I personally think we're way beyond such facts having a practical impact, and it brings up a story from the long ago days of Osama's birth certificate.
There was a court case, in Maryland IIRC, where the plaintiffs were trying to get him disqualified from the ballot in that state. The counterargument from his attorney was that the birth certificate was indeed fake, but--get this--it was soooo fake that no one would have ever reasonably presented it as evidence of his qualification for the office of President. Thus, it could not be used evidence of his ineligibility.
I personally think we're way beyond such facts having a practical impact, and it brings up a story from the long ago days of Osama's birth certificate.
There was a court case, in Maryland IIRC, where the plaintiffs were trying to get him disqualified from the ballot in that state. The counterargument from his attorney was that the birth certificate was indeed fake, but--get this--it was soooo fake that no one would have ever reasonably presented it as evidence of his qualification for the office of President. Thus, it could not be used evidence of his ineligibility.
A compelling and successful argument, obviously!