For Immediate Release- 10/26/11

For Further information contact: Van Irion, Lead Counsel Liberty Legal Foundation 9040 Executive Park Dr., Ste. 200 Knoxville, TN 37923 (865) 809-1505 van@libertylegalfoundation.com www.libertylegalfoundation.com

Liberty Legal Foundation and Presidential Candidate John Dummett File Federal and State Lawsuits Against National Democratic Party to Block Certification of Candidate Obama for Inclusion on 2012 Ballot

Important Points:
Lawsuit asks court to enjoin National Democratic Party from certifying Obama as Constitutionally qualified to hold the office of President Lack of certification by Democratic Party would prevent Obama from appearing on the ballot in the 2012 general election Lawsuit asks court to confirm Supreme Courts definition of natural-born citizen as having two parents that are BOTH U.S. citizens at time of birth. See Minor v. Happersett, 88 U.S. 162 (1875). Obamas place of birth and birth certificate are irrelevant and not discussed

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On 10/25/11 Liberty Legal Foundation and John Dummett filed two simultaneous class action lawsuits against the Democratic Party. Both lawsuits request injunctions prohibiting the Party from certifying that Obama is Constitutionally qualified to run for the office of President in the 2012 election. Without such a certification from the Party, Obama will not appear on any ballot in the 2012 general election. Neither lawsuit discuss Obamas place of birth or his birth certificate. These issues are completely irrelevant to the argument. LLFs lawsuit simply points out that the Supreme Court has defined natural-born citizen as a person born to two parents who were both U.S. citizens at the time of the natural-born citizens birth. Obamas father was never a U.S. citizen. Therefore, Obama can never be a natural-born citizen. His place of birth is irrelevant. Despite numerous legal challenges, no lawsuit to date has been able to get a hearing on the merits related to Obamas natural-born status. LLF has studied all of these cases in order learn 1 of 2

from the rulings and avoid the pitfalls that stopped those lawsuits. LLF has learned that all states rely upon the truthfulness of representations made by the political parties, that their candidates are qualified to hold the federal office for which they are nominated. By naming the National Democratic Party as the defendant LLF not only targets the entity responsible for vetting the Democratic candidate, LLF also avoids taking on any state or federal government. The Democratic Party is a private entity, without any government immunities or government procedural advantages. LLF also learned that Presidential candidates that are registered with the Federal Election Commission have standing to ask a court to keep another candidate off the ballot. Consequently LLF partnered with FEC-registered Presidential Candidate John Dummett. Mr. Dummett is a conservative Republican who believes that the Constitution should be followed. Because LLF has a lead plaintiff that is a Presidential Candidate, and because that plaintiff is also a Liberty Legal member, Liberty Legal has standing to sue as well. If one plaintiff has standing to sue, all plaintiffs have standing to sue. Because Liberty Legal has standing to sue, anyone that believes the Constitution should be followed can join this class action lawsuit as a class member! If you agree that the Constitution should be followed, please add your voice to ours. Please join our class action lawsuit to protect the legitimacy of the ballot. Copies of the filed complaints are attached to this release. Dated: 10/26/11

_________________________ Van Irion Liberty Legal Foundation 9040 Executive Park Drive, Ste. 200 Knoxville, TN 37923 Attorney for the Plaintiffs (865) 809-1505 van@libertylegalfoundation.com www.libertylegalfoundation.com

http://www.libertylegalfoundation.com/certification-class-action/ http://www.libertylegalfoundation.com/1381/no-certification-without-verification/

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