Obama Citizenship

Connerat v. Browning: FL Case Not Officially Over!

By Phil

I had previously reported that Connerat v. Browning had been dismissed per the Florida Supreme Court’s docket. However, Spencer Connerat, Plaintiff pro se in this case, had the following to say:

As a pro se litigant, I must be notified of any Dismissal, Service, Warrant, etc. regarding my case.  To wit:  There has been no notification given, to me, of any action, whatsoever, in my case SC08-2338.

Therefore, it is still pending. … There is another very interesting aspect of this case, which is an errant ‘Test’ I received on Monday, from the honourable Court.  It has been returned Certified Mail, with a letter to Clerk Hall as cover.

I saw a change in comments regarding my case on the Supreme Court’s website, Friday, December 12, 2008.  Therefore, since the site is provided for convenience only, [it] is subject to change …

To date, Mr. Connerat has not been served any paperwork by the Court either by USPS or by law enforcement personnel.

Mr. Connerat’s case follows…

A current listing of eligibility lawsuits can be found here.

-Phil

True and correct, albeit unsigned:

W. Spencer Connerat, III
13584 Feather Sound Cir., W.
Apt. 2009
Clearwater, FL 33762-5559
[telephone number redacted]

Petitioner, pro se

SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA
W. Spencer Connerat, III

Petitioner,
vs.

Florida Secretary of State Kurt S. Browning

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PETITION FOR EXTRAORDINARY EMERGENCY WRIT OF MANDAMUS AND STAY OF 2008 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TO BE CONDUCTED IN FLORIDA SENATE CHAMBERS AT 2:00P.M. ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2008

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W. Spencer Connerat, III, resident of the State of Florida, registered voter of the State of Florida since March 17, 2003, and sworn upholder and defender of the Constitution of the State of Florida and of the Constitution of the United States of America,
PETITIONER, alleges in good faith, and under penalty of Law, a serious breech of Trust:

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INTRODUCTION
Parties
1. W. SPENCER CONNERAT, III, Petitioner herein, is a registered voter in the State of Florida and a natural born citizen of the United States of America.
2. KURT S. BROWNING, Respondent herein, is the Secretary of State of the State of Florida;
Legal Basis
3. The Supreme Court of Florida has original jurisdiction in mandamus pursuant to Article Five (V), Section Three (III) of the Florida Constitution, and in Common Law, and shall exercise that jurisdiction in appropriate cases where the issue at hand is ?certified by the Supreme Court of the United States or a United States Court of Appeals which is determinative of the cause and for which there is no controlling precedent of the supreme court of Florida.? Furthermore, the honourable Court ?may issue writs of prohibition to courts and all writs necessary to complete exercise of its jurisdiction.? It is truly rare, and possibly without precedent in Florida, that the qualifications of a presidential candidate have been considered and properly vetted in jurisprudence. According to article two (II), section one (I) of the United States Constitution, ?No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of the Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President? and, following the logic of our Founders, such burden of proof is incumbent on the candidate. To date, Barack Hussein Obama has not proven, to this Florida resident and registered voter, unaffiliated with any Party, that he is eligible to be elected (by the Florida Electors, who derive their power from the State Legislature) to the office of President of the United States. The issue of eligibility for the Presidency is an issue of great public importance to Florida, and moreover, to the Nation. Secretary of State Browning is about to certify Mr. Obama as the winner of the Florida 2008 presidential election, eligible based on the Constitution of

the United States, even though there is no proof of Mr. Obama?s eligibility, and there was no response given to a bona fide letter of inquiry, which was signed, sealed, and delivered via the United States Postal Service, numbered 7008 1830 0002 5644 7186, delivered at 11:16a.m., signed under the hand of Ernie Turner, and is incorporated into this petition as follows, not as evidence, but in order to guarantee standing as a citizen, who deserved a response to a simple request from one who purportedly seeks the highest office in the Land, to wit:
November 11, 2008

U.S.P.S. CERTIFIED MAIL
Senator Barack Obama
713 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510

Senator Obama:

Congratulations on your garnering of over fifty percent of the popular vote in the recent election for President. I watched your speech (it was midnight, here in the East) and I applaud you for the hope, inspiration, and kindness you have given to many folks. Nonetheless, as a U.S. citizen, who did vote in the election, albeit for the Republican nominee, I am concerned about your qualifications to be elected President of the United States of America. Therefore, please return to me, forthwith, proof of your ?natural born? status as required under our Constitution.

I respectfully ask for a written response to be in my hand before December 1, 2008. Otherwise, I may seek to enjoin the Electoral College vote. My feeling is that you truly believe in concepts like fairness, and ?fair play.? Humour this Citizen and remove any doubt.

The State of Hawaii is also being summoned. If a ?tangible interest? is not this case, of a citizen ensuring that the Constitution is upheld, then there is no such concept under Law. It is in our collective best interests that you produce the sought document, without burdening the Court.

