The only thing even marginally resembling a bone that might get thrown the Birthers' way would be some sort of legislation requiring that the President-elect and Vice President-elect submit documentation to Congress that they meet the qualifications for the office. Congress' authority to verify that the President-elect and Vice President-elect qualify for office is certainly implied in the original Constitution, and spelled out in the 20th Amendment. Since Obama would have no problem meeting such a requirement, it would be a meaningless bone.
Certainly no hearings into whether Obama really is qualified to be President.
Don't candidates filing for election to federal office already have to supply documentation demonstrating qualification?
The States generally do, but not always in the case of the office of President, since technically they have only an indirect role in that by choosing the Electors. Back in 2004, one of the Socialist parties had as their Vice Presidential nominee someone who didn't meet the age 35 requirement, so in about half the States that they were ballot qualified, they listed an alternate VP candidate because those States wouldn't put their intended choice on the ballot. Existing Federal law on this subject just makes the assumption that the Electors won't vote for unqualified persons. Aside from changes to Presidential succession and from Constitutional amendments, the Federal law on this subject dates to the 19th century.
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