Judge Land’s hard on Orly Taitz, Esq. It’ll cost her $20,000
Orly Taitz
U.S. District Court Judge Clay Land, in Columbus, has come down hard on birther attorney Orly Taitz, fining her $20,000 for willfully abusing her right to practice law. I suspect Taitz won’t have that right much longer. (h/t Washington Independent)
“The Court finds that counsel’s conduct was willful and not merely negligent. It demonstrates bad faith on her part. As an attorney, she is deemed to have known better. She owed a duty to follow the rules and to respect the Court. Counsel’s pattern of conduct conclusively establishes that she did not mistakenly violate a provision of law. She knowingly violated Rule 11. Her response to the Court’s show cause order is breathtaking in its arrogance and borders on delusional.”
My only quibble with the good judge is his use of the phrase “borders on delusional.” This is the full Monty of delusion, and I suppose the poor, deluded fools who support this woman will rush to defray her fine.
Meanwhile, the judge’s 43-page opinion is available below for those who care to entertain themselves.
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265 comments Add your comment
RollerGirl
October 13th, 2009
11:40 am
I’ll send you $100 to help out, Orly!
You put up the good fight against the Kenyan.
Majority Will
October 13th, 2009
11:42 am
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ! ! ! Bankrupt the idiot birfoons!
Oily Taintz will end up sanctioned again and disbarred any day now.
Stan
October 13th, 2009
11:43 am
I don’t understand why Jay gives this fringe nut so much attention…Sad
RollerGirl
October 13th, 2009
11:43 am
It’s rather obvious that the Judge is one of those mmm mmmm mmmm Barack hussein obama supporters
rightwingers are idiots
October 13th, 2009
11:43 am
“Her response to the Court’s show cause order is breathtaking in its arrogance and borders on delusional” could this not be said for the entire conservative movement these days. Any rational person that looks at the Birthers, Tenthers, Tea Baggers, Beckers and Obama derangement syndrome afflicted it is quite easy to see the conservative movement has been boiled down to sore losers, whiners and nuts. The fact that President Obama’s poll numbers are going UP must really drive them further insane.
Hef
October 13th, 2009
11:44 am
I’ll send him/her $100.00 for cosmetic help! Lord Jay- Tear Down That Picture!!!
Doggone/GA
October 13th, 2009
11:44 am
“I don’t understand why Jay gives this fringe nut so much attention…Sad”
Nope, it’s funny. We can ALL use a good laugh now and then. OT helps keep us laughing.
I Report :-) You Whine :-( O Stands For Zero
October 13th, 2009
11:45 am
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzz
Meanwhile, the goons in the US Senate prepare to shove their health care abomination down the throats of the American public and Obozo, mmmm, mmmm, mmmm, dithers on the Afghan bloodbath, we get what, the kook of the month club?
RollerGirl
October 13th, 2009
11:45 am
Hussein the Vain does not have rising poll numbers..49% approval…mmm mmm mmmm dropped like a rock since january
N-GA
October 13th, 2009
11:47 am
She could be Ann Coulter’s twin brother!
Hef
October 13th, 2009
11:47 am
Seriously, Can’t she this is going nowhere fast.
Hef
October 13th, 2009
11:49 am
She looks more like Orly Anderson, if anyone remembers that name.
Fact Check
October 13th, 2009
11:50 am
Rollergirl, Judge Land was appointed by Bush on the advise of Saxby Chambliss and has been very conservative. One of the resaons Taitz brought this to him was she thought he would rule in her favor. It’s time for Orly to shut down the printing press in her basement that is cranking out fake evidence before she runs into a perjury citation.
Jackie
October 13th, 2009
11:53 am
The so-called conservatives need attorneys like this to defend their positions in court.
It appears to be indicative of the extreme and unsupported positions some will take to prove President Obama has not been elected to office with valid qualification credentials.
This position gives those who have no other position a reason to hope. Hope is good!
Many of those that support her position will contribute money to help her pay for the financial sanctions imposed by the judge. She will go back to court again with the same argument and will be sanctioned more heavily the next time.
The circular firing squad will continue to grow.
SOUTHERN ATL
October 13th, 2009
11:53 am
I know that she is originally from Moldova) and emigrated to Israel in 1981, but I would like to know if she is a U.S.CITIZEN???
AmVet
October 13th, 2009
11:53 am
N-Ga, Too funny! Mann’s bro…
My gawd, what a frightening looking woman! And what a set of fake eyelashes.
Traitors and loons masked as Republican lawyers and “conservatives”…
They pillaged their way across the economic and socio-political landscape and when they got decimated at the polls for it, they throw puerile hissy fits.
