Posted on 10/14/2009 1:42:54 PM PDT by steve-b
Federal District Judge Clay D. Land has slapped top birther Orly Taitz with a $20,000 fine for wasting the court's time, among other issues, with her constant filings after he, last month, dismissed her lawsuit against President Obama's right as commander-in-chief to deploy the military because he allegedly isn't legally president.
Because he didn't get rid of her the first time, he's hoping she gets the message this time from the barbed language in the 43-page order he issued Tuesday.
Right off the bat, on page 1 he writes:
For justice to be administered efficiently and justly, lawyers must understand the conditions that goven their privilege to practice law. Lawyers who do not understand those conditions are at best woefully unprepared to practice the profession and at worst a menace to it...Among Taitz's missteps, she accused the judge of treason. That never works out well.......When a lawyer recklessly accuses a judge of violating the Judicial Code of Conduct with no supporting evidence beyond her dissatisfaction with the judge's rulings, that lawyer abuses her privilege to practice law. When a lawyer abuses her privilege to practice law, that lawyer ceases to advance her cause or the ends of justice...
...Regrettably, the conduct of counsel Orly Taitz has crossed these lines, and Ms. Taitz must be sanctioned for her misconduct....
(Excerpt) Read more at npr.org ...
So NPR talks smack now? Maybe they should interview Dan Rather. He used heroin once as a journalist to see what it was like.
“Among Taitz’s missteps, she accused the judge of treason. That never works out well....”
LOL.
Call me slow, but I’m beginning to think Orly’s a little coo coo. :`)
That just angers me.
surely the interns at npr were having orgasms over this.
A win for your boy Obama, steve-b. Congratulations.
There will be hangers-on, though. Good grief, it’s not as if plenty of sane Freepers warned about something like this.
And this is the judge who was going to make it all happen.
“Call me slow, but Im beginning to think Orlys a little coo coo. :`)
A little? The woman is bats**t crazy.
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I was expecting big news today since one month ago Orley announced that she would have Obama out of office in 30 days.
Okay, well she still has seven hours.
This type of attack in the justice system against those seen as enemies of the Democratic Party will spread and the fines will grow larger.
Bet on it.
The hopes were for the judge in California (I believe). We already saw this a few days ago in regards to Land.
Of course Barry could just spend $12 for a Long Form Birth Certificate, but that’s much too complicated.
Well if NPR says it’s true, we should believe every word right?
I’m guessing that Judge Land has been contacted by Obummer and his goons!
I’d would lay odds that Land was appointed under a Democrat Admin..anyone know for sure?
You’re right. I walked into that one with my eyes closed. It is Judge Carter, not Land, who supposedly holds the high card.
Sorry.
I’m with you on that. I think she did well against that hard-up fish wife Joy Baer.
LOL, good point. This was on another thread a couple days ago. I think the story is real but yeah, NPR is what they are.
I don’t doubt the story but I love the way some “conservatives” jump on them and repeat them word for word, including whatever speculation NPR may include.
The same kind of stupidity is why some believe Sarah Palin said she can see Russia from her porch.
I figured out she’s a bit nuts a while ago. Her court filings were worse than pro se filings, and had a bit of the lunatic ravings you often see in them. She almost reminded me of Jack Thompson (disbarred for his rants, among other things).
She was not the right person to be representing this case.
Nina Totenberg : “I think [Helms] ought to be worried about the — about what’s going on in the good Lord’s mind because if there’s retributive justice, he’ll get AIDS from a transfusion or one of his grandchildren will get it.” (July 8, 1995 episode of Inside Washington)
You forgot the l.
;)
Orley is a comedic genius.
Nope by Pres. Bush but........
Orly Taitz is far more reasonable than the marxist chumps at NPR. LOL
>>Call me slow, but Im beginning to think Orlys a little coo coo. :`)
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>A little? The woman is bats**t crazy.
In a country where laws are put into law without being read the woman is absolutely sane. {ie her “crazy” is FAR more reasonable AND defensible than the actions we’re getting from our government leadership.}
Yep. Even more disturbing is the glee whenever zer0 gets another pass at hiding whatever it is that has him so dedicated to concealing this document.
Surely Orly acts like a court jester often enough, but the fact remains that most of zer0’s documentation remains obscured. And the world just handed him the Nobel Peace Prize.
This is truly the bizarro world.
Odd that they couldn’t find this kind of judge in Alaska when the wackos up there were filing frivalous lawsuit after lawsuit against Sarah Palin.
And for those of you who are saying that Orley Taitz is nuts; you seem to be willfully neglecting the point that Obama could have made this all go away with a simple REAL birth certificate. The certificate he presented was not a birth certificate. My ex-wife had one of those from MA and when she tried to get her Concealed Carry license in New Mexico, they told her that they couldn’t use that and that they needed a REAL birth certificate. Instead Obama spends millions of someone’s money fighting it. Odd ...
Judge Land was a conservative Republican on the GA state legislature before being appointed to the federal bench by Pres. Bush (43). The judge in CA on whom everyone is hanging their hopes was, in fact, appointed by Clinton.
