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Birther Taitz Decries 'Political Lynching' In New Filing Against Judge's $20K Fine
Justin Elliott | October 21, 2009, 9:13AM
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In a colorful eight-page filing, Birther attorney Orly Taitz declares that she will appeal a federal judge's $20,000 fine, which she was ordered to pay within 30 days last week.
In his lengthy order imposing the fine, Judge Clay Land promised to authorize the U.S. Attorney to "to commence collection proceedings" if Taitz did not pay the fine. So stay tuned -- we may be building up to some kind of climactic final showdown.
Here's a taste of Taitz's latest (bolded text in original):
Judge Land's actions that amounted to misstating or misrepresenting ninety percent of what was presented in the pleadings and argument, completely ignoring ninety percent of the argument and facts, making extremely rude and demeaning remarks, showing bias; taken together, appear to be designed to silence her and, intimidate her and above all, punish her for what the Court perceived as political rather than "core" constitutional questions. It appears to be a thinly veiled threat to other attorneys not to pursue similar Constitutional issues, which will have a chilling effect on the ability of the public to use Federal Court system to uphold their constitutional rights. Judge Land's remarks amounted to nothing short of political lynching, which turned into feast and celebration by the media mob.
The filing with the US District Court for the Middle District of Georgia is dated Monday and was posted last night. Read the whole thing here.
Taitz also claims that she hired a private investigator who found "39 different social security numbers used by Mr. Obama" including numbers with links to Judge Clay Land's own district. This, Taitz says, is reason she should be granted further discovery.
She told TPMmuckraker last week that she had no intention to pay the $20,000 fine, which stemmed from frivolous filings in the Birther case of Taitz's former client, an Army captain.
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Chilidog
October 21, 2009 9:26 AM
She just doesn't get it, does she?
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JEP07
October 21, 2009 10:47 AM in reply to Chilidog
Palin/Taitz 2012!
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Chilidog
October 21, 2009 10:49 AM in reply to JEP07
Since she is not a natural born citizen, she would be ineligible for that ticket.
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Lestatdelc
October 21, 2009 2:18 PM in reply to Chilidog
I'm sure she can produce a proper 'legit' birth certificate to get around that. ;-)
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Chilidog
October 21, 2009 4:16 PM in reply to Lestatdelc
She can get her forger friend to make her one.
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aarrgghhv2
October 21, 2009 2:18 PM in reply to Chilidog
cue upton sinclair, updated:
of course, there's the cliff notes version:
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neesy08
October 21, 2009 5:00 PM in reply to Chilidog
i thought this was suppose to be about Obama and his birthright? too much novicane! lol
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MsDaisy
October 21, 2009 8:49 PM in reply to Chilidog
Nop!
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jolly ranchero
October 21, 2009 9:30 AM
39 different social security numbers used by Mr. Obama" including numbers with links to Judge Clay Land's own district.
Translation: In those 39 numbers, I found several 5s, a 3, and a few 7s. In Judge Land's district, several people have 3s and 7s in their SS#. Conspiracy, natch! Proven!
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Chilidog
October 21, 2009 9:49 AM in reply to jolly ranchero
I think that what that means is that she has found 37 people with the same last name: Obama.
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tonnyb
October 21, 2009 10:33 AM in reply to jolly ranchero
Don't you get it? She found links to Judge Land's land! Somehow Obama SS numbers, at least some of them, are link to Judge Land's land. Even though Obama is not from our land Judge Land helped Obama get the SS numbers he needed using Judge Lands land to help in that endeavor. It all makes sense now. It a CONSPIRACY!
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Chilidog
October 21, 2009 10:37 AM in reply to tonnyb
Is the land, clay?
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mikedrevguy
October 21, 2009 11:26 AM in reply to Chilidog
I think it's sinking sand
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Chilidog
October 21, 2009 4:38 PM in reply to mikedrevguy
Clay land’s land is sand?
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JNagarya
October 22, 2009 9:49 AM in reply to Chilidog
Quicksand: it sucks.