From Boner, Palin and McConnell on down to HeadRush, Pretty Boy and Beckerhead…
Man, I’m loving this spectacle…
Hillbilly Deluxe
October 13th, 2009
11:55 am
Hef
Do you mean Ole Anderson?
http://www.1wrestlinglegends.com/crowbarpress/insideout/index.html
TnGelding
October 13th, 2009
11:56 am
43 pages? I’ll pass and settle for your summary. $20k is nothing to the conservative elite. They’ll pay it and she’ll continue to keep the issue “in the news.”
TnGelding
October 13th, 2009
11:58 am
RollerGirl
October 13th, 2009
11:45 am
Yeah, it takes a wallflower to run for president.
Hef
October 13th, 2009
11:58 am
Whether she’s right or wrong is inmaterial,the court has decided against her. And really who cares, it’s a dead horse issue. And thats coming from a conservative.
Turd Ferguson
October 13th, 2009
11:59 am
I will match that $100 RG.
And speaking of bigotry…some can dish it but certainly cant take it.
Awww….
Crowning of first non-black Miss Hampton University divides campus
http://www.wtkr.com/news/wtkr-miss-hampton,0,2368322.story
Paul
October 13th, 2009
12:00 pm
We could use more judges like Judge Land.
N-GA –
Dan Brown’s latest – The Lost Symbol. You may enjoy it. Discusses principles of symbols, religion, energy. Interesting subtext.
moonbat betty
October 13th, 2009
12:02 pm
Thanks for this story.
I have been waiting with baited breath to see what the right wing’s next move would be. Thank you for keeping us abreast of these up and coming stories that are so important to the state of the union.
Together, we, and yellow journalism, can destroy the evil neo-con conspiracy that has enveloped the country.
Hopefully, with the mighty Amvet, we can wrangle in Oily Tiatz and slow the well oiled machine that is the Republican party.
Good luck and good day.
Paul
October 13th, 2009
12:03 pm
Turd 11:59
That picture – those expressions – yikes! Some people need to learn how to be gracious.
Jefferson
October 13th, 2009
12:04 pm
Roller Girl is a Kenyan.
N-GA
October 13th, 2009
12:04 pm
Paul….I’m sure you know about “all good intentions”. I couldn’t wait so I’m into it about 300 pages. Fun & fast-paced! It will certainly create a lot of buzz about the Masons!
Paul
October 13th, 2009
12:05 pm
moonbat betty
Aren’t you forgetting about the farleft nutjobs who embrace the 9-11 conspiracy lunacy?
RollerGirl
October 13th, 2009
12:06 pm
TF..excellent link..I guess those intolerant racist minorities just don’t understand we are post racial now, thanks to saint B. Hussein X
mmm mmm mmmmm Hussein the Vain…I likes that!
TnGelding
October 13th, 2009
12:07 pm
Born to raise troop levels:
“Support Troops Swelling U.S. Force in Afghanistan”
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
President Obama announced in March that he would be sending 21,000 additional troops to Afghanistan. But in an unannounced move, the White House has also authorized — and the Pentagon is deploying — at least 13,000 troops beyond that number, according to defense officials.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/12/AR2009101203142.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR
RollerGirl
October 13th, 2009
12:07 pm
Jefferson, I should be PRESIDENT of the Kenyans, afterall, I was born here in the USA.
ObamacornLies
October 13th, 2009
12:08 pm
You got my support Orly. The check is in the mail. Keep it up!
Jefferson
October 13th, 2009
12:08 pm
You probably know what I mean.
Paul
October 13th, 2009
12:08 pm
N-GA
I’ve a few pages to go, but I left it with my wife last night so she could keep her mind occupied.
I do enjoy the ideas presented. There’s a wonderful exposition towards the end on the similarities of religions, how those in power misinterpret and misuse ideas, how some things transcend man-made constructs and can serve as an enlightening and unifying force.
But as we see here, too many get wrapped up in dogma – religious, scientific, political – and miss the mark.
Yadro
October 13th, 2009
12:11 pm
Ha Ha
Majority Will
October 13th, 2009
12:12 pm
“Roller Girl is a Kenyan.”
Nope. Just a delusional, lonely, idiotic redneck with more spare time than common sense.
stands for decibels
October 13th, 2009
12:17 pm
Speaking of valiant womenfolk defending conservative values, please note too that there is nothing even remotely insensitive about calling the President a coon.
rightwingers are idiots
October 13th, 2009
12:17 pm
Rollergirl on over to these approval/disaprove numbers: Gallup 56-36, CBS 56-34, AP 56-39, Ipsso/McClatchy 56-40. Hmmm what did the last republican prez leave office with? 28% approval? Hmmm maybe the right wing nut stuff is starting to not sell as well to the masses? Hard to make up outrages 24-7 and keep everyone on your crazy train. Especialy when fact checks blow everything up. Once health care passes the lowly 20% that identify as Republican is really gonna get their diapers dirty.
