Supreme Court Tells "Birther" to Get A Life

[Civicsman]

A leader of the generally ridiculed movement which believes President Obama was not born in the United States must pay a $20,000 fine she was slapped with in 2009, the nation’s highest court ruled Monday.

Orly Taitz, a dentist and lawyer in California, received the fine for a lawsuit she filed in Georgia on behalf of Army Capt. Connie Rhodes, who refused to be deployed to Iraq, arguing that the orders weren't legitimate since Obama is not eligible to be President.

The judge in that case called the lawsuit "frivolous," and accused Taitz of wasting the court's time.

"The Court finds that counsel's conduct was willful and not merely negligent," Judge Clay Land said in a statement in October. "It demonstrates bad faith on her part. As an attorney, she is deemed to have known better."

The judge added: "Counsel's frivolous and sanctionable conduct wasted the defendant’s time and valuable judicial resources that could have been devoted to legitimate cases pending with the Court."

The 49-year-old vows she will continue to fight in order to avoid paying the fine, which she says she will be able to do thanks to donations from "birther" supporters.

"I have the means to pay," she told Talking Points Memo on Monday. "Within a month, I will have the $20,000."

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...and this ruling is from the conservative John Roberts court. What tale of conspiracy and intrigue will the fringers spin to explain this?

I wonder if anyone we know will be getting a thank you note for their donation to the "There's a Sucker Born Every Minute Fund?