The Birthers Get Foiled

The U.S. District Court for the District of Coumbia decided one of the birther cases put forth by a retired Air Force colonel named Gregory Hollister and it wasn't pretty. Birthers are now arguing that Judge James Robertson, who penned the position should now be impeached. The case against one Barry Soetoro, one of the clever names of the birthers for Barack Obama, didn't quite go as planned as the Judge admonished the plaintiffs at least twice during the proceedings about their claims.

Here's what Judge Robertson argued: "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 no enough to do. 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." And that's just the opening paragraph.

The Judge goes after the "real plaintiff" Philip J. Berg, who he says argued the case in Pennsylvania in front of a judge who wrote a scholarly opinion about Berg's claims and dismissed them. He also outlines the legal arguments of the lawyer John D. Hemenway, which he had already proclaimed "frivolous".

Judge Robertson claims that "any attempt to sanction (Berg and another lawyer) them for the misuse of the public and private resources that have had to be devoted to this case would only give them a forum to continue their provocation." He does reserve his wrath for John D. Hemenway, who was "enlisted as a footsoldier in their crusade"" and is directly responsible to this Court for the pleadings that have been filed on behalf of the plaintiff".

The Judge then lays the hammer down. "Because it appears that the complaint in this case may have been presented for an improper purpose such as to harass...the accompanying order of dismissal requires Mr. Hemenway to show cause why he has noted violated " the rules of the Federal Civil Procedure against frivolous lawsuits and "why he should not be required to pay reasonable attorneys fees and other expenses to counsel for the defendants". Boom.

However, that hasn't stop the Birthers, who claim Roberston appointed by President Carter was a Democrat and so make up your own story. Now the Russian woman,Mrs. Orly, who got her law degree in correspondance school, is recruiting serving federal employees to be plaintiffs in similar suits.

As I have said to many conservatives who embrace this case, you have to prove Barack Obama's mother was not an America. All the rest is drivel. The sad fact of these cases is that they are fund-raising exercises against unwitting saps.