03/17/2009 - Judge dismisses Ind. suit challenging Obama (Associated Press)
Judge dismisses Ind. suit challenging ObamaINDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A judge in Indianapolis has dismissed a lawsuit claiming that Barack Obama is not eligible to serve as president.
The suit, like some others that have failed in federal courts, questioned whether Obama meets the constitutional requirement that the president must be a "natural born citizen."
Obama's birth certificate says he was born in Hawaii, but his father was not a U.S. citizen and some have claimed the document is a fake.
The suit filed in Marion Superior Court alleged that Gov. Mitch Daniels and the Republican and Democratic national committees failed to uphold the Constitution when they certified results of the November election.
Judge David Dreyer dismissed the suit Monday, ruling it was moot and that plaintiffs Steve Ankeny, New Castle, and Bill Kruse, Roselawn, waited too long to file their claim.