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benjoya
October 21, 2009 10:39 AM in reply to tonnyb
also, you know who was in charge of something called "SS"? HITLER!!!!!!111
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angelfish
October 21, 2009 10:39 AM in reply to tonnyb
And then Obama's gonna turn around and give that land to the CZARS!
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docrocktex
October 21, 2009 9:39 AM
How stupid does she think we are? Are we supposed to believe that a black man named Barack Hussein Obama wasn't thoroughly vetted and investigated the moment he announced his campaign for U.S. Senate, let alone President? Are we supposed to believe that after 9/11, the FBI, SS, and every other government security outfit wasn't scouring his background for suspicious ties to terrorism or islamic extremists? Are we supposed to believe that all of these entities are incompetent enough to have overlooked something as basic as whether or not he was born in this country?
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jeffgee
October 21, 2009 9:54 AM in reply to docrocktex
Doncha see, they're ALL in on the conspiracy! Only Orly can see it.
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Kuyleh
October 21, 2009 10:09 AM in reply to docrocktex
Of course not! They wouldn't bother...Why would the Democrats?
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Richardxx
October 21, 2009 11:34 AM in reply to docrocktex
She doesn't think about us at all.
The woman is a narcissist. For her there is no one but herself. Everyone is supposed to bow down and recognize her superiority. Anyone who disagrees and objects becomes her enemy. The rest of us are either her absolute admirers or they are her enemies.
Her enemies threaten her grandiose self-image, so she attacks them in every way possible. She has a firm belief that she is in the right and that everyone else will recognize the justice of her cause - whatever that cause is.
She also loves the publicity she is getting.
Narcissism is a fascinating disorder. Watch Taitz.
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GregorZap
October 21, 2009 1:11 PM in reply to Richardxx
That sure explains why she has no intention of paying the fine. Who is the judge to judge her when she knows she is right?
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JNagarya
October 22, 2009 9:56 AM in reply to Richardxx
She may not think about YOU. But she DOES think about ME.
And you're green with jealousy!
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Matt Jones
October 21, 2009 9:44 AM
Seriously folks - the "come hither" Orly: DO NOT WANT.
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Indie Tarheel
October 21, 2009 2:27 PM in reply to Matt Jones
Same thought I had.
That, and going hither with either a baseball bat, a double shot of thorazine, or both in hand.
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paulw
October 21, 2009 9:44 AM
Isn't this the kind of stuff that people photocopy and paste up on poles for streetlights and and traffic signals?
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Chilidog
October 21, 2009 9:48 AM
BTW, Who’s up for some more “feast and celebration” when Judge Carter rules on her case? I’ll bring some beer and home made guacamole.
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docrocktex
October 21, 2009 10:06 AM in reply to Chilidog
Yummy, guacamole!
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aarrgghhv2
October 21, 2009 2:25 PM in reply to Chilidog
i've got a big bottle of sparkling birther tears chilled and waiting! there's nothing quite like it to cleanse the palate ...
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Conrads Ghost
October 21, 2009 9:50 AM
Boy howdy, Taitz is going for the wingnutterbutter martyr gold, ain't she? Aided and abetted in her concomitant public immolation by TPM, and I thoroughly enjoy the circus. She'll be warming up for 'looking for work' Failin' Palin before ya know it. I hope the judge ignores her most recent repeat-key-words-over-and-over (constitutional[sic]! Constitutional!) tantrum and just collects the fine without comment. How long afore this wastrel is disbarred?
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Waltz
October 21, 2009 9:56 AM
In one year she will be in Playboy.
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Matt Jones
October 21, 2009 11:34 AM in reply to Waltz
I'm pretty sure one has to be female to appear in Playboy, and the evidence that Orly's a tranny is at least as convincing as her case against Obama.
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NobodyCouldHavePredicted
October 21, 2009 9:56 AM
Never mind all that nonsense. What the hell is with that photo of her at the top of the page? Jebus on a Schwinn! This is an attorney? It looks like she is stretching for later this evening when she will be on the street in 5" heels leaning against lamp posts!
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Nowukkers
October 21, 2009 11:25 AM in reply to NobodyCouldHavePredicted
She's channeling Dr. Frankenfurter: ROCKY!
