Posted on 03/31/2009 4:03:36 AM PDT by AJMCQ
On March 25th, Clinton-appointed Judge James Robertson (U.S. District Court), after having threatened to impose financial sanctions on John D. Hemenway for having enjoined the Berg lawsuit to force President Obama to release his birth records to prove his citizenship, backed down. Instead of financial penalties, the Judge issued a reprimand tinged with flippancy.
Judge Robertson reconsidered his previous sanctions threat, possibly fearing monetary sanctions might spark a backlash and give a boost to the grassroots effort to force Mr. Obama to relinquish his records for public scrutiny. While the Judge gives passing tribute to Hemenway's long career of public service, "Mr. Hemenway is 82 years old and takes considerable and justified pride in his patriotic public service and his status as a Rhodes Scholar" he errs in one key respect, alleging that Hemenway is "unlikely to repeat the conduct that gave rise to this proceeding, and in his case the permissible alternative sanction of a reprimand will be sufficient." Reprimand aside, Hemenway will continue to seek the truth about Obama's birthplace and citizenship, as will other patriotic citizens who believe no President and no future Presidential candidate should be allowed to conceal documents that would prove that he or she is legally qualified to serve.
The Judge did concede that others "similarly situated" are "unlikely to be deterred, except by a penalty that would be unreasonable to impose on Mr. Hemenway alone." But curiously, the Judge previously only threatened Hemenway with financial sanctions, not Philip Berg, Hillary Clinton's ally, or the other lawyer involved in the case, Lawrence Joyce from Arizona.
(Excerpt) Read more at familysecuritymatters.org ...
According to the Washington Times, the Judge claimed he suffered "emotional distress" after receiving a letter from an elderly gentleman, Philip Merrell, a resident of Washington, D.C., who vented outrage at the Judge for his threat to levy sanctions on Hemenway for petitioning the court. The Judge's emotional distress resulted in the dispatch of two armed federal marshals who paid a visit to the Merrell home to inquire as to whether the gentleman knew Hemenway, purportedly at the judge's prompting.
One reason I am extremely careful about being politically active or communicating to public officials in any fashion. Yes, I know it's my God given / Constitutionally recognized right, but I also know that God's not going to pay the legal bills to defend against these Commie b@$t@rds' abuse of those rights.
Yah, well, the judge (little j) still blinked. What is he planning to do; sanction everyone who supports a hearing to determine place of birth? Yah, the judge is a blinker. Now, to just get him in a poker game. Someone would clean his clock.
Sounds like the judge is worried.
This part of the article is PROOF the judicial system is COVERING for Obama. They are INTENTIONALLY going out of their way to make him not be forced to prevent it.
“Judge Robertson reconsidered his previous sanctions threat, possibly fearing monetary sanctions might spark a backlash and give a boost to the grassroots effort to force Mr. Obama to relinquish his records for public scrutiny.”
This needs to be presented to Dr. Taitz and Alan Keyes as part of her briefing to show that the judicial system is illegally keeping an unconstitutional candidate as POTUS.
Remember back a few years when the Judges in this country did everything they could to keep Clinton from facing a trial for rape?
What these corrupt leftist judges need are tall trees, short pieces of rope, and a wooden plank.
To build a nice, pleasant little swing for them to sit on and enjoy the spring breezes, of course.
What did you THINK I meant?
“Remember back a few years when the Judges in this country did everything they could to keep Clinton from facing a trial for rape?”
- - - and the prosecutor (Ken Starr) in the impeachment proceedings was accused and practically impeached.
I thought Ken Starr did a lousy job.
More cracks are showing...
Not to worry, when you get to the point where you have nothing left to lose, you’ll be more willing to actually act.
Check back in, what?, a couple months?, a year?
The fix was in; Ken Starr had no intention of impeaching Clinton for lying to a grand jury.
A wise elderly relative who lived through the great depression said in reference to writing public officials.. “Be careful”.
Thnx for the very enlightening ping...
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The Judge did concede that others "similarly situated" are "unlikely to be deterred, except by a (monetary) penalty.
“The Judge did concede that others “similarly situated” are “unlikely to be deterred, except by a penalty that would be unreasonable to impose on Mr. Hemenway alone.”
So the judge just figured out that those who are “similarly situated” want the TRUTH and are not going to drop their cases because of a threat of monetary sanctions? Wow...what a mental giant. (sarc)
Thanks, LucyT.
I guess the judge is just looking out for us...(what a worm.)
BC issue makes it to Newsbusters!
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Then the Obama birth certificate question is branded as an “untruth” despite that it hasn’t really successfully been debunked.
Disproved and disputed claims about his religion and citizenship, namely untruths that Obama is a Muslim and isn’t U.S.-born, zip across chat rooms and dominate the blogosphere. Fringe critics largely are responsible for perpetuating the lies, but even elected officials have raised them.
What ever you believe about Obama’s country of birth and its importance to his election, it cannot be said that it has been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that he was born in Hawaii. The question remains murky because an original certificate of live birth has never been made public.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2009/03/31/ap-confuses-criticism-obama-racial-slurs
Does anyone have a way to get in touch with Dr. Taitz or Alan Keyes? I don’t mean a webmaster of his site, but in touch with HIM?
I think he should see this part of making a judgement to specifically AVOID Obama from beign forced to show his certficate. This needs to be added to the SCOTUS paperwork ASAP.
Yep. This Judge is a coward -- the last thing he wanted was for the case to move into discovery which is what would have happened for Hemenway's defense. And THAT speaks volumes for all you 'birther' bashers out there.
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