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Plea against Obama dismissed

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an appeal by a man who questioned President-elect Barack Obama’s eligibility for the presidency, based on his birth to a father from Kenya and a mother who was a U.S. citizen. The case, originally brought in New Jersey courts by Leo Donofrio of East Brunswick, contended that Mr. Obama could not be considered a “natural-born citizen” — a constitutional ground to become President — contending he had dual nationality.

Officials in Hawaii declared Mr. Obama was born there in August 1961, and is a citizen, but that has not stopped a small squall of Internet-fuelled rumours trying to debunk his citizenship. The issue of his birth certificate has long been the subject of rumours, to the point that Mr. Obama’s website posted a copy of it on its “fightthesmears” mini-site to try to stanch the innuendo during the campaign. — New York Times News Service

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