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mikedrevguy
October 21, 2009 11:29 AM in reply to NobodyCouldHavePredicted
real friends don't let one's savior ride a schwinn
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JNagarya
October 22, 2009 9:52 AM in reply to mikedrevguy
Right: a Trek is Biblical.
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ManOmega
October 21, 2009 1:33 PM in reply to NobodyCouldHavePredicted
Oh yeah, I'd plow that pasture all night LONG!
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Chilidog
October 21, 2009 5:09 PM in reply to ManOmega
With an Obama mask on?
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Chilidog
October 21, 2009 9:57 AM
I’m not a lawyer, so correct me if I am wrong, but if you file a motion claiming that the fine was imposed “without specifying any real violations of Rule 11,” don’t you have to justify that claim in your motion?
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TBender
October 21, 2009 10:08 AM in reply to Chilidog
I assume you also think the sky is blue.
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mcc
October 21, 2009 11:51 AM in reply to Chilidog
I would be very curious to see any law type person weigh in on what a "notice of appeal" is normally supposed to look like and what sorts of standards an actual lawyer would follow in justifying one.
Though the really interesting thing to me here is that on dkos someone linked to some sample documents on a federal government website giving examples of what a "notice of appeal" would normally look like. They were all like... one sentence long, and contained no information except the name of the case, attorney and original judge. If the examples were to be trusted, this particular type of filing isn't a place where you make your case at all, it's just a piece of paperwork to get you in to the system. And she submitted like this eight page document full of allegations (but no specifics). Yikes.
Following horribly incompetent lawyers can be a fun way to learn about law!
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Ecclesiastes
October 21, 2009 1:17 PM in reply to mcc
mcc is right, this is a very, very weird "notice of appeal."
A notice of appeal is normally just one sentence on one page, stating who is appealing and what order or decision they are appealing. You don't need to explain why you are appealing or present any legal or factual arguments. Or even what part of the order or decision you're appealing. Just that you are filing an appeal.
But Taitz uses the notice to go on another 8 page rant.
It would be within the power of the judge to find her in contempt and issue another sanction based on the language in the notice of appeal. (I doubt he will. He'll probably decide that $20,000 is enough and let the appellate court strike the next blow.)
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jheartney
October 21, 2009 9:57 AM
Not satisfied with her coming disbarment, Orly wants to make sure she spends some time in the Big House. And that she comes out tens of thousands lighter in the wallet.
This woman is a walking example of why too much self-confidence can be a really bad thing.
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GregorZap
October 21, 2009 1:15 PM in reply to jheartney
There are numerous examples of people learning about the law in prison. Maybe she's anticipating having that time to study the law she missed.
Has anyone seen her law degree?
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ManOmega
October 21, 2009 1:36 PM in reply to GregorZap
Haven't seen her law degree, but she is admitted to the California Bar:
http://members.calbar.ca.gov/search/member_detail.aspx?x=223433
Getting admitted requires a detailed vetting process, so she somehow got through law school.
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GregorZap
October 21, 2009 7:47 PM in reply to ManOmega
And Obama was allowed to run for President. What's your point? If you're gonna be a birther, ya gotta go all the way!
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freelunch
October 22, 2009 5:24 PM in reply to ManOmega
California has an unusual feature for their bar exam. Anyone can take it, whether they have been to an accredited law school or not. Orly has not. She went to Taft Law School which does not have ABA accreditation. Assuming she was the one who took her bar exam, she's formally deemed to be qualified to practice law. Her filings, however, argue that she is not qualified, though that may be a result of mental disease or defect, not merely inadequate preparation.
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Chilidog
October 21, 2009 10:02 AM
This sentence makes my head hurt:
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Richardxx
October 21, 2009 11:43 AM in reply to Chilidog
I think I will try to take the California bar exam if that is an example of the kind of logic and writing that allows someone to pass it.
First, of course, I will incorporate a law school and have it issue me a mail-order law degree. That should take about three weeks. That should qualify me to take the California bar exam.
