Brithers might get there anwser.

To my knowledge, all cases filed by these fringe theorists groups in all lower courts have been rejected. The 3 cases filed with the U.S.Sup.Ct. were DISMISSED!! Clearly, all the courts where these "birther," "truther" type groups petitioned were given ALL the official evidence of our President's birthplace ... which they most probably relied upon to reject or dismiss these frivolous lawsuits! I'd just like to know what people (who continue to waste good time) think the Fed.Sec.of State was doing when ALL potential presidential candidates submitted their vital stats for review was doing ... maybe thorough investigations of ALL candidates? I've heard it said that even paranoids have enemies ... these fringe groups declare they have an enemy in the WH! Wow! No birth certificate given these such people will satisfy them ... what they really want is our President out of the White House ... period!

To be perfectly honest, since to the best of my knowledge I don't even have a "long form birth certificate" I'm already satisfied that I've seen the President's valid COLB and that's good enough for me. I'd be saying the same thing if it were John McCain or some other Republican or if it were another Democrat. The problem is, most of the birthers have no true credibility and they're not going to be satisfied o matter what. They could have the original birth certificate handed to them on a silver platter and they'd still find another issue to dispute President Obama's legitimacy. I suppose everyone is guilty of being a sore loser now and then, but this gang takes the cake! Annie

I'm no fan of Obama, and I wish he would just release it himself and end the whole thing (if he can without proving the "birthers" right). However, if they do this, I hope Obama stands up for his Constitutional rights... it's something for which I would stand right along side him.

Well, since Hawaii's state budget is running red, it might help them get out of debt. Too bad California didn't have something like this, they really could use all of those extra $100s. But I digress, it will settle the issue once and for all. On the other hand, think how easily it would be for identity theft.

There's a couple of problems with this. One is privacy laws. To allow anyone access to an individual's private records for a fee whether they have a valid reason to see them or not is a violation of your constitutional rights. No one can see your credit report unless they have a valid need to see it, such as a bank may see it if you have applied for a loan. Your neighbor or your paper boy can't just pay a fee to see it because they want to know. to say that you will allow access to only ONE individual's records and not others means that you violate the guarantee that all will be treated equally under the law. The second problem is simply that it's far too late. The release of this document needed to be done a long time ago if it was going to quell questions. The long delay and the shenanigans in Hawaii currently would just any document released at this late date very suspect. I don't care who thinks who is crazy. The whole issue has gone too far and there's no going back. The fault for all of it lays squarely on Obama's shoulders. If he didn't love the frenzy he wouldn't have refused to satisfy the questioners a long time ago.

Hahhaa ... this is a capitalistic country ... that's right Hawaii get paid ... this "fee" just may cure all the insanity really fast!

I looked around a bit for the actual bill but didn't find it and I'm not investing a lot of time on this because it's not going to satisfy the "birthers" as far as I can tell from the article. If the bill is only going to authorize the state of Hawaii to release Obama's COLB, that's not going to satisfy the folks who want to see the long form one. I do have a problem with legislation that's aimed at violating privacy rights and especially something that's aimed at a specific individual...but, then again, Hawaii should make a ton of money if it passes. BTW, I've never seen a long form birth certificate with everyone's sigs on it...not my own, not any of my four children's or any of my grandchildren's.