Just to stick a fork in the overdone bird that is the Donofrio v. Wells, Secretary of State of New Jersey case, which brought seemingly countless cuckoos out of the woodwork and into our comment threads, SCOTUSblog brings confirmation that the high court has indeed allowed the Obama citizenship case to die a quiet death.

In a brief order, the Court, as expected, turned aside a New Jersey voter’s plea for the Court to determine if President-elect Barack Obama was qualified to run for the White House — that is whether he was a “natural born citizen.” The stay application came in the case of Donofrio v. Wells, Secretary of State of New Jersey (08A407). This marked the second time in recent weeks for the Court to turn aside such a challenge; the first came on Nov. 3, in Berg v. Obama (08A391). The Court, in neither instance, gave reasons for turning down the applications. In neither case did the Court seek a reponse, thus indicating it had little interest in either or had found them to be completely without merit.

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