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Richardxx
October 21, 2009 11:45 AM in reply to Richardxx
I sure hope that the California CPA exam is tougher than the bar exam. But considering the financial crisis there, maybe it's not.
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SOS ICEBERG
October 21, 2009 4:38 PM in reply to Chilidog
yeah, what she said.
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jsfox
October 21, 2009 10:18 AM
I can see the ruling now on this appeal . . . Not granted and by the way you now owe us $40,000.00.
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Joe
October 21, 2009 10:20 AM
Josh, what is so sad is that she can say anything she wants and she won't be hurt financially. There are people stupid enough to worship the ground she walks on and they will give her enough money to pay the fines.
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Chilidog
October 21, 2009 10:25 AM in reply to Joe
But they won't be able to stop the California Bar from sanctioning her.
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Hussein Stemper
October 21, 2009 1:20 PM in reply to Joe
Right. Makes me think that perhaps the country really IS rebounding from the recession, if these folks have all this disposable cash to bail Orly out of jail!
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Lestatdelc
October 21, 2009 2:27 PM in reply to Joe
Which means those people will have less money to donate to fright-wing candidates in actual election races.
Win-win in my book.
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trippin
October 21, 2009 10:23 AM
Your fifteen minutes are up, darling.
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melior
October 21, 2009 10:28 AM
Why is Orly still submitting filings in her client's name ("Capt. Connie Rhodes v. Defendants") instead of in her own name, now that the judge has already granted her client's (and her) request to withdraw as Rhodes' attorney?
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ScottW
October 21, 2009 10:34 AM
I am pretty sure she is seeking attention. It's either for her personally or she thinks 'Any publicity is good publicity' for her struggling law practice.
She not a republican, she hates them as much as she hates Obama. Her whole rational is Obama is Muslim therefore he is trying to destroy Israel her quasi-homeland. She is Jewish.
What I would like to how does a Russian born person with a 6th grade reading level, get a law degree and pass the bar ? It's obvious by the her filling she doesn't possess even the most basic reasoning skills.
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Seafarer
October 21, 2009 10:39 AM
Orly:
4 8 15 16 23 42
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angelfish
October 21, 2009 10:41 AM
14:59, dear. Wrap it up.
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JNagarya
October 21, 2009 10:43 AM
Well, it looks like all those folks who hate their lawyers are behind the judicial-lynching conspiracy. And smacking their lips in anticipation.
I wonder: is there a chance she could become a jailhouse lawyer?
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seashell
October 21, 2009 12:29 PM in reply to JNagarya
Why would Orly even mention lynching to a Judge in the middle of Georgia? (Bold in the original.)
Pass the popcorn, please.
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Chilidog
October 21, 2009 4:37 PM in reply to seashell
Especially to this particular judge who happens do have a distasteful family history to live down.
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seashell
October 21, 2009 6:32 PM in reply to Chilidog
Chilidog, come back! The link doesn't work. ;-)
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Chilidog
October 21, 2009 9:37 PM in reply to seashell
try this one.
http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200705/20070517_rose.html
Judge Land's great grandfather was responsible for a couple of notorious lynchings.
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billpaustin
October 21, 2009 10:45 AM
I heard that Orly has the hots for Pat Buchanan, just imagine the children! Oh, the horror!
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Matt Jones
October 21, 2009 11:38 AM in reply to billpaustin
Jesus, they'd have HOOVES!
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Richardxx
October 21, 2009 11:48 AM in reply to Matt Jones
Yikes! And tails.
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JNagarya
October 22, 2009 10:03 AM in reply to Richardxx
And as Buchanan is a Catholic, they'll wear those weird Pope hats . . .
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Chilidog
October 21, 2009 10:51 AM
If Orly goes to jail, will there be videos of her introduction to her new "jailhouse husband?"
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The Old Grouch
October 21, 2009 10:54 AM
Look at it this way - if she enters an insanity plea, it's a slam-dunk.
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JNagarya
October 22, 2009 10:11 AM in reply to The Old Grouch
She'd better be careful: instead of a hung jury she could get a hanging jury.
