Exclusive by Margaret Calhoun Hemenway
(Editor’s note: Barack Obama’s lawyer, Robert F. Bauer, is threatening a D.C. attorney with “sanctions,” because the attorney is simply requesting that Obama show proof of his birth. No legalizing on our part. No exaggeration. No political manipulation. Just the facts in black and white. We have the shocking letter dated April 3 . The president of the United States is threatening sanctions – and the word “sanctions” is used in the threat — against attorney John Hemenway. Read on.)
After the flippant dismissal by U.S. Circuit Court Judge James Robertson of the lawsuit to attempt to determine whether Barack Obama is constitutionally eligible to serve as President, D.C. attorney John Hemenway received a letter from a lawyer representing Barack Obama and Joe Biden, his Vice President. (Hemenway had joined the suit launched by Hillary Clinton’s ally, Philip Berg, the former Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania and attorney Lawrence Joyce of Arizona, in an attempt to force President Obama to disclose his birth records, currently being protected against public scrutiny by the Obama legal team at a reported cost of as much as one million dollars.) The entire letter , written by Obama attorney Robert F. Bauer, states the following (and we note that there is no reference in this letter to an existing valid Birth Certificate for Barack Obama, as opposed to a Certificate of Live Birth, and there is no claim that a valid Birth certificate exists which can be shown to the American people, an act that immediately would shut down this query):
“I represent President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden. I write to request that, in light of the District Court’s March 24, 2009 Rule 11 order in Hollister v. Soetoro, No. 08-2254, you withdraw the appeal filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, No. 09-5080. For the reasons stated in Judge Robertson’s order, the suit is frivolous and should not be pursued.
Should you decline to withdraw this frivolous appeal, please be informed that we intend to pursue sanctions, including costs, expenses, and attorney’s fees, pursuant to federal Rule Appellate Procedure 38 and D.C. Circuit Rule 38.”
Mr. Hemenway’s response to the letter was a promise to “write and protest and attack those against the demand that Obama show proof of his birth, and I will continue to do anything I can think of doing that might perhaps deter or injure those who are opposed to “transparency” and “openness” and honesty in governmental operations-all those good and vague promises that Obama threw out in speeches read from his teleprompter.”
Mr. Hemenway added, “The lawyer for Obama, Robert Bauer, has abused his privileges as an attorney, because I can regard his premature (and totally inaccurate) threats to seek some sanction against me as a threat to keep me from performing my duty to my client. It won’t work and he will soon see that it has not worked to intimidate me.” In his opinion, “many judges and other officials are simply crassly violating their oaths of office. Since I had been in the Department of State and served in Moscow for two years, I am mindful of an expression used by the Russians: “Nada dakazat’ kulak!” (You must show them your fist!)”
Hemenway also pledged:
“…to appeal the slap taken at me (the so-called “reprimand”) by Judge James Robertson who tried unsuccessfully to label our efforts as “frivolous” but who did not have the guts to sanction me under Rule 11. (This would have given me-and others engaged in this important battle -standing in the Court of Appeals.) I will do my duty to Colonel Hollister, who technically is a client, even though I never agreed initially to follow the case in the Court of Appeals. The military, as Colonel Hollister’s interest demonstrates, is quite concerned with the basic issue of ‘legal’ and ‘illegal’ orders originating from a ‘legitimate’ or ‘illegitimate’ commander-in-chief. Recall that Judge Robertson never did admit attorneys Berg or Joyce to practice in his court, never had a hearing and never examined evidence because he didn’t seek any. The Judge gave the impression that his decision was predicated solely on ‘blogging and twittering’.”
For the many others who have contacted him and expressed interest in this cause, Hemenway invoked Churchill’s admonition: “If a matter of principle is involved in a course of action, then never give up-never – never – never.” The most important part of that quote is the “matter of principle.” It was not just a display of the stubborn nature of Churchill. Following that advice, we can see that here, we have a grave matter of principle.
If Obama can break such a basic, fundamental rule of the Constitution, then what is to keep him from ignoring or suspending other basic rights, such as the Writ of Habeas Corpus?
Last, Hemenway points out: “Mr. Bauer claims his father was an attorney in Vienna who opposed the union with Germany (the so-called “Anschluss”) and promoted anti-Nazi political movements while he was in Austria. He says his father left Austria in 1940. Very few people left greater Germany after 1939, when the war started. In any event, if Bauer’s background includes such a family history of opposition to anti-rule-of-law monsters, how does he explain his support for this Chicago-styled conspiracy to violate a basic requirement of the United States Constitution?”
