says that while the Secretary of State may have the power to exclude unqualified presidential candidates, it does not follow logically that she must therefore investigate those qualifications. Thanks to Bill Van Allen for the link.


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  1. More selective prosecution stuff in the JUNK opinion – NOT to be reported.

    Where are ANY cases by State officers attacking Obama’s qualifications to be Prez — merely since 20 Jan 2009 ???

    For brain dead judges —
    Place of birth means ZERO.
    NATION STATE ALLEGIANCE of father the second that a kid is born is what counts.
    I.E. for the USA — natural born USA citizen kid has a USA citizen father the second that the kid is born.

    Such father is a natural born or naturalized USA citizen.

    See also 14th Amdt, Sec. 1 — *and subject to the jurisdiction thereof*.

    Difficult ONLY for MORON judges and lawyers.
    I.E. has Obama committed THE greatest EVIL political Con Man fraud EVER in the USA — thus far ???

    NO attacks on Obama’s qualification because it is politically IN-correct ???

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