Alito refers 'birther' attorney Taitz's request to Supreme Court

[kpete]

Source: Miami Herald

Alito refers 'birther' attorney Taitz's request to Supreme Court

By Alan Riquelmy
The Columbus (Ga.) Ledger-Enquirer

A request to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito by "birther" attorney Orly Taitz asking that $20,000 in sanctions against her be reversed was referred on Tuesday to the entire court.

U.S. District Court Judge Clay Land imposed the sanctions last year after he warned her and then gave her a time limit to explain why he shouldn't fine her in the September 2009 case of Capt. Connie Rhodes, who questioned the legitimacy of Barack Obama's presidency.

Taitz appealed the sanctions to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. That court upheld the sanctions in March, and Taitz sent an application for stay to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on July 8. Thomas denied it a week later.

Taitz then refiled it with Alito on Aug. 4. That request was referred on Tuesday to the entire nine-member court, the Supreme Court's website states.




Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/08/12/1773183/alito-refers-birther-attorney.html#ixzz0wQxZoGYC

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(lol, kp)
http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/orly-taitz-bff-justice-alito-accepts-her-re

[Pirate Smile]

1. F@#king Alito.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. It's a normal procedural thing. No need to infer anything from it.

Alito is a winger but I don't think he's a birfer. If the entire court rules against her on the sanction question that's a good thing, and maybe Oily Taint will STFU, at least for awhile.

[Solomon]

30. Utter fail.

The Supreme Court need not take this up at all. There's thousands of cases with much more merit that they turn down every year. They don't have time for this bullshit.

Alito's an asshole and a lot can be read into this.

It's NOT a normal procedural thing.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

32. Are you a lawyer? Just curious.

[Tx4obama]

33. Referring it to the full court does NOT mean the SCOTUS will hear the case. n/t

[onenote]

36. sorry, you're the one who has failed here

It is absolutely standard procedural practice in the situation presented, as is explained in post #28.

[msanthrope]

13. No--I have a feeling Alito is setting her up....n/t

[Pirate Smile]

15. I hope so. I don't have much faith in Alito.

[msanthrope]

23. I have absolute faith in the fact that the Justices are tired of the crazy. n/t

[seattleblue]

16. Setting her up for what?

Alito could just deny it and that would be the end of it. Having the full court do it has no other legal result.

[DissedByBush]

20. Denying cert is a "no comment" on the issue

To shut her up for good they need to grant cert and then rule against her.

[msanthrope]

22. No--Thomas denied her, and you know what the crazy wench did?

Sent it to Roberts, asking if Thomas's signature had been forged.

I am not making this up.

ETA--I have a feeling Orly's gonna get a 9-0 answer this time.

[harun]

29. LOL, reality is very difficult for these people.

[pnwmom]

2. WHAT????? Maybe this will finally put an end to it, though. n/t

[zbdent]

9. Really?

I'd be surprised if the vote isn't 5-4 to drop her fine ...

(edited to correct an "is" to an "isn't" ...)

[BootinUp]

3. I'll faint if the Court does anything

other than refuse to consider it.

[SoapBox]

11. Ditto!!!!

[PA Democrat]

5. Alito is officially to the right of Clarence Thomas (and Scalia).

Maybe Alito is also a birther.

[napi21]

6. Well, it WOULD be funnier i 8 justices ruled against Orley &

only ONE ruled in her favor now wouldn't it?

[tammywammy]

8. He can refer it to the full court and still vote against hearing it. n/t

[pnwmom]

7. This could actually put her in deeper hot water, according to this:

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2010/08/12/1227633/birther-movement-high-court-gets.html

Columbus attorney Frank Martin said he didn’t consider the referral significant. One reason, he said, is the 90 percent rejection rate the Supreme Court has for hearing cases.
Another reason was that by taking up the case, the court would then have jurisdiction to issue sanctions of its own.
“She may be running the risk of an adverse action of the Supreme Court,” Martin said. “She may be stepping into deeper water right now. I don’t get an automatic take that it’s positive for


Read more: http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2010/08/12/1227633/birther-movement-high-court-gets.html#ixzz0wR1KeQQc

[Mz Pip]

10. All this does

IMHO is give the wing nut birfers a sense that they have some credibility. I suspect they are cheering and applauding this on the wingnut websites and taking it as some kind of victory.

From what I can figure, this is more about her paying the fine than it is about the authenticity of Obama's BC.