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Prof Wagstaff
October 21, 2009 11:13 AM
$20,000 doesn't nearly cover it. She should be made to pay for ALL of the costs incrued for wasting the court's time on this frivolous case of hers.
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Leftist Pinko
October 21, 2009 11:22 AM
That's why the truly stupid are so dangerous. They don't have the mental faculties to process reality.
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Technowitch
October 21, 2009 11:27 AM
Oh, she's angling for her day in court -- Contempt of Court, which I predict is not too far off, given her behavior. Only she's operating under the mistaken belief that during CoC she'll get a chance to trot out her loony tunes conspiracy theories.
My 2nd prediction is some prison time for her real, real soon.
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Lovelynina
October 21, 2009 11:29 AM
Cmon guys... have you *ever* considered that Orly Taitz is actually onto something??????? Or are you "too busy" piercing her argument with your "logic"?? Are you so "Liberal" and "Intellectual" that you think you have to be a LAWYER to file a decent brief and represent a client!!! And a judge is supposed to be so smart?????? So, go, disbar away! She Doesn't need a "certificate" to tell the truth! Yes... shes on to "something"!!!. As she alludes to on her website "A Natural born citizen...Orly?",, If you play "President" Obamas inaugaraul address backwords on a old-style LP record player, guess what you get? Guess! Right! it's the Islamic National Anthem! (Words and Music by Burt Bacharach and other "3rd generation" "Americans"!) And if you speed it up a little, it sounds like Hebrew. In the words of Pat Buchanan, Dont let "President" Barack Hussein Obama steal our country from us! PPPPS Spell OBAMAS backwords and you get ANOTHER important MESSAGE.
(This snark brought to you by the 3 reasons Orly Taitz Fever exists: Nativism, fear, and prejudice. Thank you, Orly.)
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AXJ
October 21, 2009 12:42 PM in reply to Lovelynina
Best comment yet.
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Chilidog
October 21, 2009 1:19 PM in reply to AXJ
ZING!!!! Right over the birther's head.
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JNagarya
October 22, 2009 9:47 AM in reply to Lovelynina
You're not fooling anyone.
You're just trying to cover up the patriotic anti-conspiracy conspiracy by pretending to mock it!
I saw you at the 24 hour store, at 3:27 A.M. sneakily putting your pennies in that little can with the slot on top and the label,
"Oily Tits Defense of America and the Constitution and Bill of Rights Fund for Birth Certificate Discovery and Disclosure".
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freelunch
October 22, 2009 5:28 PM in reply to Lovelynina
So, why do those folks like the scariest dentist since Olivier in Marathon Man. It's not like she isn't just another crazy immigrant.
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xargaw
October 21, 2009 11:35 AM
The worst thing that could happen to this woman is that the media simply ignore her and not print another word about her. The court has had it with her. The movement looks loonier all the time. It is the press that is keeping her going. If they would stop covering her, she would have no reason to continue.
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Chilidog
October 21, 2009 12:17 PM in reply to xargaw
But she is just so damn entertaining.
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rumpole
October 21, 2009 1:27 PM in reply to xargaw
It's getting sad. The appeals court can sanction her for (a) disparaging the district judge; (b) disparaging them; and (c) filing frivolous arguments. 20K is the floor.
A notice of appeal is exactly that. It's not supposed to be a brief, and the briefing schedule doesn't start until the district court certifies that the record in the case is complete.
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artwrite
October 21, 2009 11:40 AM
Stop this woman before her head falls off.
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Suznaz
October 21, 2009 11:41 AM
What is with this woman's head? Oh, no, the outside...we know the inside is pudding. I've just never seen a pic of her without her head/neck at about a 45 degree angle from vertical
and almost looking up her nostrils. I've heard of looking down one's nose but looking up it?
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Richardxx
October 21, 2009 11:53 AM in reply to Suznaz
She's going to sue the photographers for inadequate obsequiousness.
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JNagarya
October 22, 2009 10:09 AM in reply to Suznaz
She does that to keep the makeup from sliding down and off her face.
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AXJ
October 21, 2009 12:43 PM
Just one simple question. Why would the President of the United States issue an Executive Order sealing his documents? Most Americans are proud to have been born in the USA.
