A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has dismissed a quo warranto complaint challenging President Barack Obama's citizenship filed by "birther" activist Orly Taitz, a California dentist and lawyer. "This is one of several such suits filed by Ms. Taitz in her quixotic attempt to prove that President Obama is not a natural born citizen as required by [the] Constitution," Judge Royce Lamberth wrote. "This Court is not willing to go tilting at windmills with her."
April 19, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A federal judge has dismissed a Washington lawsuit by “birther” activist Orly Taitz challenging President Barack Obama’s citizenship.
Taitz, a dentist and lawyer from California known for her occasional TV news appearances, filed a “quo warranto” complaint challenging Obama’s status as a natural born citizen and demanding that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton provide a copy of the president’s birth certificate.
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