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INTHESUPERIORCOURTOFFULTONCOUNTYSTATEOFGEORGI.ACARLSWENSSON,
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Petitioner
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CIVILACTION
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FILENO.2012CV211527BARACKOBAMA,
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Respondent
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PETITIONER'SRESPONSETORESPONDENT'SMOTIONTODISMISS
NowcomesPetitionerCarlSwensson,byandthroughundersignedcounsel,andrespondstoRespondentBarackObama'sMotiontoDismisshereinasfollows:
PRELIMINARYSTATEMENT
RespondentObama'sMotiontoDismissinitiallyclaimsthattheinstantcaseisoneinaseriesofcasesfiledacrossthecountrysince2008in"[a]nefforttoharass"Respondent.Respondentfurtherclaimsthatthoseindividuals,presumablyincludingPetitionerherein,bringingchallengestoRespondent'squalificationsforoffice"ignoreproceduralandevidentiaryrequirementsbecausetheirclaimsarewithoutmerit,basedonfantasy,andofferedinpursuitofapoliticalagenda."Finally,Respondentclaimsthathe"wasaUnitedStatescitizenfromthemomentofhisbirthinHawaii"andthattherefore,"allConstitutional(sic)qualificatio0shavebeenmet."Areviewof
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therecordinthisaction,however,revealsthatRespondent'sassertionsarecompletelymisguided.Petitionerfirstnotesthatnoindividual,includingRespondentObama,hasa
vestedright
tobethePresidentoftheUnitedStates.AnindividualseekingtoholdtheOfficeofthePresidencyisexpectedandrequiredtocomplywiththeprovi9ionsoftheConstitution,includingtheeligibilityrequirementsforthepresidency,andthelawsoftheUnitedStatesandtheSeveralStatesthereof.Withtheforegoinginmind,PetitionerwouldpointoutthatitwasRespondentObama,infact,whoinitiatedthesubmissionofhisnameasacandidatetobelistedontheGeorgiaDemocraticPresidentialBallot.Likewise,inaccordancewithhisrightsunderGeorgialaw,PetitionerraisedanadministrativechallengetotheRespondent'squalificationsasa"naturalbornCitizen"pursuanttoArticleIIoftheUnitedStatesConstitution.Respondentandhislawyertried,unsuccessfully,tohavePetitioner'schallengedismissed.RespondentwasthenlegallyservedwithaNoticetoProduce,requiringhimtoappearattrialandtobringcertaindocumentsanditemsofevidencewithhim.TheRespondentdidnotobject.Whenthetimefortrialwasimminent,theRespondent'slawyerwrotealett~rtotheGeorgiaSecretaryofStateinwhichheboldlycriticizedandattackedtheadministrativelawjudge
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andinwhichhestatedthatheandhisclientwererefusingtocometocourt.Thedayoftrial,whenRespondenthadnoeventsordutiesonhisofficialpublicschedule,andaftertheSecretaryofStatehadwarnedhimthathisfailuretoappearwouldbeathisownperil,theRespondentandhislawyerneverthelessfailedtoappearforcourtandfailedtocomplywithPetitioner'svalidNoticetoProduce.TheRespondentthusnotonlypresentednoevidenceofhisownastohiseligibilityforoffice,buthefailedtoproducesignificantpiecesofevidencetowhichPetitionerwaslegallyentitled.InviewoftheforegoingmisconductandfailingsofRespondentandhislawyer,andconsideringRespondent'stotaldisregardofthelawsofthisStateandthejudiciarythereof,itappearsthat
itisRespondent,
andnotPetitioner,who"ignore[s]proceduralandevidentiaryrequirements,"whois"inpursuitofapoliticalagenda,"andwhosefactualassertions-whichhefailstosupportwithanyevidence-ar~"basedonfantasy."Petitioner,farfromseekingto"harass"anyone,issimplyavailinghimselfoflawfulproceduresunderGeorgialawinordertoproperlyraiseandhavefinallydeterminedtheissueofwheth~rRespondent,
whosefatherwasaforeignnationalandneveraUnitedStatescitizen,
isa"naturalbornCitizen"eligibleunderArticleIIoftheConstitutionforthePresidencyoftheUnitedStates.Inthatregard,Petitionercontendsthatthe
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