The 11th Circuit has affirmed a $20,000 sanction that a federal judge in Georgia levied against Orly Taitz, the California dentist-lawyer who has filed suits across the country challenging the legitimacy of Barack Obama's presidency, claiming he was born in Kenya. The judge sanctioned Taitz for filing frivolous litigation with an "absolute absence of any legitimate legal argument" and for attempting to misuse the federal courts to promote her political agenda. The 11th Circuit found Taitz's arguments "unpersuasive."
March 17, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday affirmed a $20,000 sanction that a federal judge in Columbus, Ga., levied against Orly Taitz, the California dentist-lawyer who has filed suits across the country challenging the legitimacy of Barack Obama’s presidency, claiming he was born in Kenya.
Shortly after Obama’s inauguration, Taitz propelled herself into the spotlight as the ad-hoc spokeswoman of the “birther” movement, whose adherents have challenged Obama’s American citizenship.
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