the State Department of Health (DOH) no longer issues Certificates of Live Birth
Please explain how that statement can be misunderstood.
That is their preference. So please read this again.
Although original birth certificates (Certificates of Live Birth) are preferred for their greater detail, the State Department of Health (DOH) no longer issues Certificates of Live Birth. When a request is made for a copy of a birth certificate, the DOH issues a Certification of Live Birth.
The original vital records exist. The director of the Hawaii DOH has stated this as fact. Twice. That does not necessarily mean there is an actual paper copy of a birth certificate residing at the DOH. And regardless, the State Department of Health (DOH) no longer issues Certificates of Live Birth.
Are you suggesting they break the law? Are you suggesting that the President has the authority to override state officials and state law in such a matter? Just curious. You being all concerned about the Constitution and stuff.
Bottom line. In order to see President Obama's Certificate of Live Birth, Hawaii is going to have to change their law to allow that. And because of all the noise by the birthers over this, if Hawaii were to do so, wouldn't that come perilously close (at least in spirit) to a bill of attainder?
Emma:
I would like to take this opportunity to startle you. I think my earlier claim that
you simply misunderstood the language of the law you were quoting was an overstatement on my part. Upon taking another look (and a slightly deeper look) into that matter, I think I was probably the one who was mistaken.
Mea culpa and so forth.
It might very well be, instead, that Hawaii would (usually) decline to provide a copy of a Birth Certificate which they have on file to a person requesting a copy of same.
That said, I STILL believe it is the overwhelming likelihood that President Obama has his own copy of his birth certificate since he cited it in his own tome. Further, I strongly believe that if the President were to make that simple request of the Hawaiian authorities, they would find their way clear to permit the President of the United States to have a certified photocopy of the vault version of the original Birth Certificate.
Regards and all that,
Liability