At the request of Chaos, I want to direct this at byontonstu and those other posters here who want Obama to release his "long form" birth certificate.
Here is the relevant Hawai'i state law governing the release of any birth documentation information.
Pay close attention to the opening section, where it says that no information can be released, save for what's authorized by the rest of the law.
Note how what's authorized falls into three main categories: 1) a certified copy of the birth record or the ability to go into the vault and view (but not get a copy of) that original record, which can be granted only to a limited subset of people. 2) Index and research data extracted from the original records but which isn't a complete accounting of what's on any individual record (save for records older than 75 years being used for a specific genealogical purpose). 3) A letter of verification saying that yes, the Hawai'i DOH has a birth record on file.
Nothing else can be released. To anyone. Ever.
PERIOD.
Now note that the "long form birth certificate" does not fall into any of those three categories above. Even those with a "tangible interest" can only look at the original (but not get a copy), get a certified copy (which is actually what Obama obtained and released to the public), or get a letter saying the original is on file.
Now, in light of all of the above: what is it, those of you clamoring for the release of information beyond what has already been provided, that you want Obama and the Hawai'i DOH to
do? What would satisfy you, within the bounds of the above Hawai'i state law?
Or do you want Obama to break the law, or perhaps override a Hawai'i statute on his own authority as president? And if he does that, what other state laws would you be comfortable with Obama overriding on his own personal authority?