Judge assails cases doubting Obama's citizenship

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The Birthers' latest case was not only thrown out, but the federal judge mocked the plaintiffs for being so foolish and wasting the judiciary's time.

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.

Robertson added, "Even in its relatively short life the case has excited the blogosphere and the conspiracy theorists. The right thing to do is to bring it to an early end."

Better yet, the judge called the plaintiff's attorneys "agents provocateurs" and described their local counsel as "a foot soldier in their crusade." Robertson ordered the lead counsel to prove why he hadn't violated court rules prohibiting frivolous and harassing lawsuits, and why he shouldn't have to pay the legal fees of the president's attorney.

We can probably assume that the right will now explain why the district court judge is in on the elaborate conspiracy. The Birthers really aren't well.

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/

[Peikko 1,575]

Obviously a left wing judge in cahoots with Obama. You wait, there'll be a big check deposited in his bank account...

[almaty 19]

the judge got some of that stimulus $$$ why else, would he say that

[mkg265 2]

He is probably only 34 too!

Double Whammy!!

[almaty 19]

excellent point

[Peikko 1,575]

Or maybe he's angling to get his own tv show? After all, the media is full of leftwinghippydipsticks...

[mkg265 2]

Or maybe he's angling to get his own tv show? After all, the media is full of leftwinghippydipsticks...

Reality Show!

Hangin' with Mr. Obama

He's a Washington outsider trying to play it cool with The Man.

He brings his smoking hot wife and his wise crakin kids to...

The White House

Fox Thursdays at 9pm.

[Dan J 277]

This guy was born in the was not born on planet earth regardless of what his "authentic" birth certificate might say.

[Peikko 1,575]

Devil's spawn, mwah, mwah, mwah!

[mkg265 2]

This guy was born in the was not born on planet earth regardless of what his "authentic" birth certificate might say.

What? Are you missing a few words?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

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Judge James Robertson

Judge Robertson was appointed United States District Judge in December 1994. He graduated from Princeton University in 1959 and received an LL.B. from George Washington University Law School in 1965 after serving in the U.S. Navy. From 1965 to 1969, he was in private practice with the law firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering. From 1969 to 1972, Judge Robertson served with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, as chief counsel of the Committee's litigation offices in Jackson, Mississippi, and as director in Washington, D.C. Judge Robertson then returned to private practice with Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, where he practiced until his appointment to the federal bench. While in private practice, he served as president of the District of Columbia Bar, co-chair of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and president of Southern Africa Legal Services and Legal Education Project, Inc.

Edited March 6, 2009 by Mister_Bill

[Peikko 1,575]

See, it's a conspiracy, they both graduated from Ivy league Universities in the 1900's - they aren't going to let their 'own' go down. mwah, mwah, mwah...

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Judge James Robertson

Judge Robertson was appointed United States District Judge in December 1994. He graduated from Princeton University in 1959 and received an LL.B. from George Washington University Law School in 1965 after serving in the U.S. Navy. From 1965 to 1969, he was in private practice with the law firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering. From 1969 to 1972, Judge Robertson served with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, as chief counsel of the Committee's litigation offices in Jackson, Mississippi, and as director in Washington, D.C. Judge Robertson then returned to private practice with Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, where he practiced until his appointment to the federal bench. While in private practice, he served as president of the District of Columbia Bar, co-chair of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and president of Southern Africa Legal Services and Legal Education Project, Inc.

I wonder if the Pickering law firm he worked for is of , the Charles Pickering?

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Judge James Robertson

Judge Robertson was appointed United States District Judge in December 1994. He graduated from Princeton University in 1959 and received an LL.B. from George Washington University Law School in 1965 after serving in the U.S. Navy. From 1965 to 1969, he was in private practice with the law firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering. From 1969 to 1972, Judge Robertson served with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, as chief counsel of the Committee's litigation offices in Jackson, Mississippi, and as director in Washington, D.C. Judge Robertson then returned to private practice with Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, where he practiced until his appointment to the federal bench. While in private practice, he served as president of the District of Columbia Bar, co-chair of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and president of Southern Africa Legal Services and Legal Education Project, Inc.

I wonder if the Pickering law firm he worked for is of , the Charles Pickering?

Could be. His next job was in Jackson, Mississippi. And, he was a Clinton appointee. I think Sen Trent Lott ® supported Pickering, if my memory is not failing me. That could make it a wash. Is that Lloyd Cutler, I wonder?

Edited March 6, 2009 by Mister_Bill

[Peikko 1,575]

You guys aren't really trying to suggest that this is a cover up, are you? You can not be serious! (you have to say that with a McEnroe voice for authenticity).