Hearing Set on Whether American Independent Party Figures May Rejoin Presidential Qualifications Lawsuit

The U.S. District Court Judge who has jurisdiction of the lawsuit Barnett v Obama will hold a hearing on September 8, in Santa Ana, California, to decide if Markham Robinson and Wiley Drake may re-join the lawsuit. Robinson is the state chair of the faction of the California American Independent Party that supported Alan Keyes last year, and Drake was Keyes’ vice-presidential running mate in California last year.

Robinson and Drake were part of the original lawsuit, which argues that President Obama does not meet the constitutional qualifications to be president. They allege that when they tried to replace their original attorney with another attorney, the original attorney improperly filed papers with the court, saying Robinson and Drake no longer wish to be plaintiffs. They do wish to continue being plaintiffs, and will ask the judge to restore them as plaintiffs.


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Hearing Set on Whether American Independent Party Figures May Rejoin Presidential Qualifications Lawsuit — 10 Comments

  1. The corruption of Mark Robinson and Alan Keyes is documented at the website – TheCorruptionOfAlanKeyes.blogspot.com. Wiley Drake has chosen to associate himself with and give his endorsement to this corruption. The actions of Robinson and Keyes in this suit, separate from the merits involved, are purely cosmetic; i.e.; to pretend to be in defense of our Republic as a public relations stunt to attempt to mask and cover up their corruption. In our current parlance it is known as putting lipstick on their singular and collective pig.

    Don Grundmann Vice-Chairman American Independent Party, California branch of the Constitution Party

  2. Warning! Don Grundmann has not been an officer of the American Independent Party since September 2,
    2008. He has never been a Vice Chairman of the
    American Independent Party. He was removed as an Area Director of the American Independent Party by
    former state Chairman Ed Noonan in 2008.

    Sincerely, Mark Sedenberg, Vice Chairman, American
    Independent Party.

  3. The personal corruption of Mark Seidenberg is documented at The CorruptionOfAlanKeyes.blogspot.com.

    Don Grundmann Vice-Chairman American Independent Party, California branch of the Constitution Party

  4. Warning! Done Grundmann’s status has not changed
    since he posted #1. He holds no office in the
    American Independent Party. He has not held an office in the American Independent Party since
    September 2, 2008. He has never been a Vice Chairman of American Independent Party.

    Don Grundmann has posted that it was a lie that he is a member of the State Central Committee of the
    American Independent Party in a different comment
    to a different issue also in Ballot Access News.
    That was news to me and it is good news.

    That could be a reason why Don Grundmann did not pay yet the $1,000 for my work product related to
    the state central committee meeting of the American Independent Part on June 27th, 2008.”

    Sincerely, Mark Seidenberg, Vice Chairman, American Independent Party

  5. Richard, can you do something about not letting these two fruitcakes ruin your website by turning it into a Jerry Springer show? Don and Mark – get a room. Richard is from San Francisco so he can help you find a place. No PDA on ballot-access.com!

  6. Ah yes, another lengthy argument about who represents the .0000000000001% of California voters who actually care.

    train111

  7. Doremus Jessup / train 111 … thanks for posting normal stuff – I’m trying to keep track of AIP news, but those two jerks always get in the way of reality.

  8. Richard-I think you are doing your readers a dis-service by paying notice to the manoueverings of these losers and theer correspondance school “attorney” Orly Taitz in this “lawsuit”. There is neither a factual nor a legal basis for this junk “lawsuit”. Factually, Mr Obama has provided a fully valid Hawaiian certificate (like it or not this is the only document currently issued by that state). This has full prima facie legal weight, even if it weren’t vouched for by state officials, which it is. It surpasses the documentation privided by most of Mr Obama’s 42 predecesors.

    On a legal basis, the election was certfied by Congress at the appropriate time, without objection. There is no provision in the law or the Constitution for judicial review of that Congressional certification. Thus the case is moot, since the only way to remove a sitting President is by the impeachment power, vested solely in Congress.

    That said, I am willing to accept that an actual judicial ruling in this case might be worthy of a brief comment. But I must question your motives for posting every ridiculous jot and tittle of these unworthy “plaintiffs”. The 2008 elections are over. The focus now should be on ensuring fair ballot access for the upcoming contests this year and in 2010.

  9. I cover this case because it concerns important activists in the AIP…Alan Keyes, Markham Robinson, and Wiley Drake. You’ll notice I never cover any of the other myriad of lawsuits on presidential qualifications, because those other “birth certificate” lawsuits have no connection to any minor party figures.

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