FamilySecurityMatters.org Contributing Editor Margaret Calhoun Hemenway is a retired federal employee, having served fifteen years in the U.S. Congress and five years as a White House appointee at DoD and NASA.
mrbrandsombati
Fri 11/23/2012
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brianfh
Mon 10/19/2009
Bauer was evidently one of those rebellious kids,and decided to be the opposite of his father; i.e., totally unprincipled!
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Ed Darrell
Sat 04/25/2009
The Democrats cooperated in stopping any attack on McCain, as you know. Both Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama cosponsored, spoke in favor of, and voted a Senate resolution noting that McCain’s birth off of U.S. soil was not a disqualifier for the presidency.
Nor is there any lawsuit filed against McCain.
The simple fact is that Obama offered his birth certificate. It’s valid according to all the laws of the U.S. There is no showing of any evidence that could possibly challenge that showing, as honored by the U.S. State Department, the FBI and the intelligence agencies, as well as the State Bar of Illinois.
There is no case to be made against Obama’s eligibility. Why do you persist in claiming there is? When you run for office, will you tout this moment as one of your better runs of judgment?
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Ed Darrell
Sat 04/25/2009
Gee, Turtle*, if you have evidence that Obama’s birth was recorded incorrectly, why in the hell don’t you bring it forward?
And if not, let me just say that it was uncouth of you* communist Russian to lie about your birth to get into our Army. That was a felony, to lie about your birth to get into the military, and the statute of limitations doesn’t run if you are still due any veterans’ benefits.
Of course, there’s no more evidence against your birth certificate than there is against Obama’s, but you don’t have people hounding you and refusing to accept the legal documents, the way you’re hounding Obama. And since you consider it no problem to urinate on the offer of service of anyone else, why isn’t that sauce okay for the goose, too?
* The asterisk appears beside Turtle because he may not be Turtle, may not be a U.S. citizen with any right to complain, and may not be real at all. He’s never presented his birth certificate for the world to see. There are reports he was born in Kiev during the Soviet Union days, and we have video of an old woman there saying “Turtles lived here” that we think is as good as an affidavit that he’s really a Russian communist.
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Turtle
Sat 04/25/2009
Holy rambling Batman! I never said I joined the service. I said that my LIFE is on the line. And it is. I’m a political activist, and my life is on the line, especially when libtard morons ‘threaten’ me. The fact is, I HAVE a copy of my original certified birth certificate. I was born here, and I can prove it without falsifying a birth cert.
Also, look at the pic, Mister Obvious, I’m a GIRL.
Nothing else you said even deserves any response. Come back when you’re done being an a$$ clown.
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Ed Darrell
Sat 04/25/2009
Fascinating how you get so upset when the tables are turned. Your charges against Obama deserve the same response — your charges are even more scurrilous. Shame on you.
You still haven’t produced your birth certificate. What secrets are you trying to hide? 😉
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Turtle
Sat 04/25/2009
I’m always upset, LOL. Read my other comment replies – you’ll see.
If/When I ever decide to run for public office, you can all check out my birth certificate. Since no birth records are required to write for a blog, I see no reason to post it at this time.
The “charges” against Obama* are the same “charges” the Democraps lodged against McCain. How is it okay to say McCain’s not a citizen when he’s a lot closer than Obama* will ever be?
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Ed Darrell
Sun 04/19/2009
Why? Because your claim is a nuisance claim, utterly without substance, designed only to clog the courts and make trouble.
Why do you hate America so much?
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Turtle
Sat 04/25/2009
Quite the contrary, I love America very much – so much so, that I’ve put my life on the line in the name of saving this country from pinheads like yourself! The lawsuits are certainly NOT designed to clog the courts; they’re ‘designed’ to get some fricking truth out of Obama* and his Obots about where he was born. If he really was born in Hawaii, he’d release the paperwork and put all questions about it down once and for all. That’s what any level-headed, America-loving, normal person would do.
A $10 fee to the clerk of records in Hawaii and the whole thing would be settled. So who’s REALLY clogging the courts by not proving his qualifications? Yeah, Obama*.
* The asterisk appears by his name because he may NOT be qualified to be POTUS, and until he proves he is, he gets an asterisk.
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