California lawyer's question referred to court for review
A California attorney who more than a year ago told WND she would go back again and again to the U.S. Supreme Court until she gets an answer on Barack Obama's eligibility to be president has returned to the court's calendar.
According to a posting on the U.S. Supreme Court website, Orly Taitz' latest request for an opinion from the high court has been "referred to the Court."
Taitz, who has spearheaded several of the prominent legal cases challenging Obama's eligibility based on claims he does not qualify for the office under the U.S. Constitution, has brought before the court a penalty of $20,000 imposed by a federal judge on her for her actions in one of her cases.
Taitz confirmed to WND she has had donations of about $2,000 to defray the penalty, but she is arguing she should not be subjected to the penalty.
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In two other cases in which penalties were threatened by federal judges on attorneys who brought eligibility challenges both courts backed off when the attorneys pointed out that being subjected to penalties gave them standing to request a hearing on the actual evidence in the case and the discovery of Obama's birth documentation.
The penalty against Taitz stems from her presentation of the case of Army doctor Capt. Connie Rhodes.
Taitz told WND that in her request before the court she is asking for discovery and arguing the sanctions are not warranted...
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