[msanthrope]

12. I have a feeling Orly Taitz is going to get a slap she will never forget.

Even the wingers on the court have got to be sick of this shit, and probably recognize that if they don't basically shut this crazy fuck down, and I mean right now, come 2012, every bugfuck pseudo-attorney is gonna file multiple birther challenges to every court they can find....

Orly may just set a judicial precedent of a 9-0 decision ordering the Marshalls to collect some cash....

[tammywammy]

21. That's exactly what I think is coming

She's vowed to write each justice one by one, Alito's stopping her from wasting all their time further, by referring it to the full court. She's going to get a 9-0 slap down.

[Mr. Sparkle]

14. Oh ! I like this.

The right wingers on the court, are now been linked to Orly Taitz.

[kiranon]

17. Agree. Justice Alito should not have referred it to the Court. His

action gives credence to the birther movement.

[msanthrope]

24. Only in the minds of the Freepers. n/t

[rasputin1952]

18. I am amazed that Thomas denied it...

an incredible show of intellect there that I did not know existed.

Alito is a miserable little tool, but I never thought he'd out-dumb Thomas.

[msanthrope]

25. Not only denied it, but laughed about it......

Saturday, April 17, 2010
The Court and Congress Expected the Other to Resolve the Obama Eligibility Question
On Thursday, April 15, 2010, Hon. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was giving testimony before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the issue of the composition of the United States Supreme Court. The hearing was broadcast on C-Span. Subcommittee Chairman, Rep. Jose Serrano, D-NY (now the most senior Member of Congress of Puerto Rican descent), and he were having a pleasant exchange. Rep. Serrano was explaining to Justice Thomas how he feels “a little uneasy” despite much of the dismay of his friends on the “left” about having a hearing for the Supreme Court because of the respect that he has for the Court. He added that it was “humbling” but that the public understood the importance of what the Court does and the impact that it has on the future of our country. Justice Thomas thanked Rep. Serrano for his words. Rep. Serrano then jumped in and commented on Justice Thomas’ view on who can sit on the Supreme Court. The following exchange occurred:

Rep. Serrano: I’m glad to hear that you don’t think that there has to be a judge on the Court because I am not a judge. I have never been a judge.

Justice Thomas: And you don’t have to be born in the United States. So you never have to ask, answer that question (smiling).

Rep. Serrano: Oh, really?

Justice Thomas: Yeah (the audience laughing).

Rep. Serrano: So, you haven’t answered the one whether I can serve as (Justice Thomas interjecting) President but you answered this one (smiling).

Justice Thomas: We’re evading that one (laughter from Justice Thomas and the audience). We are giving you another option (more laughter from Justice Thomas and the audience).

Rep. Serrano: Thanks alot.

Justice Thomas: Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Sorry for the WINGER link....but this pissed the freepers off to no end....
http://puzo1.blogspot.com/2010/04/court-and-congress-expected-other-to.html

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[Supersedeas]

26. The true colors of a lifetime appointment--what a disgrace

[tammywammy]

27. No, it's SOP for the court. n/t

[onenote]

28. As we've been through before, and others have pointed out, this is SOP

http://www.appellate.net/docketreports/In_Chambers_Opinions_v2_scdr3_2004.pdf

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=132&topic_id=7953849#7958874


The nutjob bringing this case filed an emergency petition for stay with the Justice assigned to circuit from which the case originated. That Justice was Thomas, and as is almost always the case with this sort of emergency petition, he denied it. The nutjob then, as permitted by the SCOTUS rules, re-submitted his petition to another Justice, namely alito, who, following standard practice when a once-rejected emergency petition is re-filed, referred the matter to the court for consideration at its regular conference. It really wouldn't have mattered which justice the nutjob went to second -- even if she had gone to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the result would have been the same--kicked it to the conference so it could be disposed of once and for all.

[fascisthunter]

31. he needs to go and fast

sorry but this is right wing judicial activism to legitimize a right wing media smear... Alito needs to go and very soon.

[onenote]

35. its standard operating procedure. Ruth Bader Ginsburg would have done the same

Read upthread and learn about how the court works. Alito's a jerk, but in this instance his actions were simply SOP.

[Tx4obama]

34. If the SCOTUS does decide to hear the case, they can put MORE sanctions on Taitz. See link below

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2010/08/12/1227633/birther-movement-high-court-gets.html

[Old Troop]

37. I hope it is to hammer her once and for all

[Brother Buzz]

38. Oh, but to be a fly on the wall when they meet in private chambers

[kestrel91316]

39. I'm sure Alito supports her endeavors. And Thomas, and Fat Tony, too.

They'll tell Roberts, that pansy, to go along with their program or else.