Obama Citizenship

Keyes v. Bowen: WND: Presidential Attorneys Move to Quash Subpoena, Seek Monetary Sanctions

By Phil

WorldNetDaily is reporting today on a motion filed in response to a subpoena issued by Gary Kreep, lead attorney in Keyes v. Bowen, requesting the President’s collegiate records from Occidental College:

A high-powered team of Los Angeles attorneys representing President Obama in his effort to keep his birth certificate, college records and passport documents concealed from the public has suggested there should be “monetary sanctions” against a lawyer whose clients have brought a complaint alleging Obama doesn’t qualify for the Oval Office under the Constitution’s demand for a “natural born” citizen in that post.

The suggestion came in an exchange of e-mails and documents in a case brought by former presidential candidate Alan Keyes and others in California. The case originally sought to have the state’s electors ordered to withhold their votes for Obama until his eligibility was established. Since his inauguration, it has been amended to seek a future requirement for a vetting process, in addition to the still-sought unveiling of Obama’s records. …

The lawyer for the college, Stuart W. Rudnick of Musick, Peeler & Garrett, urgently contacted Fredric D. Woocher of Strumwasser & Woocher.

“This firm is counsel to Occidental College. The College is in receipt of the enclosed subpoena that seeks certain information concerning President-Elect Barack Obama,” he wrote via fax. “Inasmuch as the subpoena appears to be valid on its face, the College will have no alternative but to comply with the subpoena absent a court order instructing otherwise.”

Within hours, Woocher contacted Kreep regarding the issue, telling him, “It will likely not surprise you to hear that President-elect Obama opposes the production of the requested records.

“In order to avoid the needless expense of our bringing and litigating a Motion to Quash the subpoena, I am writing to ask whether you would be willing to agree voluntarily to cancel or withdraw the subpoena?”

Woocher warned, “Please be advised, in particular, that in the event we are forced to file a motion to quash and we prevail in that motion, we will seek the full measure of monetary sanctions provided for in the Code of Civil Procedures.”

With Kreep out of town for a business trip, he did not respond immediately and the motion eventually was filed. It states that the records, which could reveal on what name Obama attended classes at Occidental and whether he attended on scholarship money intended for foreign students, “are of no relevance to this moot litigation.”

It also claims the petitioners failed to serve the subpoena properly.

“The subpoena directed to Occidental College should therefore be quashed. Alternatively, this court should issue an order directing that the deposition of the custodian of records of Occidental College not take place,” the firm working on Obama’s behalf stated.

“The central issue in this lawsuit ? is whether any Respondent had a legal duty to demand proof of natural born citizenship from Democratic Party’s nominee,” the motion said. “None of the documents sought by petitioners could possibly assist in answering this question.”

The motion then cited a precedent from a case involving a “former law firm client who brought malpractice action against firm claiming unconscionable rates was not entitled to discovery regarding amount paid by law firm to contract staff attorney because such information is irrelevant to unconscionability claim.”

The President’s attorneys have a point RE: legal obligations. For any of the eligibility cases that are still pending to have merit in the Judiciary, they are going to have to get around this legality issue and find an indirect way to get access to the President’s vital/background documentation.

Update: TheObamaFile.com poses further questions:

Why?

Is it a coincidence that both the Occidental lawyers and the Obama lawyers have addresses at 100 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles?  And, that Woocher, selected as a “Southern California Super Lawyer, 2009″ practices “political law” — what’s “political law?”

There’s at least 48 legal cases attempting to gain access to various documents from Obama’s past.  In this one case, Obama is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to hide his bona fides, and using a “Super Lawyer” to do it.  You do the math. Obama is spending millions to hide his past from the American People.

Why?

Watch this case.  Occidental’s lawyers say they have to comply with Gary Kreep’s subpoena.  Watch to see how Obama’s lawyers attempt to manipulate the justice system to quash this subpoena.

Why?

A current listing of eligibility lawsuits can be found here.

-Phil

Full post as published by The Right Side of Life on February 13, 2009 (boomark / email).