Question: What do you get when you cross a Russian lawyer, a dentist, and a birther?
Answer: Orly Taitz
In a case straight out of Wonderland, a Federal Judge in Georgia has sanctioned Dr. Orly Taitz, DDS, ESQ, fining her $20,000 in a scathing opinion. Orly Taitz, who was born in Moldova when it was part of the Soviet Union, has a law office next door to her dental office in Orange County, California. She is hellbent on proving that President Obama was not born in the United States, in spite of the repeated affirmations of state officials in Hawaii that his birth certificate is legitimate.
The latest episode involves a case she filed on behalf of US Army doctor Connie Rhodes. Rhodes was ordered to Iraq, and Taitz challenged the order based on the assertion that Obama lacks the Constitutional requirement to be commander in chief.
Having already lept down the rabbit hole, things become, as they say, curiouser and curiouser. Not satisfied with the judge’s ruling, Taitz accused him of treason and then filed a motion challenging the dismissal of the case. It turns out that Rhodes had not asked for and did not want Taitz to proceed. In fact, Rhodes only became aware of it after the fact. Judge Land responded by giving her two weeks to explain to the court why he shouldn’t fine her $10,000. On deadline, Taitz demanded the judge recuse himself. The grounds for recusal include an affidavit from someone who claims to have seen Attorney General Eric Holder in a cafe across the street from the courthouse. From this, Taitz inferred an ex parte communication between Holder and Land. On the day in question, Holder was in Southern California, according to the Justice Department’s scheduling records.
Now Judge Land has doubled the stakes, fining Taitz $20,000. Taitz has said she will not pay, and is filing another written motion.
In an interview with the Washington Post, Taitz said what is perhaps the most ironic bit of this entire farce. Convinced that one of her several law suits would go forward, Taitz was thrilled with the prospect of deposing Barrack Obama. “My children are so excited . . . that the president of the United States will have to appear in Mom’s office in Rancho Santa Margarita”. That’s right, she acknowledged him as the president.
I leave you with the words of Alice, as recorded by Lewis Carroll in her journey through Wonderland…
If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn’t be. And what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see?
Was the $20K fine enough? Maybe when Taitz becomes a real lawyer she will appreciate what just happened. I wonder if she is a mail order bride, just like her law degree? She is perfect reporter material for “Fake News”, where unfounded rumors and innuendo reign supreme , unlike a our US courts of law, where you need to present facts. Poor Birthers they hate and can’t debate.
When accessing this site for the story, I noticed the tagline at the top stating “nothing but the truth.” I wholeheartedly agree with that goal, but upon reading the story, I find that you have fallen short on two counts.
First, in the 2nd paragraph (after the Q & A), you say that Taitz appears to be representing a client never requested representation. I have been following these stories closely, and that is not an accurate statement. Cpt. Rhodes did agree to representation by Taitz in her original filing (I am not sure if she sought out Taitz or vice versa, but that distinction is moot at this point). What you are referring to is Taitz filing a motion for reconsideration, a motion the Plaintiff (Rhodes) claims she neither requested nor authorized. Rhodes appears to have interest in pursuing the case only to the point where the judge dismissed the case, at which point it seems Rhodes (for whatever reason) did not wish to pursue the issue further.
When Taitz asked for the judge to recuse himself, she included an affadavit from a gentleman that claimed he saw AG Holder in a coffee shop across the street from the courthouse. It has never been claimed that the judge in this case ever met with, spoke with, or dined with, AG Holder.
Not to be completely negative, I was happy to see that someone else noticed the comments Taitz made in the Washington Post article. I found it totally ironic that she is claiming that President Obama is an illegitimate occupier of the White House, yet she acknowledges him as the President of the United States that she’ll get to depose.
What is taking California so long to disbar her? And what does Judge Carter actually think he has to consider? Her “evidence” that she has filed is unverified garbage, her arguments are convoluted and absurd, and apparently everyone in the judiciary except Judge Carter can tell immediately that she has no case and is insane.
What is his motivation for not yet denying the case?
Taitz filed an affidavit saying someone saw Eric Holder in a coffee shop across the street from the courthouse. From this Taitz created a claim that Holder (who was in California at the time) must have made improper ex parte contacts with Judge Land.
Couple of corrections.
1. Taitz was representing Rhodes with her knowledge and aproval on the initial TRO application. It wasn’t until after Land denied the TRO and Taitz filed a reconsideration motion that Rhodes informed the Court she didn’t know anything about the reconsideration motion and didn’t approve of it and that Taitz’s “services” had been terminated post the intial TRO dismissal.
2. The person who claimed to have seen AG Holder in Georgia opposite the Court House in a coffee shop didn’t say he say Judge Land and Holder having lunch. He merely said he saw Holder buying coffee in a coffee shop opposite the Court on the same day as Orly’s first Land case (Major Cook) was being heard. From that limited evidence she decided to accuse the Judge of compromising his judicial independence.
She does in fact have a mail order law degree, in the sense that she received her degree from a distance learning school.
Thanks for the comments. I’ve found a copy of the letter mailed to the court by Connie Rhodes and of the affidavit and you are correct. I’ll update the story to reflect the change.