Cmon guys... have you *ever* considered that Orly Taitz is actually onto something??????? Or are you "too busy" piercing her argument with your "logic"?? Are you so "Liberal" and "Intellectual" that you think you have to be a LAWYER to file a decent brief and represent a client!!! And a judge is supposed to be so smart?????? So, go, disbar away! She Doesn't need a "certificate" to tell the truth! Yes... shes on to "something"!!!. As she alludes to on her website "A Natural born citizen...Orly?",, If you play "President" Obamas inaugaraul address backwords on a old-style LP record player, guess what you get? Guess! Right! it's the Islamic National Anthem! (Words and Music by Burt Bacharach and other "3rd generation" "Americans"!) And if you speed it up a little, it sounds like Hebrew. In the words of Pat Buchanan, Dont let "President" Barack Hussein Obama steal our country from us! PPPPS Spell OBAMAS backwords and you get ANOTHER important MESSAGE.
(This snark brought to you by the 3 reasons Orly Taitz Fever exists: Nativism, fear, and prejudice. Thank you, Orly.)
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Chilidog
October 21, 2009 1:13 PM in reply to AXJ
Hey, Mr. Birther, how can the Federal Archives office "seal" state records?
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Indie Tarheel
October 21, 2009 2:35 PM in reply to Chilidog
Busted!
Dammit all, using logic and such...
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slb
October 21, 2009 5:40 PM in reply to Chilidog
Yeah, I want to see the long form copy of the Executive Order.
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Martskers
October 21, 2009 12:50 PM
Ms. Taitz isn't who I would pick as the poster child for judicial abuse, but the fact is, when you put a robe on a mere mortal and, worse, tell them they have life tenure, the sky's the limit as far as the potential for an abuse of power.
Any litigator worth their salt who's appeared in a federal court will tell you hell hath no fury like a federal judge who, for good reasons or bad, is pissed off at you. Ms. Taitz may very well deserve the Rule 11 sanction she received from this particular judge (and I have no sympathy for her actions), but that doesn't mean she deserved some of the intemperate language the judge has used regarding her, simply because he can.
Remember, just because a judge comes down with both feet on a lawyer, doesn't mean the judge is always right.
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Chilidog
October 21, 2009 1:15 PM in reply to Martskers
Did the judge diserve the "mumuring" he received from Orly?
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rb6
October 21, 2009 2:58 PM in reply to Martskers
The judge's language was not intemperate. It might have been strident and contemptuous, but not in a way that was ad hominem.
I was an appellate clerk, and there was one detail in the recitation of Taitz's misdeeds that really stood out and I think will be hard for an appeals court to overlook, and that was her telling the judge, to his face, that she was going to file case after case until he gave her the discovery she wanted on Obama's birth certificate. They are used to that kind of conduct with prisoners, less so with non-prisoner pro se civil litigants, but it does happen, but for an attorney to make that kind of statement is just an abuse of her position as an officer of the court.
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midnight rambler
October 21, 2009 3:00 PM in reply to Martskers
No, not always, but in this case the judge has been way more restrained than I would expect from any reasonable person.
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kirenos
October 21, 2009 1:05 PM
so she's working "pro bono without compensation" --
that's nice to know; she has access to a legal dictionary, at least (actually at most).
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Chilidog
October 21, 2009 1:17 PM in reply to kirenos
Actually she is wrong. In this particular instance, she is working Pro Se.
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JNagarya
October 22, 2009 10:19 AM in reply to Chilidog
She isn't wrong if she is not paying herself. In which case she's both pro bono and pro se.
And if that isn't a top-flight lawyer practicing creative law I don't know what it is.
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Official A
October 21, 2009 1:20 PM in reply to kirenos
That's redundant and repetitive.
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kirenos
October 23, 2009 6:29 AM in reply to Official A
duh...
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Hidden Oak
October 21, 2009 1:08 PM
I think we're going to see Orly picking up trash along a highway sometime soon, as part of the community service portion of her sentence.
