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[/caption]Louisiana Sen. A.G. Crowe and Rep. Alan Seabaugh are both Republicans and are continuing to press for legislation that would require stringent conditions to be met in terms of specific papers to run for political office, including the long-form of a birth certificate as well as sworn affidavits.
Similar legislation passed in the State of Arizona but was vetoed by Governor Jan Brewer.
The Governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, maintains he will sign the bill into law if it passes the legislature.
The passing of this legislation will bring states into conflict, as it means one state may not accept of a candidate's official papers, like a birth certificate, and therefore authenticity as a citizen. Some legal authorities ponder on the constitutionality of such legislation and how that could create serious problems for citizens in their movements from one state to another.
Laurence Tribe, a Harvard Professor and Constitutional scholar maintains this wouldn't pass the Supreme Court. He tells us, in a piece in the Huffington Post, that the national political parties have a right to put up a slate of candidates for the Presidency and believes legislation like that being considered in Louisiana would mean a state's encroachment on what has historically been federal power.
“It’s an interference with federal supremacy. It’s not up for a state to decide who is qualified to run for president,” according to Tribe.
