Well, the decision is in dismissing all of Orly Taitz's claims in her so-called "Quo Warranto" case against President Obama.
In a concise 11-page opinion released today, Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rejected a whole slew of fanciful claims ranging from attacks on Obama's legitimacy, to allegations of civil fraud, to a broadside "constitutional challenge" to the health care bill.
Face it, Orly, it's over. (Yeah, and the chances of her fading into the sunset are, what, like one in a thousand?)
Also dismissed was a motion to intervene brought by Earl Strunk, a vexatious pro se "litigator" who seems to like to jump into everything and, like Orly, always loses.
From the opinion:
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. See U.S. CONST. art. II, § 1. This Court is not willing to go tilting at windmills with her.
Another good nugget in the decision is found in a footnote on page 4:
Ironically enough, Ms. Taitz could never establish such an injury because -- as far as the Court is aware -- she was not elected president nor could she be because she is not a natural born citizen herself.
So, how many times have we heard Orly screech and whine about how none of her claims were decided on the merits? Well, in this case, quite a few of them were decided on the merits, not merely for standing.
Although her quo warranto claim was decided on lack of statutory standing and a few of the other claims were dismissed as being generalized grievances (lacking Article III standing), many of her claims (e.g., common law fraud, mandamus, RICO and the Section 1983 & 1985 claims) were dismissed for failure to state a cause of action upon which relief may be granted. These 12(b)(6) dismissals are considered to be decisions on the merits, not standing.
Yoo hoo! Hey, Orly. You just had at least five of your silly claims decided on the merits. They got flushed because you couldn't bring a meritorious case over a cell phone bill in Judge Judy's court, much less a real federal court.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot about her Qui Tam and FOIA claims. These were dismissed for failure to understand and follow the rules. Pure and simple. Vintage Orly.