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Another "Birther" Suit Tossed; Lawyer Threatened With Sanctions

The Ledger-Enquirer of Columbus, Georgia reports:

U.S. District Court Judge Clay Land tossed out on Wednesday a complaint by an Army captain fighting deployment to Iraq by questioning the legitimacy of President Barack Obama.

Land also put attorney Orly Taitz, who represents Capt. Connie Rhodes and is a leader in the national ?birther? movement, on notice by stating that she could face sanctions if she ever again files in his court a similar ?frivolous? lawsuit ? a document that at one point the judge states that a middle school student could find irony in.

?(Rhodes) has presented no credible evidence and has made no reliable factual allegations to support her unsubstantiated, conclusory allegations and conjecture that President Obama is ineligible to serve as president of the United States,? Land states in his order. ?Instead, she uses her complaint as a platform for spouting political rhetoric, such as her claims that the president is ?an illegal usurper, an unlawful pretender, [and] an unqualified imposter.??

...?Unlike in ?Alice in Wonderland,? simply saying something is so does not make it so,? Land says.

See: Judge tosses out Army captain's complaint questioning president's birth; Orly Taitz on notice

TPM adds this tidbit from attorney Taitz:

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Full post as published by Wise Law Blog on September 17, 2009 (boomark / email).