Ethics

Bush-appointed Judge Smacks Down Orly Taitz

By Ed Brayton

Judge Clay Land, a Bush appointee, dismissed one of the roughly 12 million birther suits filed by Orly Taitz, this one on behalf of a soldier claiming she can't be deployed to Iraq by Obama because he's not legitimately the commander-in-chief. And he minced few words in declaring the case frivolous and telling Taitz that if she files another one in his district, she'll be subject to sanctions (see the full ruling here).

After conducting a hearing on Plaintiff's motion, the Court finds that Plaintiff's claims are frivolous. Accordingly, her application for a temporary restraining order is denied, and her Complaint is dismissed in its entirety. Furthermore, Plaintiff's counsel is hereby notified that the filing of any future actions in this Court, which are similarly frivolous, shall subject counsel to sanctions.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on September 17, 2009 (boomark / email).