The letter can be read here: http://static.mgnetwork.com/rbl/pdf/birther_letter.pdf
TPM has published a copy of the affidavit at http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/documents/2009/10/orly-taitzs-motion-to-recuse-judge-clay-land-10209.php?page=20
BATTLE HYMN OF THE UNSINKABLE BIRTHERS!
(Sung to the tune of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”)
Mine eyes have not yet seen
Obama’s birth certificate.
It is in the Devil’s Vault,
Where only God’s Right Hand can get.
Obama’s C. O. L. B. is a
Lousy counterfeit.
It’s truth we’re marching for!!!!
Orly! Orly! Hallelujah!!!
Orly! Orly! Hallelujah!!!
Orly! Orly! Hallelujah!!!
It’s truth we’re marching for!!!!
We shall fight the Masked Usurper
On the beaches, in the hills.
We shall fight this Painted Joker
On the seas and in the fields.
We shall fight to Hell and back
And into court and with appeals.
It’s truth we’re marching for!
Orly! Orly! Hallelujah!!!
Orly! Orly! Hallelujah!!!
Orly! Orly! Hallelujah!!!
It’s truth we’re marching for!!!!
(Author grants permission to reprint on web or in print and to perform in public)
Couple of corrections.
“1. Taitz was representing Rhodes with her knowledge and approval on the initial TRO application…”
No matter the order that the events occurred, does give Taitz the right to request a judge to recuse. She has no client and the case has been dismissed. When a case is dismissed it up to the client to request. Whether or not a client retained a specific lawyer for a case, it is the client that must make request with the lawyer. A lawyer can’t and shouldn’t act on behave of their client with out their knowledge. This is what Rhodes claimed.
“2. … He merely said he saw Holder buying coffee in a coffee shop opposite the Court on the same day as Orly’s first Land case (Major Cook) was being heard.”
Which doesn’t support the position that the government records suggest Holder was else where.
Stop defending Orly Taitz. She is an embarrassment to the legal profession, more for her utter incompetence and disrespect for the legal procedure. With the suggestion that she “is filing another written motion,” is a clear example of this.
You left out some of the more interesting parts. In Taitz’s motion to Recuse, she accused the judge of bias because he owns share of stock in Microsoft and Comcast. (which would presumably suffer in value somehow if President Obama were removed form office).
She also complained in her motion about being refered to by Judge Land as part of the “birther movement.” She then complained that the use of the term “birther” was often accompanied by the term “Batshit Crazy.”
(yes, she actually wrote that in a legal filing)
1) Orly Taitz has hired a disbarred attorney as her law clerk. It is not known if she has notified the Cal Bar about this as required by the rules of professional Conduct.
2) It is also not know if she has notified all her clients that she has a disbarred lawyer working for her as also required.
3) It appears that she allowed the disbarred lawyer, Charles Lincoln, to negotiate with the U.S. Attorneys in violation of the Bar Rules.
4) At least one person has issued an affidavit claiming that Orly Taitz tried to suborn perjury from him.
5) She has been involved with some nasty, personal legal fights with “fellow” birther Philip Berg which appears to have involved some unethical and questionable behavior on her part.
6) Her professional behavior in the Rhodes case has resulted in her suspension.
7) She accused the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (in a filing before that court) of improper judicial behavior.
8) She is, quite simply, Chiroptera Excrement Insane.
The birthers, the tea baggers, the screamers, and the deathers continued extreme minority presence will become tiresome to mainstream America, if it has not already done so. To all the birthers in La, La Land, it is on you to prove to all of us that your assertion is true, if there are people who were there and support your position then show us the video (everyone has a price), either put up or frankly shut-up. I heard Orly Taitz, is selling a tape (I think it’s called “Money, Lies and Video tape”). She is from Orange County, CA, now I know what the mean when they say “behind the Orange Curtain”, when they talk about Orange County, the captial of Conspiracy Theories. You know Obama has a passport, he travel abroad before he was a Senator, but I guess they were in on it. In my opinion the Republican Party has been taken over the most extreme religious right (people who love to push their beliefs on others while trying to take away the rights of those they just hate) and that’s who they need to extract from their party if they real want to win. Good Luck, because as they said in WACO, “We Ain’t Coming Out”. I heard that she now wants to investigate the “Republican 2009 Summer of Love” list: Assemblyman, Michael D. Duvall (CA), Senator John Ensign (NV), Senator Paul Stanley (TN), Governor Mark Stanford (SC), Board of Ed Chair, and Kristin Maguire AKA Bridget Keeney (SC).
My browser must be broken. The banner at the top of this web page says “Nothing but the Truth.”
“Alice in Wonderland” quotes to prove your point? Really?
I think you should shorten that banner so it only uses the first word.
Birthers are completely sinkable. SHOW US A REAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE!!!
Poor little Birthers many cases have been filed but none have been won. It so sad to see such talented people who struggle to advance ideas that have no merit. Just like Rush Hudson Limbaugh A.KA. Jeff Christie, Sarah Palin, Michele Bachman, Orly Taitz people who are trying to cover their own self-hatred, self-loathing, do not feel bad you have a small crowd to console you. Things will get better when you find your tin foil hats and stop listening to the voices in you wee little heads. Thanks for the laughs. And keep losing cases (you are great at this!). See “you all” will be known for the best group at losing cases.