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Merged Orly Taitz's Obama birther lawsuit laughed out of court

headscratcher4 said:
She may get hit with a $10K fine...

from Salon:
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I liked this part:

Judge ready to slap Orly Taitz with $10000 fine
Salon
Alex Koppelman
September 18, 2009

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Taitz, of course, didn't seem to listen. Instead, she filed an angry motion asking Land to reconsider his decision and stay Rhodes' deployment. Apparently unaware of that old saying about catching more flies with honey than with vinegar (not true, incidentally, but that's an issue for another time), Taitz essentially accused the judge of committing treason. And, referring to the U.S. District Court on which Land serves, she wrote, "there is increasing evidence that the United States District Courts in the 11th Circuit are subject to political pressure, external control, and, mostly (sic) likely, subservience to the same illegitimate chain of command which Plaintiff has previously protested in this case, except that the de facto President is not even nominally the Commander-in-Chief of the Article III Judiciary."
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Land also took a swipe at Taitz's performance as an attorney, writing at one point that "competent counsel would have understood" one part of the law that was at issue. The implication was obvious.
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Full: Salon

Orly's Motion for Emergency Stay is here.


Edit to add:

Ratigan interviews Taitz (September 18, 2009)
 
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Suddenly said:
It looks like a political/legal version of timecube.
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This is unverified, but it is a blog entry that was just posted today on RepubX:

“I work for a major news company, however, I am unaware of the canadafreepress story that you refer to. I am forced to use masked, out of country, anonymous internet proxies just to post this blog. I don’t know whose lives are at risk, I don’t know the names of all of the lawmakers involved in the case. I have only been given vague information and that information has nervously come in bits and pieces from several credible sources and one lawmaker. I do know that, according to my sources that, the Barack Obama presidency is in serious question. My original source has become sources, and now more people are talking. Most of the insiders in Washington, California and Texas will shape how this will play out with Carter, Orly and Keyes. The Rhodes case is a last resort, a southern court, a southern judge, and a military officer refusing to deploy is a problem. But if Obama has any hand in dismissal, it will be known, and the bribed will be sought. Keyes vs. Obama will be the case I can most assure you. You have to understand that even though most of the concerned citizens want the story to come out now, there are federal agencies, and sectors within those agencies, who thankfully are currently disconnected from control and influence of the White House, who’s work is not finished. Most conservative and even liberal journalist alike are very desperate for the story, many of them want it to save their own careers which they know are now in question. I am getting hints that this all plays out in late Oct. I do however; expect to see more Obama documents released in the next 30 days.”

Stay Tuned
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From the judge's court order today:

"It was deja vu all over again."

In her most recent tirade, Plaintiff’s counsel seeks reconsideration of the Court’s order dismissing this action. Instead of seriously addressing the substance of the Court’s order, counsel repeats her political diatribe against the President, complains that she did not have time to address dismissal of the action (although she sought expedited consideration), accuses the undersigned of treason, and maintains that "the United States District Courts in the 11th Circuit are subject to political pressure, external control, and . . . subservience to the same illegitimate chain of command which Plaintiff has previously protested." ... This filing contemptuously ignores the Court’s previous admonition that Plaintiff’s counsel discontinue her illegitimate use of the federal judiciary to further her political agenda. The Court finds that the claims and legal contentions asserted in the present motion are not warranted by existing law and that no reasonable basis exists to conclude that Plaintiff’s arguments would be accepted as an extension, modification, or reversal of existing law. Simply, put the motion is frivolous. Moreover, the Court further finds that Plaintiff’s motion is being presented for the improper purpose of using the federal judiciary as a platform to espouse controversial political beliefs rather than as a legitimate forum for hearing legal claims. Counsel’s conduct violates Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and sanctions are warranted.
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If counsel had carefully read the Court’s order, she would have understood that the Court dismissed the Complaint based upon abstention principles. Furthermore, competent counsel would have understood that the Court was required to address abstention prior to ruling upon the motion for a temporary restraining order.
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Finally, it is clear that Plaintiff’s counsel seeks to continue to use the federal judiciary as a platform to further her political "birther agenda." She has provided no legal or factual basis for the Court to interfere with deployment orders of the United States Army.
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Full: judge order here.
 
Suddenly said:
She's likely done as an attorney, why not go out in a blaze of indignant glory, get disbarred, maybe even do some time for criminal contempt, become some sort of nutter martyr (disbarred for telling THE TRUTH!!!) and end up on the nutter lecture circuit.
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As far as I can tell, she was not practicing law prior to this "birther" nonsense, but was instead working in cosmetic dentistry and as a real estate agent, so it's not as though she has any professional legal reputation or any legal practice to protect. She seems to me to be just another crackpot, but she happens to have a law degree. So, yeah, the "nutter martyr" route would seem to be a natural path for her to take, since she is clearly an attention whore, quite possibly certifiable, and seems to be incapable of understanding even very basic legal premises and procedures.

Judge Land most certainly got it right in denying Taitz's motion for reconsideration when he said, among other things,
Although the First Amendment may allow Plaintiff's counsel to make these wild accusations on her blog or in her press conferences, the federal courts are reserved for hearing genuine legal disputes and not as a platform for political rhetoric that is disconnected from any legitimate cause of action.
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She went to a correspondence law school, and is obviously an awful lawyer. The one thing I wonder - how did she pass the California bar? I had heard that was a relatively difficult bar exam.
 
Huh. While the birther nonsense is obviously, um, nonsense, I didn't realise that Orly Taitz was quite this crazy.
 
From page 13 of the ruling.

[The Plaintiff] insists that she would have no qualms about fulfilling her duties if President George W. Bush was still in office.
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And there's a _Movement_ based around these idiots?
 
[The Plaintiff] insists that she would have no qualms about fulfilling her duties if President George W. Bush was still in office.
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Kind of a weird thing to say, considering Bush is known to be constitutionally ineligible to be president.
 
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