birth certificate

It’s been a little while since a good confrontation between a birther and a member of Congress, but here’s one from last week: a constituent of Rep. Scott Garrett (R-N.J.) asking his congressman why Republicans won’t do anything about the “eligibility issue.” It makes for awkward viewing, as Garrett’s staff clearly wants a change of [...]

Phil Berg, who by my lights is the original “birther” attorney — he filed a lawsuit challenging then-candidate Barack Obama’s citizenship in August 2008 — has been dealt a serious blow in his quest to overturn the results of the presidential election. The Court of Appeals for the Third District has affirmed the dismissal of [...]

Lawyers who filed early lawsuits questioning President Obama’s citizenship fear the bogus document will do irreconcilable damage to their movement.

The #TCOT Report homepage is currently given over to a huge picture of me and this charge, which I’ll just reprint below:
Meme Wars: “Transparency Dodger” David Weigel of Washington Independent Falsely Labels #TCOT Co-founder With “Birther” Meme
Weigel is same “journalist” who played a role in launching the false “teabagger” meme
It’s a response to this post, [...]

Glenn Greenwald passes along a clip of Richard Wolffe discussing his new Barack Obama biography, “Renegade,” on G. Gordon Liddy’s talk show, in an interview that rather quickly dovetails into Liddy’s conspiracy theories about Obama’s citizenship.
LIDDY: You mentioned distractions. One of these distractions right now is these lawsuits that take the position that he is [...]

In a very unsurprising move, the Supreme Court has decided not to hear a challenge to President-elect Barack Obama’s eligibility for the nation’s highest office, The Associated Press reports.