No lawyer can file the types of documents Dr. Taitz did in Judge Land’s court and not expect a severe sanction. As did you in your post, she accused Judge Land of colluding with “Obama’s goons,” i.e., AG Holder, because, supposedly, someone who looked like Holder was seen in a coffee shop across the street from the court on the day of the hearing. That may be OK to post at an online website, it is NOT ok to file in a federal court. Oh, and she went on to accuse thejudge of treason, and of being biased because he personally owns shares of 2 of America’s largest corporations.
There is just absolutely no excuse for a lawyer to do that, especially after being warned. She blew it big time.
"All this" is a bunch of nut cases making all of Obama's critics look like nut cases by association. Why on Earth would he want that to ever go away?
Land was a conservative Republican State Senator who was appointed a judge by George W. Bush on the recommendation of Sheby Chambliss.
Land's decision was based not on any love for Obama, but on his disgust with Orly Taitz's wacky litigation style, and on his view (well-based in precedent) that civilian courts have no jurisdiction to review military orders. (The case was seeking to overturn the Army's order to an officer to deploy to Iraq. There is a ton of precedent that says that civilian courts can't overturn such orders.)
Fidel Castro could be nominated, and placed on ballots.. ( With thousands upon thousands of citizens screaming at their government officials the entire time to check his credentials).
Citizens ( products of our Marxist dominated government schools) could elect Fidel Castro. ( With constitutionally grounded citizens by the hundreds of thousands **vigorously** complaining to their elected officials and begging at their so-called conservative talk show weenies them to cover the issue.)
The Electoral College could vote for Fidel Castro for U.S. President. ( Again with thousands of citizen writing, faxing and calling in to object.).
Attorney Berg might even get Fidel's case all the way to the Supreme Court. ( With a minimum of 250,000 FedEX letters arriving begging the Supreme court to hear the case.)
The Congress could approve him.( With thousands of citizens writing, calling, and faxing in objection.)
And...Citizens have no standing to go to court and ask that our Constitution be upheld, and Fidel Castros natural born status examined.
Somehow, I don't think this is what our Founding Fathers had in mind.
Here is my conspiracy theory....
Obama wont show his birth certificate because birthers like Orly end up making the whole movement look like idiots. Why would he want this to stop?
Bingo!
What is reckless, you damn criminal traitor in black robe?
Here is an exparte meeting to take over America recklessly violating the Judicial Code of Conduct.
You do see Justices Roberts and Thomas in that picture, right? And, I'm quite sure that Alito and Scalia are in the room as well.
Is the Chief Justice also "violating the Judicial Code" when he swears in the VP or President? How about when they attend the State of the Union address?
This happens a lot. A series, even hugh, issue arises and we support the nut clusters. Demonrats win because our dentist/lawyer/constitutional scholar gets 15 minutes of wacko fame.
What do you get when you cross an Orly with a Paul? A pOrly Ron party.
According to Birther lore.
And his fine is for exercising her rights of free speech.
No, it's for her misconduct. Didn't you read the judge's decision?
.....judge met with AG Holder...
Friend of Orly saw a man who looked kinda like Holder in lunch room across the street from courthouse. Yep, that cinches it.
I am by no means defending Orly, but I don’t agree with the judge’s rationale on this order.
First of all, Orly brought the case based on the merits believed by her clients to be true. The judge accuses Orly of “knowingly” bringing a false suit, but how could Orly know it was false if she has never seen the birth certificate or records that Obama refuses to release. I’ve seen people sued for a lot less than Orly claimed to have as evidence.
Also, just because Orly is licensed to practice law doesn’t mean that she has given up her free speech rights. Since the judiciary is considered a part of the government, it cannot prohibit Orly from voicing her opinions outside of the courtroom (within the confines of slander/defamation of character). She has a right to declare her opinion that the judge wrongly ruled in this case.
I think this order is more judicial abuse.
And yet, civilian courts somehow have jurisdiction to try foreign terrorists.
Weird.
These traitors count more than the several hundred thousands of letters, emails, faxes, and phone calls from American citizens begging the Supreme Court judges to uphold their oath to preserve and defend the Constitution.
There will be a special place in hell reserved for this scum.
I am **DISGUSTED**!
Somehow, I don't think this is what our Founding Fathers had in mind.
There probably isn't anything more treasonous than this issue of standing.
The President or any other public official is not supposed to have superior standing to any other citizen.
We are all equal under the law. Anyway that's how it's supposed to be.
The Founders showed us the way and we have strayed from the path.
That may have been Eric’s twin brother Earl who is known to be a Holder stand-in.
But...When tyranny reigns, our Founding Fathers provided a Constitutional remedy. I pray that we can peacefully and lawfully restore the Constitution.
Don’t know if I agree with you entirely. Here’s what she did to cause herself some problems and opened the door for the judge to give her a smack down: she made some rather accusatory allegations against the judge, including serious violations of the Code of Judicial Conduct. You can’t do that as a lawyer unless you are really able to back it up. I do agree that, other than this particular aspect of her papers, the judge went overboard in characterizing her legal theories so harshly. As Judge Carter has noted in the California case, the issue is a serious one. Even if found that it is procedurally unsustainable, as Judge Land did, does not make it frivolous.
Good, fools who bring stupid lawsuits should pay a penalty.
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