[BuckeyeTexan]

As a national leader in the so-called "birther movement," Plaintiff’s counsel has attempted to use litigation to provide the "legal foundation" for her political agenda. She seeks to use the Court's power to compel discovery in her efforts to force the President to produce a "birth certificate" that is satisfactory to herself and her followers.

~ Judge Clay Land

[Genoa]

To produce a birth certificate to demonstrate his constitutional qualifications . . . not unlike any other job applicant or aspiring Little Leaguer. Yes, quite unreasonable and a waste of the court’s time.

[BuckeyeTexan]

Instead of arguing pertinent legal authority supporting her position, counsel reverted to “press conference mode,” repeating political "talking points" that did not answer the Court's questions or address the Court's concerns. Specifically, counsel was unable to explain why this Court should not abstain from deciding this case based upon well-established precedent, and she was unable to articulate clearly how the alleged "cloud" on the President's place of birth amounted to a violation of her client's individual constitutional rights. Rather than address these two important questions, counsel retreated to her political rhetoric. When the Court admonished her for not addressing the legal issues presented by her Complaint, counsel accused the Court of unfairly badgering her and implored the Court to ask Defendants' counsel questions instead of her. Ms. Taitz's performance confirmed to the Court that her focus was not to pursue a legitimate legal cause of action to obtain relief for her client but was to use the Court to force the President to produce a "birth certificate" satisfactory to her and her followers. Her other purpose appeared to be to use litigation as a means of drawing attention to her political agenda. During the hearing, Plaintiff's counsel threatened that if she did not get the opportunity to obtain the relief she sought (discovery of a birth certificate), then a wave of subsequent similar actions would be filed in this Court until she obtained what she wanted.

~ Judge Clay Land

Sounds to me like Judge Land has accurately pegged Orly Taitz and her legal freak show. She's all about the attention and never about serving her clients. She should be disbarred.

[JewishRighter]

I'm troubled by the way in which the judge factors in Orly's political motivation as a basis for decision. Either the suit is legally viable or it is not. By using the phrase "birther movement" with the quotes, he is suggesting the fringe kookiness of it as a further way of building support for his conclusions.

Then there's the second sentence, with its particular sneering tone: She seeks to use the Court's power to compel discovery in her efforts to force the President to produce a "birth certificate" that is satisfactory to herself and her followers.

Let me re-articulate this in a way that would have been fair: "She seeks to establish whether the President of the United States was qualified to run for the office and whether he is qualified to hold it. I ruled her suit was without merit because...."

[editor-surveyor]

Wow! Land actually admits that he is protecting Obammer from the law. Damn!