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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBirther Lawyer (Montgomery Blair Sibley) and Write-in Candidate, Suing Electoral College ~ dcist.com
If you were curious about what the disbarred lawyer, former Florida inmate, bagpipe-blowing fringe candidate Montgomery Blair Sibley thinks about last week's election, you're in luck. He thinks it stinks.
Sibley, who has been disbarred from 13 different federal courts and three state bars during his career, is suing D.C.'s three representatives to the Electoral College, which is slated to meet next month and confirm that President Obama won on November 6. And, like he always does, Sibley doubts Obama's legitimacy to hold the office to which he just won another four years.
In one complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Sibley calls Obama's birth certificate, college transcripts and other identifying documents "questionable." So, basically the same birther shit as usual.
His second complaint takes direct aim at the Electoral College itself. Citing the 12th and 23rd amendments, Sibley hopes to stop the 332 electors pledge to Obama from voting for a candidate he sees as illegitimate. Or something like that.
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Sibley, who has been disbarred from 13 different federal courts and three state bars during his career, is suing D.C.'s three representatives to the Electoral College, which is slated to meet next month and confirm that President Obama won on November 6. And, like he always does, Sibley doubts Obama's legitimacy to hold the office to which he just won another four years.
In one complaint filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Sibley calls Obama's birth certificate, college transcripts and other identifying documents "questionable." So, basically the same birther shit as usual.
His second complaint takes direct aim at the Electoral College itself. Citing the 12th and 23rd amendments, Sibley hopes to stop the 332 electors pledge to Obama from voting for a candidate he sees as illegitimate. Or something like that.
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More lunacy at link: http://dcist.com/2012/11/birther_lawyer_and_write-in_candida.php
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Birther Lawyer (Montgomery Blair Sibley) and Write-in Candidate, Suing Electoral College ~ dcist.com (Original Post)
mzmolly
Nov 2012
OP
If the court finds it in violation of Rule 11 (i.e., frivolous), it can impose costs
Bake
Nov 2012
#4
The birthers need to decide who is actually representing them. I suggest...
Tyrs WolfDaemon
Nov 2012
#6
demosincebirth
(12,730 posts)1. Please God, make 'em stop!
Anthony McCarthy
(507 posts)2. Can they grant quintuple costs?
mzmolly
(51,494 posts)3. Wouldn't that be
grand?
Bake
(21,977 posts)4. If the court finds it in violation of Rule 11 (i.e., frivolous), it can impose costs
PLUS other sanctions as it sees fit. This birther crap has been thrown out of so many times from so many courts, there ought to be Rule 11 sanctions.
Bake
I agree that the birther nonsense should be considered frivolous and adequate sanctions, applied.
Tyrs WolfDaemon
(2,289 posts)6. The birthers need to decide who is actually representing them. I suggest...
They hold a mud wrestling competition with three of five wins between Orly (or is it Oily) Taint and this dude facing Trump. I'm sure that should keep them out of our way for a few years as they would fight among themselves on everything from the rules to who can compete, bathing suits, location, etc. We might even be able to make some $ by selling tickets/PPV.
mzmolly
(51,494 posts)7. I'd pay to see that on
PPV.