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GregorZap
October 21, 2009 1:23 PM in reply to Hidden Oak
You know, Road Contruction Sign Orange would go perfectly with her hair style!
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Lestatdelc
October 21, 2009 2:34 PM in reply to GregorZap
Imagine the photographic irony. Orly Taitz on a prison road crew picking up trash below one of the stimulus highway project signs about putting people back to work.
A camera, a camera... my kingdom for a camera!
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fortygeek
October 21, 2009 2:05 PM
At some point in time the courts are going to tire of her games and do something that makes that $20K fine look like toll booth change.
Pour encourager les autres...and I can't find a more fitting person to make an example of for the birther movement.
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Apphouse50
October 21, 2009 3:22 PM
Was that a Taitz doppelganger sucking up all the media feating and celebrating when she was appearing every single day spewing that birther toxic sludge? Musta been, 'cause clearly she finds media coverage so distasteful.
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Belsnana
October 21, 2009 5:12 PM
I have a question. Is she now officially crazy enough not to be interviewed on any more TV news programs or should we brace for a further inundation?
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modernesquire
October 21, 2009 5:37 PM
This is just a bizarre filing of a person who clearly has no basic understanding of the law. Her Notice of Appeal is largely an appeal of the District Court's dismissal of her client's case.... her FORMER client's case. She has no standing to file an appeal for most of what she claims to be appealling as the right to any such appeal belongs to her former client alone.
Second, she keeps talking as if she is legally permitted to conduct discovery despite the fact that she has no client she's representing. The district court warned her, and yet, she persisted even after she herself voluntarily filed a Motion to Withdraw as Counsel which, of course, she also appeals because the Court granted it but kept jurisdiction for possible sanctions, something no Court of Appeals is going to reverse because the Court's conditions were stating a truism.
She has no grounds to appeal the dismissal, only the imposition of sanctions, which is based on the her insistence on proceeding with her case despite the fact that, well, she had no client and the case had been dismissed. She doesn't seem to appreciate the legal situation she's in AT ALL.
Seriously, inmates in prison understand the law better than she does.
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JNagarya
October 22, 2009 10:24 AM in reply to modernesquire
That really is what it's about: she has no basic understanding of the law. And doesn't seem sufficiently competent to connect the relationships between one filing and another.
She's self-righteous, and stupid.
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Chilidog
October 21, 2009 10:01 PM
BTW
http://www.scribd.com/doc/21406205/Kerchner-v-Obama-Order-Of-Dismissal
The birthers just lost another one.
(Kerchner-v-Obama)
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greysells2
October 22, 2009 9:53 AM
Love the looking up the snout shot at the top. If she had brains you could see them.
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karissaedwards
October 22, 2009 10:02 AM
You must be kidding, right?! Surely this cannot be one of America's best and brightest?!
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GTFOOH
October 22, 2009 11:18 AM
Orly and Arnold both decrying crazy judges, in the same week? Come to think of it, nobody has seen them both in the same place!
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rickahyatt
October 23, 2009 1:42 AM
Fellow birthers!
I now believe Barrack Obama & I share a common father (On the white side), former East German STASI General Markus Wolf, of who it can now be told was turned and counter-run by the CIA as early as 1977. The enemy's true agenda has been preempted, issue by issue, by the Bushes since they first started to "Steward" the Presidency in 1982.
I know, I was used to lure Wolf to the West in '77.
Now you know why & how so much of Obama's birth was fabricated yet protected so heavily from true exposure.
There is also another half-brother and sister from this man who bio-engineered our lives from the birth as espionage operatives, "Manchurian Candidates."
"Master Spy" Wolf wanted to be known in history as perfecting the use of sex as an espionage method, & I guess he succeeded. www.rickhyatt.freeservers.com.
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Chilidog
October 23, 2009 10:51 AM
You have to read this
http://www.scribd.com/doc/21451147/Lucas-Daniel-Smith-10-12-09-new-Declaration-SACV09-00082-DOC-Anx
it is simply hilareous.
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AXJ
November 1, 2009 10:16 PM in reply to Chilidog
Ya it is hillarious. Nobody believes Lucas.
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