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Birth Certificate

James Nash reportedly has been kicked out of Mt. Pleasant High School under allegations that he's a 21-year-old man and not eligible to compete at the high school level. (Courtesy of themorningsun.com)

Grown man fakes birth certificate to attend Michigan high school

Kunbi Tinuoye
theGRIO REPORT - A grown man has reportedly been booted out of a central Michigan high school after it was discovered he faked documents to lie about his age...
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California attorney Orly Taitz, the president of the Defend Our Freedoms Foundation, stands on the steps of the Federal Courthouse in Columbus, Ga., Friday, Sept. 11, 2009, with what she claims is a copy of a birth certificate for President Barak Obama from Mombass, British Protectorate of Kenya. Taitz represents U.S. Army Capt. Connie Rhodes in a civil complaint filed Friday questioning the country of Obama's birth and his eligibility to be president.  PHOTO BY: Robin Trimarchi/Columbus (Ga) Ledger-Enquirer

Kansas court grants Obama 'birther' hearing

Abdul Sada
Orly Taitz has been granted an October 3rd hearing by a Kansas judge in her move to remove President Barack Obama’s name from the Kansas State ballot for the for the November presidential election...
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President Barack Obama greets patrons during an unschedule stop at Gator's Dockside, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama cracks a birther joke at sports bar

Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - President Barack Obama was at an Orlando sports bar, snapping a University of Florida Gators' sign, sipping a pint and working a crowd when he walked up to a table with five children...
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Presumptive Republican presidential nominee, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, waves to supporters on August 25, 2012 in Columbus Grove, Ohio. Romney and Vice Presidential running mate U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) are campaigning together leading up to the Republican National Convention beginning August 27 in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Matt Sullivan/Getty Images)

Mitt on birther quip: 'A little humor'

Associated Press
COMMERCE, Michigan (AP) - Mitt Romney was on the defensive after raising the discredited rumor that Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States and therefore ineligible to be president...
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Why is Romney talking about birth certificates?

Perry Bacon Jr.
ANALYSIS - Mitt Romney's nod to the conservative birther conspiracy in a speech today in Michigan is a move that is almost impossible to explain by any conventional political logic...
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Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney meets supporters during a campaign stop at LeClair Manufacturing on August 22, 2012 in Bettendorf, Iowa. (Photo by David Greedy/Getty Images)

Mitt: No one's asked to 'see my birth certificate'

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - Mitt Romney appeared to join those who question President Barack Obama's place of birth during a campaign stop in Commerce, Michigan today, telling the crowd, 'no one has ever asked to see my birth certificate'...
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(Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

How do you obtain a voter ID?

Similoluwa Ojurongbe
theGRIO REPORT - Although the ID itself may not be at a cost, the documents needed to get the voter ID are not free...
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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio exits after announcing Tuesday, July 17, 2012, in Phoenix that President Obama's birth certificate, as presented by the White House in April 2011, is a forgery based on an investigation by the Sheriff's office. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Ariz. sheriff says Obama birth certificate is fake

Associated Press
PHOENIX (AP) - Investigators for an Arizona sheriff's volunteer posse have declared that President Barack Obama's birth certificate is definitely fraudulent...
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In this Oct. 8, 2010, file photo members of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a group portrait at the Supreme Court in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Supreme Court refuses to hear 'birther' argument again

theGrio
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal challenging President Barack Obama's U.S. citizenship and his eligibility to serve as commander in chief...
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The birth certificate of Repbulican presidential hopefull Mitt Romney is pictured in this undated handout photo (HANDOUT, Reuters / May 29, 2012)

Romney's birth certificate creates a new citizenship controversy

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Oddly enough, Romney's father, George Romney, a former Michigan governor and one-time Republican presidential candidate, was born in Mexico...
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