Look, that may be, that her pleadings are not good. I do not know. I haven’t seen enough of a mix of legal pleadings as a layman in occasional contact with various layers of the legal system. I do know I have read some really crazy court transcripts in criminal cases (and watched a few actual cases too)— and not just the criminals, but the attorneys on both sides. And sometimes the magistrates.
Orly’s pleadings fall within the bounds of those I have seen, in as much as I have read a few as a layman.
Yet what is a Judge to do? Should not a Judge make the best case for all parties at these early stages, especially in cases where the public trust is at risk, or in the case of hard case criminals when the DA messes up, or on the side of a normal citizen in good standing when the defense attorney messes up? I mean strictly at the early stages — the discovery phases in this particular situation?
And what is a commentator like you or I to do? Should we weaken those on our own side by hectoring, complaining or lamenting? What good to any of those? Stay silent if the comment is unhelpful, and just a complaint — isn’t that a better way?
At some point, a bad lawyer like Orly does far more harm than good to a cause. I think that point has been reached now. Where to go from here will be difficult for the birthers to resolve, because Orly put herself at the front of the parade. But birthers just can't pretend that the direction is OK because the cause is just, or else you'll end up like that marching band in Animal House.