The Post & Email by Joseph DeMaio 5/23/2021
Dear Justice Thomas:
With respect, it is virtually certain that in the next Court conference – this coming Thursday, May 27, 2021 – the matter in Docket No. 20-1503, “Laity v. Harris” will be addressed. Further, it is also not altogether unlikely that, based on existing Court precedent, and as has happened in past cases involving the same plaintiff/petitioner – Mr. Robert Laity – his challenge to the constitutional eligibility of Vice-President Kamala Harris as a “natural born Citizen” may be denied on the grounds that he lacks the “requisite standing” to maintain and support his certiorari petition, arguments to the contrary notwithstanding.
This conclusion is not posited to advocate or suggest either a granting or denial of the petition, but merely to acknowledge the reality that based on precedent, the Court may deny the petition. Indeed, you may well concur in a determination that the petition be denied for lack of requisite standing under the Court’s existing precedent, including
Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, 504 U.S. 555 (1992).
With utmost respect, Mr. Justice Thomas, the issue of presidential eligibility as a “natural born Citizen” under Art. 2, § 1, Cl. 5 of the Constitution is not an insignificant one. Instead, it goes to the very core of who the Founders intended would be entrusted with command over the “
[A]merican army” and be mandated to “
take care that the laws be faithfully executed.” These directives would seem to be at least as important as those regarding, for example, whether individuals seeking redress for alleged and perceived environmental habitat and endangered species damage resulting from events in Egypt and Sri Lanka possessed “standing,” as encountered in Lujan.
While requisite standing was found lacking in Lujan – a conclusion in which you concurred with Justice Scalia – at least the matter was granted review on the petition for certiorari. And yet, in virtually every case seeking to question or challenge the constitutional “natural born Citizen” bona fides of persons including Barack Hussein Obama, Jr., John McCain and now, Vice President Harris, a ruling on the merits by the Court has been avoided or “evaded” on the grounds that the challenger lacked standing, resulting in a peremptory denial of certiorari.
More:
https://www.thepostemail.com/2021/05/23/open-letter-to-justice-clarence-thomas/
