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[John in Tronna]

OK, I'm only asking this b/c I'm not overly knowledgeable about how things work down in the States. So...

Supposing Barack Obama wins this year and serves out his full 4 years. On the last day in office, when most soon-to-be ex-Prez's are pardoning all their unnamed co-conspirators, instead he yells, "Ha! Fooled ya! I was actually born in Dublin! Me name 'tis Brock O'Bama!" or some such.

Now I assume he'd go to jail on fraud charges, etc. But what would the upshot be? Would all the bills he signed into law suddenly be null and void?

A buddy of mine opined that maybe Obama's entire presidency would be null and void, which means that Joe Biden was technically president, so poor Joe would be prohibited from running in 2016 for a "third" term.

I want to know because I really have trouble understanding how your political system actually works. I mean, you claim to have a working Senate but you don't even have an Usher of the Black Rod.


P.S. Yes, I know how it's spelled.
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BOHICA, Latin, second person imperative of the first conjugation verb bohicō, bohicāre, bohicāvī, bohicātum “Bend over, here it comes again”

[Feiticeira]

Please don't post here anymore.

[Willem]

I hope he turns out to be Canadian and the US goes to war with Canada as a result and they bomb your house
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[John in Tronna]

First of all, I'm sorry -- I really am -- that I offended anyone here. I realize that this whole birther/teabagger thing is a sensitive issue -- only retroactively now do I see how sensitive -- so I apologize for being so insensitive as to be flip about it and not phrasing my question in a more clear and thoughtful manner.

For the record, I hope Obama wins. It would be better, in my non-American opinion, for America, and definitely better for Canada.

That being said, I know there are a handful of folks who call themselves "birthers" who say that since according to them B.O. [insert scare quote]wasn't born in the US[exit scare quote] -- the gov't of Hawai`i notwithstanding -- he can't be POTUS. (I don't understand that myself -- our current PM wasn't even born on this planet but we can't use that to disqualify him.)

My question was only to find out what the upshot was if this happened to any president. I did not mean at all to imply that Barack Obama is not and has been the lawful and legitimate President.

If I was misunderstood, I accept full responsibility for that. I guess my trying to be witty came off as more witless.

If the question is on too touchy a topic, or if I have tainted it too much with my ignorance already, I will respectfully withdraw it, again with sincere apologies.
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BOHICA, Latin, second person imperative of the first conjugation verb bohicō, bohicāre, bohicāvī, bohicātum “Bend over, here it comes again”

[Feiticeira]

[ShadowCell]

it's an interesting theoretical/constitutional law question, but seeing as how Barack Obama actually is a natural-born United States citizen and there is no constitutional illegitimacy to his being in office, it's also pretty much completely moot

but it's interesting mainly because it would be totally unprecedented, so if such a thing ever happened, the courts/Congress/etc would pretty much be flying blind

[CTrees]

The belief that he's one of David Icke's lizard people is more likely to be revealed as truthful.
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[Monkey Mcdermott]

Birthers get way worse treatment than Ember does here, you aren't likely to find any to answer your question.
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[Willem]

There's also no definitive answer because it's never happened, nor will it ever happen.
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[Monkey Mcdermott]

When asking questions based in fantasyland it's always best to ask someone who lives there.
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[fritterdonut]

As stated by other posters, it's pretty much impossible to predict an outcome with no precedents available to compare it to.

Although last time I checked impeached presidents haven't had everything they've done reversed, so theres that.

But yeah, if you buy into the whole "Obama wasn't born here", you're either incredibly stupid or hate him enough to willingly accept something that you know is absurd (see Cognitive Dissonance).
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[Mindslicer]

[Mr Gary]

Guys, if my Granny had balls, would she be my Granddaddy?
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[Lasairfiona]

What did I JUST SAY about acting the fool? For fuck's sake...

This is a completely stupid question based on a deranged concept. Oh, and a racist concept too. Just last week more people on the campaign trail were talking about sending Obama back to Kenya. This isn't just a sensitive topic, it is one that shows racism is still alive and goddamn well in the US. The birther movement wasn't fringe fit a long time - we finally pushed it there and you want to ask about consequences of Obama not being American. Don't give the fringe group any attention or they might grow back like black mold!

And absolutely no one said we have a functioning Senate - why do you think they downgraded our credit?
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After much deliberation he gave her a giant comfort zone. - Michael

[Monkey Mcdermott]

To be fair FI, he did admit that he only signed up right during the patriarchy arc. Bear in mind the newbies we got around then.
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