Hearing scheduled in case of Capt. Connie Rhodes and attorney Orly Taitz

[Lasher]

Source: Ledger-enquirer

A federal hearing has been scheduled in the case of an Army captain seeking to avoid deployment based on arguments that President Barack Obama can’t legitimately hold office.

A hearing for Capt. Connie Rhodes is set for 2 p.m. Friday, court records show. Rhodes claims the president is “an illegal usurper” and “an unlawful pretender” and that she cannot lawfully act under his authority. Defendants include Obama, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Col. Thomas MacDonald, Fort Benning garrison commander.

Rhodes seeks to stop Gates, MacDonald and others from giving her and others until Obama’s citizenship status is established, her complaint states. She also seeks conscientious objector status based on her doubts of Obama’s legitimacy.


Read more: http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/breaking_news/story/835083.html

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The birther sideshow continues at 2 PM today! This Columbus, GA newspaper seems to be the only news organization that's sticking with this story.

Previous DU threads here and here.

[Hepburn]

1. GMAFB....

....the courts NEED to slam Oily and her stupid, anti-American clients.

And the State Bar of Calif needs to act and disbar that POS Oily.

:mad:

[hobbit709]

2. And the military needs to slap down these officers too.

[atreides1]

4. They did

Major Cook no longer has a job with the DOD, and he was just a reserve officer.

Captain Rhodes is active duty, and has disobeyed a direct order, missed movement, and has used contemptuous speech directed against the President of the United States, all offenses under the Manuals of Courts Martial and the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

[Lasher]

5. Rhodes didn't report on August 30 as ordered.

So I wonder when the UCMJ will kick in? She shouldn't be hard for the MPs to find.

[Hepburn]

8. Ditto on that statement....n/t

[atreides1]

3. State Bar of California won't do anything.

The State Bar is the only bar association that operates a State Bar Court, equipped with judges who specialize in handling professional responsibility cases. Under the State Bar Act, upon receiving a complaint, the Bar may choose whether to open an investigation. If the Bar does find sufficient evidence of misconduct, decides that it has standing, and decides to take action to impose discipline, it has the power to proceed against accused attorneys either in the Supreme Court of California or in the State Bar Court. The State Bar holds that it may decline to review complaints that are not made by a Judge who heard a matter related to the complaint. Complaints of professional misconduct are usually first prosecuted in the Hearing Department of the State Bar Court. If the lawyer disagrees with an adverse decision, he or she may appeal to the Review Department of the State Bar Court, and from there to the state supreme court.

"The State Bar holds that it may decline to review complaints that are not made by a Judge who heard a matter related to the complaint."

But first someone has to file a complaint against Orly, so far, no takers for that privilege!

[Hepburn]

9. A petition for her disbarment is currently pending before the CalBar

Disbarment of Orly Taitz Sought by California Bar

http://www.obamaconspiracy.org/2009/04/complaint-against-orly-taitz-filed-with-cal-bar/

IN RE: ORLY TAITZ
STATE BAR NO. 223433

[atreides1]

10. Thank you for this information

Hopefully they disbar her ass, and she can go back to being a dentist.

[Hepburn]

12. You are welcome....

...and I posted a link on the disbarment petition in General Discussion.

I wonder if she is as bad a dentist as she is a lawyer? :shrug:

[Cha]

19. Thank you,

Hepburn!

[PatGund]

16. Actually

There's about three complaints with the CA bar about Dr. Orly to date, and I suspect more on their way soon.

[rurallib]

6. CO status based on her doubts about OBAMA?????

Unbelievable. Jesus I wish that was available during VietNam. Hardly anybody believed Nixon was human. Yet he was able to send thousands and thousands to their death.

[atreides1]

11. That one won't fly

In the United States, there are two main criteria for classification as a conscientious objector. First, the objector must be opposed to war in any form, Gillette v. United States, 401 U.S. 437. Second, the objection must be sincere, Witmer v. United States, 348 U.S. 375. That he must show that this opposition is based upon religious training and belief was no longer a criterion after cases broadened it to include non-religious moral belief, United States v. Seeger, 380 U.S. 163 and Welsh v. United States, 398 U.S. 333. COs willing to perform non-combatant military functions are classed 1-A-O by the U.S.; those unwilling to serve at all are 1-O.

The "I think the black guy is from Kenya" objection isn't going to work.

[Union Yes]

7. Dereliction of duty. This is one soldier that needs to be court-martialed.

It's one thing to be a consciencious objector which I support in any case.

That's not the case here. Not even close.

MAKE A FUCKING EXAMPLE OF THIS SOLDIER.

I served. This is not the way to go about with her protest.

[Xipe Totec]

13. Read the posted comments, they are hilarious

BigclownHunter wrote on 09/11/2009 07:37:09 AM:

"It seems a lotta left wing morons keep chanting the mantra "you just hate black people" no...we just hate Marxist black people and Marxist white people and Marxist brown people..red people and yellow people and will continue to do so until they either enslave us or kill us...both of which are becoming more and more possible. Study the Czars..you will see the true nature of Obama who was born in Kenya. It will all come out one day soon, can't keep this secret forever and Capt. Rhodes will be vindicated."


The birfers just keep on coming.... :rofl:

[Lasher]

14. Ha ha, the comments are better than the article.

These birthers are such fools!



Edit: Hey, I just checked for new comments and all of them are gone.

[Hepburn]

15. OMG....

....that has to be an Oily clone!

:rofl:

[sonias]

17. Oh dear this Connie Rhodes is crazy

She's going to need mental health benefits and she's about to piss away all her military benefits by declaring herself unfit for duty. :crazy:

Sonia

[Lasher]

18. The hearing has been rescheduled for Monday.

According to the Ledger-enquirer. I can't furnish a link, I supposethat's because I've hit their site all the times I'm allowed for free, and now they want me to subscribe.

Looks like Rhodes forgot to ask for time off to attend today's hearing.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

20. Rhodes appears to have had some second thoughts about her involvement with Taitz.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/19905657/RHODES-v-MacDONALD-18-Letter-regarding-from-plaintiff-regarding-withdrawal-of-motion-to-stay-Govuscourtsgamd77605180