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Cote §6103
MICHAEL
J.
STRUMWASSER
(CA
BAR
No.
58413)
FREDRIC
D.
WOOCHER
(CA
BAR
No.
96689)
AIMEE DUDOVITZ
(CA BARNo.
203914)STRUMWASSER
&
WOOCHER
LLP
10940 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2000Los Angeles, California 90024Telephone: (310)576-1233Facsimile: (310)319-0156
Attorneys
forRespondents President Barack Obama,
Vice
President
JoeBiden, Jaime Alvarado,
William
Ayer,
Joe
Baca,
Jr.,JanBlue, Roberta Brooks, Nathan Brostrom, Mark Cibula, RobertConaway, Ray Cordova, Lawrence DuBois, James
Farley,
John Freidenrich, Mark Friedman,
Bobby
Closer,
Audrey Gordon, flene Haber, Robert "Bob " Handy, Mary Hubert, Aleita
Huguenin,
Richard Hundrieser,
Fred
Jackson,
Patrick
Kahler, Mary Keadle,
LeRoy
King,
Vinz
Koller, Mark
Macarro,
Alma Marquez,
Ana
Delgado
Mascarenas,
Betty McMillion,
Michael
McNerney,
Gwen Moore, Jeremy Nishihara, Gregory Olzack, Nancy
Parrish,
Lou Paulson, JoePerez,
Anthony
Rendon, Frank
Salazar,
David Sanchez, Larry Sheingold, Lane Sherman,Stephen Smith,
Juadina
Stallings,
Kenneth
Sulzer, Aaruni
Thakur,
Norma Torres,
Silissa
Uriarte-Smith, Sid Voorakkara, Greg
Warner,
Karen Waters, Sanford
Weiner,
Gregory
Willenborg,
Kelley Willis, James
Yedor,
andChristine
Young
ROBERT
F.
BAUER
(WDC
BARNo.
938902) (Pro
Hoc
Vice
pending)607Fourteenth
Street,
N.W.Washington, D.C. 20005Telephone: (202) 628-6600Facsimile: (202) 434-1690
Attorney
for Respondents President Barack Obama and
Vice
President
Joe Biden
IN
THE
SUPERIOR COURT
OF THE
STATE
OF
CALIFORNIA
FOR
THE
COUNTY
OF
SACRAMENTO
Y
AMBASSADOR
DR.
ALAN KEYES,
et
al.,
Petitioners,
v.
CALIFORNIA
SECRETARY
OF
STATE
DEBRA
BOWEN, et al.,
Respondents.
Case
No.
34-2008-80000096-CU-WM-GDSMEMORANDUM
OF
POINTS
AND
AUTHORITIES
INSUPPORTOFDEMURRER OF PRESIDENT
BARACK OBAMA, VICE PRESIDENT
JOE
BIDEN,
AND
CALIFORNIA
ELECTORSTOPETITIONERS'
FIRST
AMENDED
PETITION FOR WRIT OF
MANDATE
Hearing
Date: March 13,2009Time: 9:00 a,m.Dept.: 31Judge: Hon. Michael
P.
KennyAction Filed: November
13,
2008
Printed on Recycled
Paper
MEMO
OF
POINTS
&
AUTHORITIES
ISO
DEMURRER
TO
FIRST
AMENDED PETITION
FOR
WRIT
OF
MANDATE
A
 
Amend 4
7
A. The Amended Petition
Does
Not and Cannot State a Cause of Action
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 1STATEMENT OF THE CASE 1ARGUMENT 4
I.
Because the Amended Petition Does Not and Cannot State a Cause of ActionAgainst Any
Respondent,
It Should Be Dismissed in Its Entirety Without Leave toAgainst President Obama or Vice President Biden 5
B.
The Amended Petition Does Not and Cannot State a Cause of ActionAgainst the California Electors 5
1.
The California Electors Have No Judicially-Enforceable Duty toConduct an Investigation of a Presidential Candidate'sQualifications
for
Office
5
2.
Petitioners'
"Haber"-"Huber"
Argument Is False and Frivolous 7
C.
The Amended Petition Does Not and Cannot State a Cause of ActionAgainst the Secretary of State 9II. State Courts Have No Jurisdiction over the Qualifications of the President or ViceUnripe
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CONCLUSION
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MEMO
OF
POINTS
&
AUTHORITIES
ISO
DEMURRER
TO
FIRST AMENDED PETITION
FOR
WRIT
OF
MANDATE
 
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TABLE
OF AUTHORITIES
Federal CasesBerg
v.
Obama,
574 F.
Supp.
2d 509
(E.D. Penn. 2008)
3
Cohen v.
Obama, 2008
WL
5191864 (D.D.C.)
3Donofrio
v.
Wells,
129 S. Ct. 752
(2008)
3
Hollander
v.
McCain,
566 F.
Supp.
2d 63
(D.N.H. 2008)
3
Kokkonenv.
Guardian
Life
Ins. Co.,
511
U.S.
375
(1994)
11
Morgan
v.
United
States,
801
F.2d
445
(D.C. Cir. 1986)
11
Rayv.
Blair,
343 U.S. 214 (1952) 7
Robinson
v.
Bowen,
567 F.
Supp.
2d
1144 (N.D. Cal. 2008)
3
Roudebush v.
Hartke,
405
U.S.
15
(1972)
11
Roy
v.
Fed. Election, 2008
WL
4921263 (W.D. Wash. 2008)
3
Stamper v. United
States,
2008 WL 4838073 (N.D. Ohio 2008) 3
State
Cases
Am.
Fed.
of
State,
County
and
Mun.
Employees
v.
Metro. Water Dist.,Brandt
v. Bd. of
Supervisors ofMadera County,
84
Cal. App.
3d 598
(1978)
14
California
Water
&
Tel.
Co. v.
County
of Los
Angeles,
253
Cal. App.
2d 16
(1967)
14
Campbell
v.
Super. Ct.,
126
Cal. App.
652
(1932)
12, 13
Chase
v.
Brooks,
187
Cal. App.
3d 657
(1986)
12City
of
Santa Monica
v.
Stewart,
126
Cal. App.
4th 43
(2005)
14Constitution
Party
v.
Lingle, 2008
WL
5125984 (2008 Hawai'i)
3
Del E.
Webb
Corp.
v.
Structural
Materials
Co.,
123
Cal. App.
3d 593
(1981)
4
GoldenGate Bridge Dist.v.
Felt,
214Cal.308(1931)14
In
re John McCain's Ineligibility to be on
Presidential
Primary Ballot in PA,
944
A.2d
75
(Pa. 2008)
3
MEMO
OF
POINTS
&
AUTHORITIES
ISO
DEMURRER
TO
FIRST
AMENDED PETITION
FOR
WRIT
OF
MANDATE
of 00

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