Turd Ferguson
October 13th, 2009
12:18 pm
RG, Paul…LOL…ya, if some of them had a “piece” it would be a shoot out…LOL!!
stands for decibels
October 13th, 2009
12:19 pm
http://www.sadlyno.com/archives/25856.html
Thought I included the link in my 12.17, sorry.
danjonglee
October 13th, 2009
12:20 pm
Paul
Bu$$ did order the blowing up of the Twin Towers!!!
danjonglee
October 13th, 2009
12:21 pm
We professional Journalist like Jay to determine what’s valid…
FinnMcCool
October 13th, 2009
12:22 pm
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will consider throwing out the convictions of former Enron Chief Executive Officer Jeff Skilling for his role in the collapse of the one-time energy giant.
The court said Tuesday it will hear Skilling’s appeal of lower court rulings that upheld all 19 of his 2006 convictions of conspiracy, securities fraud, insider trading and lying to auditors involving the 2001 collapse of Enron.
Skilling, serving a 24-year prison term, is asking the court to consider whether the federal “honest services” fraud statute was applied correctly. The justices already have two other cases on their schedule dealing with the honest services law, a favorite tool of federal prosecutors in white-collar crime and public corruption cases.
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/13/supreme-court-will-hear-j_n_318536.html
I Report :-) You Whine :-( O Stands For Zero
October 13th, 2009
12:24 pm
“Obozo’s, mmm, mmmm, mmmm, only been a boon to their (Fox News) ratings and I don’t understand how this kind of escalation of rhetoric and kind of taking them on, one on one, would do anything other than escalate their ratings even more,” she said.
Because Obozo is an idiot?
Normal
October 13th, 2009
12:27 pm
Y’all, I’m reading it too, stole it from my sister Sunday night…will I go to hades for that?
I Report :-) You Whine :-( O Stands For Zero
October 13th, 2009
12:28 pm
A message from the White House for several bookman bloggers-
Those tensions reached a new blogospheric boiling point over the weekend, after CNBC’s John Harwood quoted an anonymous White House adviser’s reaction to the “Internet left fringe.” The adviser, Harwood said, told him that “those bloggers need to take off the pajamas, get dressed and realize that governing a closely divided country is complicated and difficult.”
mmm, mmmm, mmmm!
Turd Ferguson
October 13th, 2009
12:29 pm
Picking a fight with News Organization is just not a good move. Nixon did it and it brought his entire house down.
“Pat doesnt have a mink coat”.
AXJ ROCKS
October 13th, 2009
12:35 pm
Looks like Judge Land might have made some big bucks with the Obama government and Orly is out to publish it. Case will go before a Trial by Jury. Should be fun to see a Judge judged for the first time in American History. WE THE PEOPLE CAN DO IT!
Fly-On-The-Wall
October 13th, 2009
12:37 pm
TF – Faux News isn’t a news organization in case you haven’t noticed. I’m not sure what they are but they’re not in the news business.
Majority Will
October 13th, 2009
12:38 pm
“Counsel’s frivolous and sanctionable conduct wasted the Defendants’ time and valuable judicial resources that could have been devoted to legitimate cases pending with the Court. When she filed the Rhodes case, counsel indicated that it was urgent that the matter be heard because her client was facing imminent deployment. The Court rearranged its schedule, took time to read the legal papers, and conducted preliminary research in preparation for the hearing. The Army had to activate its legal team on short notice, sending a Major from the Army Litigation Division in Washington, D.C. and a Captain from the CONUS Replacement Center at Ft. Benning. In addition, the Assistant U.S. Attorney had to accompany them. Like the Court, the government attorneys had to prepare in an expedited manner for the hearing. During the week preceding Captain Rhodes’s deployment, the Court was in the midst of a jury trial. Therefore, the Court had to alter the trial schedule to conduct the hearing during an extended lunch break, thus affecting other counsel and jurors. The Clerk’s Office was burdened by Ms. Taitz’s inability to follow the Court’s rules regarding pro hac vice admission and the Court’s rules for electronic filing. On five separate occasions in a short period, the Clerk’s Office personnel error-noticed counsel for her failure to follow simple rules. At the hearing, counsel failed to make coherent
legal arguments but instead wasted the Court’s time with press conference sound bites and speeches.”
It must suck to have had an attorney that incompetent. She’s been sued repeatedly for dental malpractice as well. Gee, there’s always that real estate license to fall back on.
Mrs. Godzilla
October 13th, 2009
12:40 pm
….ah….karma…..