An important hearing is scheduled this morning in the case of Grinols v. Electoral College. Oral arguments will be heard on motions to dismiss. You can read more about what’s going to happen today in my article, “Things heat up for Monday face-off in Grinols.” Interested parties are expected to attend the hearing and a special edition of Reality Check Radio will report on the hearing tonight at 9:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time. The Fogbow Boots on the Ground™ thread for the Grinols hearing has been created for reports from attendees. The hearing is expected to be over by noon Pacific Time (21:00 UTC). Orly Taitz is reprinting a number of letters purporting to be from military officers (presumably retired) urging judge England to hear Taitz’s case “on the merits.” (I am reminded at this moment by the movie, Dr. Strangelove.) Taitz says in one article that there are 17 letters in all. Of course, the Judge cannot hear a case that he lacks jurisdiction to hear no matter what her fans may want. In the mean time, Taitz seems focused on reprinting every right-wing spin on the Boston Marathon bombing: “Is FBI trying to create a ‘lone wolf’ scenario to cover up involvement of others who trained and financed these 2 Muslim terrorists?” Taitz has been at the forefront of repeating rumors and irresponsible speculation on this story. Read more:
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Obama like bombs. Remember, his very best and closest friend is none other than Bill Ayers, the unrepentant domestic terrorist bomber. Has Obama found a new friend?
The will be also be a special edition of Reality Check Radio at 9 pm ET with reports on the hearing. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rcr/2013/04/23/rc-radio
Thanks for link and mention Doc.
Orly Taitz is reprinting a number of letters purporting to be from military officers (presumably retired) urging judge England to hear Taitz’s case “on the merits.”
I can promise you thery’re not active duty. Not everyone is as foolish (or as in his case, as stupid) as Lakin.
My prediction of Orly’s performance today: SCREECH! LET ME FEEENISH!
My prediction of Orly’s post-loss reaction: SCREECH! JUDGE AM TREASONOUS!
Actually, Orly rarely dares speak up in front of a judge because she’s afraid of actual physical sanctions (instead of just monetary ones). She only dares call judges traitors on her blog or sometimes in filings. I’ve yet to see her make a “if you don’t decide to my satisfaction, you’re a traitor” comment to a judge’s face.
Orly is typical among those with Obama Derangement Syndrome in that she immediately believes any negative rumor about him.
The reality is that the Boston bombers show all the earmarks of being lone wolves. They had no money, no vehicle, no getaway plan. They didn’t bother to disguise themselves and it apparently never occurred to them that it would be relatively easy to identify them.
“Of course, the Judge cannot hear a case that he lacks jurisdiction to hear no matter what her fans may want.”
As far Orly and her supporters go, it is Judge England’s duty to FIND jurisdiction to hear the case.
In many legal cases, the judge is the trier of fact and the law. Depending upon the issue or politics at hand the judge himself or herself will FIND certain nuances of the law to make the case go forward. That’s why law is a practice, there is no clear cut answer. The judge can FIND the evidence or conclusion and it then ultimately up to an appeals court to determine if the ruling is right. But, an appeals court always gives deference to the trial court judge.
That’s not what judges do. It is the burden of the Plaintiffs to show standing and jurisdiction. That’s basic law.
I guess we can do away with lawyers completely then, since it’s up to the judge to do all the heavy lifting.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! So you think if I sue your butt, it’s up to the Judge to find a reason to find you guilty and give me what I ask for? You are sooooooooooo silly John!!! 😀
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First of all, the Judge cannot “FIND” evidence on a motion to dismiss. Indeed, on a mtd, a judge can only determine the law, not the facts. In order to determine the law, the judge must assume that all of plaintiffs facts are true, and thereby determine whether the case nonetheless must be dismissed as a matter of law (e.g., no jurisdiction, no standing, mootness, etc.)
Second, the appeals court Never gives deference to the trial court on a question of law.
Not in Federal court. A judge might be lenient on certain procedural issues, but not only must plaintiffs prove they have standing, a judge is obligated to determine whether the court has jurisdiction even if defendants don’t raise it as an issue.
You’d think that john would have accidentally made a correct statement about how the courts work by now. You’d be wrong.
“You’d think that john would have accidentally made a correct statement”
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even a broken clock….!, but john is no clock
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Therein lies your problem. The Judge’s duty is to constitutional law, not Orly-law. The Judge cannot constitutionally exercise jurisdiction he does not have.
Similarly, as far as Orly and her supporters go, you have also been calling for the military to arrest the President, i.e., engage in a military coup. But the military’s duty is to the Constitution, not Orly-law.
Actually, the Judge will likely just dismiss for obvious reasons. You do understand such issues as standing and jurisdiction?…
Well, the Judge approved… And promptly dismissed according to the ‘boots on the grounds’ in the case.
Another one bites the dust…
John,
Does the judge have to provide snacks for the plaintiffs too?
Bob:
John,
Does the judge have to provide snacks for the plaintiffs too?
LOLLIPOPS
CROW
Last I looked, he had almost 66 million friends, 5 million more than Rmoney.
http://disappearingromney.com
Says someone with NO idea how the law or the courts work.
Sure, the judge first makes a “political” decision how he wants to rule, then makes up reasons to rule for the side he favours and hopes the appeals court does not catch him. Rigggghhhttttt….