Looking forward to your prompt response, I remain,

In patriotism,

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William Spencer Connerat 111 ? citizen
13584 Feather Sound Circle, W.
Apt. 2009
Clearwater, FL 33762-5559

cc) Mr. Thomas J. Donnelly, Esq.
Senator John Sidney McCain III

4. There are several cases pending throughout the United States of America related to this enforcement of qualifications. Petitioner has evidence to introduce, at trial, showing valuable consideration tendered to the State of Hawaii, pursuant to a prompt resolution of this matter without burdening the Court. However, this petition is not the forum for such details. In the essence of brevity, the crux of the legal matter is as follows: ?It is meet and right for the State of Florida to certify Electoral Votes for a candidate about whom there is serious and material doubt as to eligibility??
5. Mr. Obama has failed to demonstrate that he is a natural born citizen in any of the myriad
cases filed and still pending outside of the State of Florida. According to the stipulated facts of various websites, including one such site directly linked to the website of Mr. Obama, at the time of his birth, Mr. Obama?s father was a foreign subject, a citizen of British Protective Territory of East Africa (currently Kenya) and therefore, having been born with split and competing loyalties, candidate Obama cannot be considered natural born. Furthermore, no citizen whose status is subject to an Act of Congress (in this case, the Immigration statutes pertaining to dual citizenship) is syllogistically able to be commensurately natural born. The aforementioned challenges, including at least one currently docketed at the Supreme Count of the United States serve to demonstrate, prima facie, that reasonable doubt exists as to the eligibility of the Democratic Party?s nominee for President.
6. Secretary of State Browning is responsible for ensuring the validity of the State election process by, among other things, organizing and co-ordinating the Meeting of Florida Electors, which is to take place in the Florida Senate Chambers, on December 15, 2008, at 2:00p.m.
7. The office of Secretary of State is intended to function without bias and to provide the critical sense of fairness and impartiality necessary for the people to have confidence in the fundamental underpinnings of the democratic process for our elections.
8. There is a reasonable and common expectation by Florida voters that to qualify for the ballot, the individuals running for office must meet minimum qualifications as outlined in the federal and state Constitutions and statutes, and that compliance with those minimum qualifications has been confirmed by the officials overseeing the election process. Heretofore, to Petitioner?s knowledge, after much due diligence, there has been no verification of Mr. Obama?s qualifications, other than attestations. This practice represents a much lower standard than that demanded of one when requesting a Florida driver?s license or even a glass of beer at Tropicana Field. Since the Florida Secretary of State has, as its core, the mission of certifying and establishing the validity of the election process, this writ seeks a Court Order barring the defendant from certifying the Florida Electors until documentary proof that Senator Obama is a natural born citizen of the United States of America is received by Petitioner and duly conveyed to the
Secretary forthwith. This proof could include items such as Mr. Obama?s original birth certificate, showing the name of the hospital and the name and the signature of the doctor, all of his passports with immigration stamps, and verification from the various and sundry governments in whose country the candidate has resided, verifying that he did not, and does not, hold citizenship of these countries, and any other documents that certify an individual?s citizenship and natural born qualification for President.
18. In the case of individuals seeking the Office of the President of the United States, the United States Constitution provides for a system of Electors, wherein citizens of the respective states have a state-controlled election in which Electors representing the interests of the respective candidates for President on the ballots of the Several States, are elected to represent the interests of the respective states in the Electoral College. Thus, there is no federal ballot controlled by the federal government. There is a ballot for each Florida county, including Pinellas, whereby voters choose a ?slate of Electors? who, in turn, represent the named candidate for said office on the ballot. In such method, the Secretary of State has the onerous task of not only certifying the count of the ballots cast, but also the propriety of the contents of the ballots cast. If Mr. Obama cannot present proper documentation verifying his natural born status, he cannot be elected President, and Secretary of State Browning has a duty to bar the casting of votes by Florida Electors in support of an unqualified candidate.
19. To avert a national constitutional crisis which may accrue after the election through laborious legal challenges, this writ seeks to resolve such complaints. It is incumbent upon Mr. Obama to answer the aforementioned respectfully submitted letter of inquiry signed by this Petitioner, accepted by the United States Postal Service, as Certified Mail, duly delivered, with signed receipt, and ignored.
20. Should Mr. Obama be discovered, after he takes office, to be ineligible for the office of President of the United States of America and, thereby, his election declared void, Petitioner, as well as other Americans, will suffer irreparable harm in that an usurper will be sitting as the President of the
United States, and none of the treaties, laws, or executive orders signed by him will be valid or legal.
The State of Florida will be tantamount to a Republic, or a State from which there is no Union to secede.
21. United States Code (U.S.C.) Section 8 provides, ?The electors shall vote for President and Vice President, respectively, in the manner directed by the Constitution.? This federal statute confers upon each Elector an affirmative and forthright duty to ensure that any candidate for President or Vice-President is qualified, thus natural born. Otherwise, the Elector may be casting a vote in a manner which is contrary to the direction of the Constitution, and contrary to the common understanding of a Florida voter.
22. Given PETITIONER?s sworn duty as a registered Florida voter, and given his cause via posse comitatus as a natural born citizen of the United States, he has ample standing to bring this Writ before this honourable Court.
PRAYER
WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully prays:
23. That the Court issue an extraordinary writ of Mandamus under Article five (V), Section Three (III) of the Florida Constitution in conjunction with a writ of Prohibition (a stay) of the Meeting of Florida Electors until such documentary proof is produced and verified showing that Mr. Obama is a natural born citizen of the United States, and therefore eligible to be Elected to the office of President of the United States by the Electors of the Great State of Florida, whose motto is one and the same as the Union: IN GOD WE TRUST.
24. For fees related to this case incurred by Petitioner, including reasonable pro se costs, as well as additional costs should Counsel be retained.
25. For liquidated damages, and for such further relief as the Court deems just and proper.
I hereby certify that the foregoing statements made by me are true, to the best of my knowledge. I am aware that if any of the foregoing statements made by me are wilfully false, or if not made in good faith, I am subject to punishment.
Respectfully submitted (via FedEx) on December 11, 2008.

_______________________________________
W. Spencer Connerat, III

Full post as published by The Right Side of Life on December 28, 2008 (boomark / email).