Every day, I get about a dozen e-mails asking me why my colleagues in the press don't cover certain stories.

Right now, the hot one is Barack Obama's eligibility question.

Of course, I cannot answer why other journalists choose not to cover one story or another. Normally, I don't even concern myself with such matters. I simply try to make sure my news organization is covering the most important stories of the day.

But, sometimes, being the only news organization covering something as momentous as whether the man presumed to be the next president is actually legally eligible to hold the office has its downsides.

Often, rather than to examine the simple, straightforward facts of a story, other news organizations attempt to ridicule those who do.

I don't let that bother me.

Because I care more about the Constitution than I do about my standing among my colleagues.

Again, I will state a simple fact: No one in my industry knows with certainty where Obama was born or even, for that matter, who his parents were. The only public record that could establish those facts beyond dispute – a legitimate and complete birth certificate – is being purposely concealed by Obama, and the so-called watchdogs in the press are going along for the ride.

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Worse yet, without a free and open and vigorous airing of these facts, a climate has been created in America that is making it nearly impossible for the minimal eligibility provisions of the Constitution to be honored. While the Supreme Court is nominally reviewing this question Friday, few believe it is likely the justices will take the controversial next step to conduct a formal hearing on the question of what constitutes "a natural born citizen" under Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution.

The only wild card in this equation is you.

I honestly believe if enough Americans rise up and demand accountability to the standards of the Constitution, the climate of complacency and inevitability that currently surrounds Obama's ascendancy can be changed.

How?

The first step is signing the online petition that has attracted some 135,000 participants in just over two weeks.

The second step is to let the Supreme Court know you still believe the Constitution says what it means and means what it says with regard to eligibility for the office of the presidency.

Yesterday, I announced a quick, easy and inexpensive way you can do that – sending a prepared letter to each of the justices delivered in the only way you can reach them on short notice, with an overnight package.

Please take advantage of this brief opportunity to let the Supreme Court know you care and you are watching. The hearing is set for Friday. That means you have only today and tomorrow to act.

I fear for the future of our country if the Constitution is ignored so blatantly while the whole world watches.

I've said it before and I will say it again: The only alternative to being a nation ruled by law is being a nation ruled by men.

That is clearly the direction America is headed.

But I won't go quietly into the night accepting that disastrous prescription and its betrayal of America's heritage. I hope you won't either.

Now more than ever, we must stand up for the rule of law, for truth and for justice. We must not be ashamed to do so. We must not be timid. We need to point out that, in America, the president serves the people and the Constitution – not the other way around.

Please take a minute or two today to send off a letter to each of the nine justices on the Supreme Court urging them to do their duty to uphold the Constitution without fear or favor. Time is truly running out.