John and all the other so-called “patriotic” birthers love to speak of how they are only interested in governing according to the Constitution & the rule of law. However, when a judge does use the Constitution as they have in the 200+ cases brought by birther attorneys, they whine and cry about the mean, old Judge who is definitely corrupt.. The birthers apparently think their vast legal knowledge, especially when represented by Orly Taitz, ESQDDSBBQ, along with her “daffydavids” & other supporting “ebidense” far outweighs any decision by a member of the judiciary who has sat on the bench for 30 years or more. Birthers are impatiently waiting for the day that Orly Taitz is appointed to the Supreme Court so her special kind of legal justice can finally be attained, let the frogmarching and hanging by the gallows begin!
john:
Obama like bombs. Remember, his very best and closest friend is none other than Bill Ayers, the unrepentant domestic terrorist bomber. Has Obama found a new friend?
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And what does this have to do with Grinols?
If you’re going to repeat discredited nonsense, John, at least stick to the subject of the post!
richCares
“You’d think that john would have accidentally made a correct statement”
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even a broken clock….!, but john is no clock
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John made a correct statement last week—when he admitted that he knew nothing…
More than Cheney, or the same as Cheney?
Best friend? Source, other than gossip and innuendo? All charges against Ayers and his wife were dropped. No conviction, no crime.
BTW, Sarah Palin gave tacit approval to clinic violence, in an interview with Brian Williams. McCain, sitting next to her, agreed.
Yeah – Bo, a gift from Ted Kennedy.
Denialists are fascists, in the actual meaning.
I just wanted to comment that the Boots on the Ground reports (linked in the article and below) are quite extensive and interesting (even though not a lot really happened).
http://www.thefogbow.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=112&t=9374&p=499000
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Being from Chicago, this always makes me laugh and shake my head. Bill Ayers, his brother, and his wife Bernardine Dohrn are well established and well known authorities in education and youth issues here in Chicago, and sit on many expert panels and boards around town. Indeed, it would be hard to imagine how Obama could have been active in the community here without sitting on at least one board with one of them. Nobody here considers them particular controversial. Of course, in Birtherstan, Chicago is often spoken of as a foreign enemy state… In contrast, here, we call Chicago “the Heartland” of America. Go figure.
Bill Ayers on his relationship with Obama: “I think my relationship with Obama was probably like thousands of others in Chicago. And, like millions and millions of others, I wish I knew him better.”
That doesn’t sound very much like a “best and closest friend.”
The guilt by association thing didn’t work in 2008, it didn’t work in 2012, and it doesn’t work now.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/04/AR2008110404171.html
John is getting pretty desperate in smearing our President.
Poor John, so powerless… So ugly and so poorly informed. The ideal tea party supporter…
Just when I thought Birthers couldn’t sink any lower, or be any more despicable….they manage to fool me again.
John, you despicable sack of crap.
Let this be the last thing I every say to you:
May your life end with you swallowing the barrel of your own gun. P.S. Don’t take anyone with you.
John: There’s absolutely no evidence for what you assert about Obama and Ayers, so you can’t possibly know that what you said with no equivocation whatever is true. So heed the words of Abraham Lincoln:
“I believe it is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false, is guilty of falsehood; and the accidental truth of the assertion, does not justify or excuse him.”
Of course, Joker Sarnof couldn’t even pull that one off right.
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In follow up, to make it simpler: John, Stop bearing false witness!!!
John recently converted to Catholicism. I hope that they made him study the Commandments.
Catholics aren’t big on the Old Testament (at least in my experience), but there also is this:
Exodus 23:1 New King James Version (NKJV)
“You shall not circulate a false report.”
I continue to be fascinated by the number of self-professed Christians on Facebook who gleefully re-post every negative rumor they hear about Obama without ever taking a minute to check and see if it is true.
Rickey, sadly, I’ve witnessed a bit of this.
John, you ignorant slut.
John likes 2 Timothy 4:3 better;
Which requires an appropriate response to John:
That’s it.
Bigots always see those invisible footnotes nobody else can see.
The Ten Commandments are optional as long as you can say “it doesn’t say I shouldn’t lie about Satan”.
The Constitution is optional as long as you can say “those Boston bombers aren’t people, they’re demons, so no Miranda rights for them”. (Read the other day on the account of a “conservative” on Twitter.)
Speaking as an atheist, I’m always astounded at the sheer villainy of those who profess to believe in a God. Obviously belief as a way to instill goodness is a very imperfect code.
Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
Steven Weinberg – http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Steven_Weinberg
I stopped believing when I was 16.
I used to “talk to Jesus” until I was about 18, but it was more like talking to an imaginary friend, not an actual religious practice. Call it a spleen. I also used to talk to an imaginary computer, pretty much like Iron Man talks to Jarvis.
I don’t know when I stopped “believing”, but it must’ve been before that.
I only got to despise religion (except Buddhism) when I realized how many idiots base their inhuman ideals on it. So basically when I started using the internet back in 1995.
In my case even as a small child I could never bring myself to believe the inherent absurdities of the Christian faith; I never could get past the dogma.
I think there are about 3000 gods that ever were worshipped in human history; the difference with most of my fellow christians is that I don’t believe in 3000 of them while they don’t believe in 2999; I can live with that.
I talk to my cats. They don’t talk back to me, but they at least respond to my voice.
When the Jehovah’s Witnesses come to our home, we tell them we’re Jewish. When the Lubavitchers and the Chassidim jump in New York and try to wrap me in tefillim to bring the Messiah (while reading the New York Post), I tell them I’m “Church of England.”
Either way, they leave us alone.
Now, when that guy said the rapture would take place last May, my wife and daughter made a wooden sign that said, “Goodbye, everybody, I’ve gone to join the rapture,” and placed empty clothing next to it, all on our lawn, and people stared at it in amazement, laughter, and horror…I remember the two Latina women both staring at it and shaking their heads, faces shocked.
Brilliant. Sounds like something I would do.
Here’s another religious nut case, around the corner of my building:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ubereye/3611738524/in/photostream