Eligibility claims attracting high-level interest Joint Chiefs counsel, Justice Department now involved

California attorney Orly Taitz, who has pursued multiple legal challenges to Barack Obama’s eligibility to be the president, is attracting some high-level attention, with the Justice Department trying to add itself onto one of her cases and the legal counsel

for the Joint Chiefs of Staff being assigned to review another issue.

Taitz has filed multiple legal actions around the country alleging Obama does not meet the constitutional requirements to occupy the Oval Office. One of her cases, filed against Obama as an individual for actions before he took office, is scheduled for a hearing in a California court on Monday.

The hearing is on a request by Taitz for a default judgment, since she explains she notified the president of the action weeks ago, and his lawyers failed to respond.

Taitz has told WND if her motion is granted she will immediately request access to Obama’s birth records and other documentation that could determine his eligibility to occupy the Oval Office.

Taitz has been trying multiple additional notification procedures since U.S. District Judge David O. Carter ruled: “Before the court is a motion by plaintiffs for reconsideration of order to show cause or in the alternative to certify question for appeal. Court sets this matter for hearing on July 13, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. in Courtroom 9D. Plaintiffs are directed to make every effort possible to ensure that all remaining defendants are aware of the hearing and provide documentation that the individual receiving service is authorized to accept on defendants’ behalf.”

The case was filed on behalf of former U.S. Ambassador Alan Keyes, also a contestant in the 2008 presidential race in California, and others. Taitz said the case might have been confused with another Keyes vs. Obama case filed in the state’s court system, which was thrown out and now is on appeal.

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Now a pleading has been submitted by Thomas P. O’Brein, Leon Weidman, Roger West and David DeJute, U.S. attorneys or assistants, claiming the federal government has an interest in the claim made against Obama’s actions before he took office.

The lawyers claim it is “indisputable” that the government has an interest in actions Obama took prior to his inauguration, and therefore the government must be served with proper notice of the action. The attorneys claim that wasn’t done.

In the second issue, Taitz had submitted a request to the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. military to consider military justice code complaints filed by individual members of the military challenging Obama’s eligibility.

In response, J.W. Crawford III, legal counsel for the chiefs, confirmed that he had forwarded her concerns and information to the “office of General Counsel, Litigation Counsel,” for further review.

Taitz told WND that she believes it is a significant move, and is done “if the chairman believes there is a case there.”

She said the letter of “interest” from the U.S. attorneys is just an effort at intimidation.

“I have a very clear case,” Taitz told WND. “I think they dropped the ball. They didn’t figure out this case filed on Jan. 20th, on the day of inauguration.

Now, she said, she believes the president is in default and, “I will be asking for the release of his vital records,” she said.

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