Judge assails cases doubting Obama's citizenship

[babylonsister]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090305/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_citizenship

Judge assails cases doubting Obama's citizenship

By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer


WASHINGTON – A federal judge on Thursday threw out a lawsuit questioning President Barack Obama's citizenship, lambasting the case as a waste of the court's time and suggesting the plaintiff's attorney may have to compensate the president's lawyer.

In an argument popular on the Internet and taken seriously practically nowhere else, Obama's critics argue he is ineligible to be president because he is not a "natural-born citizen" as the Constitution requires.

In response last summer, Obama's campaign posted his Hawaiian birth certificate on its Web site. But the lawsuit argues it is a fake and that Obama was actually born in his father's homeland of Kenya, even though Hawaiian officials have said the document is authentic.

"This case, if it were allowed to proceed, would deserve mention in one of those books that seek to prove that the law is foolish or that America has too many lawyers with not enough to do," U.S. District Judge James Robertson said in his written opinion.

The lawsuit didn't even use Obama's legal name but called him "Barry Soetoro," the name he went by while attending elementary school in Indonesia. It's one of many that has been filed claiming Obama is ineligible to serve as president.

Robertson ordered plaintiff's attorney John Hemenway of Colorado Springs, Colo., to show why he hasn't violated court rules barring frivolous and harassing cases and shouldn't have to pay Obama's attorney, Bob Bauer, for his time arguing that the case should be thrown out.

[Captain Hilts]

1. THANK YOU! It's just too stupid. Great quotations from the judge!

Like the Clintons being murderers.

Such stupid crap. Thanks, judge!

[polichick]

2. Sanity returns to the United States - woohoo!!!

[ddeclue]

3. Sanction his ass...make him pay defense fees and refer him to the bar for disciplinary action.

:argh:

[PatGund]

12. The problem is - the wrong person is going to get the sanctions....

Neither Berg or Joyce were admitted to the DC district bar. In fact, the judge asked them to schedule a time to meet with the judge so he could admit them for this case. The fact Berg didn't shows he might have been wanting to cover his ass.

The poor sap who signed off on Berg's case as the local attorney is going to get his butt handed to him, and Berg can escape relatively untouched.

[ck4829]

4. Judge Robertson to the birthers: "You fools wasted 15 minutes of my life that I'm not getting back!"

That's the thing we're all saying though.

We need more people in our government like the Honorable James Robertson.

[polmaven]

5. Nice!

One more sane judge.

[Leo The Cleo]

6. LOL

I think it might be time to question the patriotism of people who bring up these lawsuits and make up these stories. I don't know that doing this to fellow Americans is very patriotic. I seems down right mean.

[onenote]

7. Judge Robertson is one of the best there is.

Disclaimer -- as a young lawyer I worked with him. A class act from top to bottom. And extremely smart.

[marew]

8. What the rethugs will do constantly amazes me!

They are clueless, nasty, and bitter, and goin' down!

[Cha]

9. This might cure them..

"WASHINGTON – A federal judge on Thursday threw out a lawsuit questioning President Barack Obama's citizenship, lambasting the case as a waste of the court's time and suggesting the plaintiff's attorney may have to compensate the president's lawyer."

[BeyondGeography]

10. A little homework assignment for the Birther

:thumbsup:

[depakid]

11. Time for Rule 11 sanctions

[Jennicut]

13. "Barry"...that is like calling me Jenny. I am Jennifer like our Prez is now Barack, grow up idiots.