Orly Taitz

Alito's Plan To Consider Birther Queen's Stay Probably Doesn't Mean He's A Secret Birther

Rachel Slajda | August 13, 2010, 11:57AM

Orly Taitz

Yesterday we told you that Justice Samuel Alito had referred birther lawyer extraordinaire Orly Taitz's request for a stay to the full Supreme Court.

Taitz, who's been fighting a $20,000 fine from a federal judge in Georgia, had applied to the Supreme Court for a stay in an apparent effort to reverse the fine. The application first went to Justice Clarence Thomas, who has jurisdiction over Georgia's circuit. When he denied it, she applied to Alito.

And then Alito referred it to the full court, which a few of our commenters took as a sign of his true sympathies. Some examples:

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Virginia Thomas

Clarence Thomas's Wife Teams With Federalist Society Exec On New Conservative Lobby Group

Zachary Roth | March 15, 2010, 3:28PM

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Virginia Thomas

The new conservative advocacy group launched by Virginia Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, has close ties to Washington's powerful conservative legal community.

As the Los Angeles Times reported over the weekend, Virginia Thomas recently created Liberty Central, a new lobbying group that seeks to tap into the grassroots energy unleashed by the Tea Party movement.

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