A federal judge in Columbus fined a leader of the movement challenging President Obama's citizenship and warned her against using the legal system to pursue "political rhetoric and insults."U.S. District Judge Clay D. Land's scathing 43-page order, issued Tuesday, said California lawyer and dentist Orly Taitz had filed "frivolous" litigation and attempted to misuse the courts to push a political agenda.
Taitz, a leader of the so-called birther movement, sued in Georgia federal court on behalf of Army Capt. Connie Rhodes. Rhodes sought to avoid deployment to Iraq by claiming Obama wasn't born in the U.S. and that he was "an illegal usurper, unlawful pretender and unqualified impostor."
Documents show the president was born in Hawaii.
Land, appointed in 2001 by President George W. Bush, had already dismissed the lawsuit, but Taitz continued filing motions. He said he fined her $20,000 "as a deterrent to prevent future misconduct and to protect the integrity of the court."
Taitz told a newspaper that Land's order was "an absolute outrage."
Was the $20K fine enough? Maybe when Taitz becomes a real lawyer she will appreciate what just happened. I wonder if she is a mail order bride, just like her law degree? She is perfect reporter material for “Fake News”, where unfounded rumors and innuendo reign supreme , unlike a our US courts of law, where you need to present documented facts, not half baked lies (prepare for more failures). When flies get too close to the lights they get burned, Taitz just got burned, thing is, like a fly she will continue, no end in sight. Poor little Birthers they are haters not debaters.
ReplyDeleteA lawyer, dentist, realtor and black belt, wow I must say a Jack of all trades master of none.
Bravo !! I don't know how you could say it any better than that.
ReplyDeleteNext, this bunch will try to have Hawaii's statehood declared illegal and invalid. As the saying goes, 'a mind is like a parachute - it only works when it's open', and Taitz's obviously is NOT. But I don't think 20K will be a deterrent to her and those like her. They're on a mission with a capital M and appear to have very deep pockets.
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