It’s unanimous: right-wing conservatives who have a beef with President Obama on immigration choose to file their lawsuits with federal judge Andrew Hanen in Texas. That’s not just the case with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott—who led the charge on the 26-state challenge to President Obama’s 2014 immigration actions—it’s also true for none other than the birther queen herself, Orly Taitz, who last year sought to stop the federal government from bussing immigrant minors from Texas to temporary detention centers outside the state.Although her case against the Department of Homeland Security, Taitz v. Johnson, is entirely separate from Abbott’s lawsuit, Texas v. U.S., it’s no accident that they both ended up in the same court. Taitz chose to steer her case toward Texas-based federal judge Andrew Hanen rather than, for instance, filing in a federal court based in California, where she lives. While no one has ever definitely proven that Abbott & Co. “shopped around” for a friendly judge to hear their case—which would be at the very least unethical—Taitz clearly did have her eye on Hanen from the start, and with good reason.
Taitz needed to find a sympathetic judge because, as one might expect, her lawsuit was a piece of work. In her initial complaint, filed July 14, 2014, Taitz accuses the federal government of “trafficking illegal aliens” and seeks either “an emergency immediate turnaround and deportation” of the children or a two-month quarantine of them in a FEMA facility. At the time, the government was trying to find a humane and legal way of absorbing the influx of thousands of refugee children from Central America.
After Judge Hanen ordered the U.S. government to explain why he shouldn’t grant Taitz’s request, she was ecstatic. In a letter to the executive assistant of anti-immigrant Rep. Dana Rohrabacher of California, Taitz wrote, “We now have a real opportunity to stop this ongoing trafficking of illegal aliens, which is currently being carried [out] by the Federal government.”
“Judge Hanen is a judge,” she explained, “who previously excoriated the US government for acting as human smugglers.”
The letter, which she posted to her website, was first reported by OC Weekly last August.For more on why Taitz was so enthused about Judge Hanen, continue below the fold.
The case Taitz refers to is one involving a woman who pleaded guilty to trying to smuggle a 10-year-old girl from El Salvador into the U.S. to live with her undocumented mother. The woman was arrested but government officials chose to reunite the girl with her mother in the U.S. instead of deporting the pair, per a settlement agreement, Flores v. Reno.
In the case, which was about the woman who assisted the girl, Hanen went out of his way to comment on the government’s handling of the mother.
“There is nothing in this settlement,” Hanen complains, “that prohibits the [federal government] from arresting” the mother. Or, barring that, “from at least initiating deportation proceedings.”Hanen concludes that by failing to arrest or deport, the government has essentially collaborated in a “criminal conspiracy.”
It’s little wonder Taitz filed with Hanen. Her original motion is full of all sorts of problematic claims, much like this one in the “Statement of Facts” section:
Six months ago [President] Obama and [Sec. Jeh] Johnson created an elaborate plan to effectuate de facto smuggling and trafficking of hundreds of thousands of illegals and hired transportation carriers, medical services, education services, escorts and even nannies to spread all over his nation hundreds of thousands of illegals and dump them on the unsuspecting population.
Hanen must have found those arguments pretty persuasive because on August 1—less than three weeks from her original filing—he ordered the Department of Homeland Security to give a reason, or “show cause,” for why he shouldn’t grant Taitz’s request for an emergency stay. Later that month, Hanen also granted her motion to subpoena four border patrol agents to appear before him on August 27, 2014. The case is still ongoing.But all this quick treatment of birther Orly Taitz’s lawsuit stands in stark contrast to Hanen’s treatment of the Obama administration request, filed Monday, that Hanen lift his hold on President Obama’s 2014 immigration actions. Here’s Josh Gerstein with those details.
The federal judge in Texas who blocked President Barack Obama’s latest executive actions on immigration signaled Tuesday that he isn’t inclined to rush a decision on the Obama Administration’s request to lift the injunction he imposed last week.U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen’s order saying he’ll give the states suing the federal government another week to respond means the issue of a possible stay in the case will likely be taken up by a federal appeals court before he rules one way or another.
In its stay application, the Justice Department said that if Hanen did not act by the end of Wednesday, the feds would petition the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.Moral of the story: If you want to make some outrageous anti-immigrant claim in court and be taken seriously, do what Orly Taitz did and file with Judge Andrew Hanen in Brownsville, Texas.
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February 25th, 2015 @ 4:32 pm
Like you have on your first page of your website. First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. — Mahatma Gandhi Everybody knows the media spins and lies. It’s not sensationalism anymore, it is propaganda and it is EVIL.
February 25th, 2015 @ 5:09 pm
Isn’t there 27 states now that another state has joined the 26?
There were 7 others to urge to join in the lawsuit:NJ,NM,NV,IA,MA,IL,MD and you advised that one of them had since joined.
i hope they are still being called and urged to join. Could you report it?
February 25th, 2015 @ 5:30 pm
WH meeting..Obama assured radical leftists that amnesty will proceed.
https://www.independentsentinel.com/wh-meeting-president-obama-assured-radical-leftists-that-amnesty-will-proceed/?utm_content=buffer1980c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
February 25th, 2015 @ 5:34 pm
https://takebackthepower.us/index.html
February 25th, 2015 @ 5:35 pm
only NV joined the 26 states, we have 27 now
February 25th, 2015 @ 10:22 pm
We will continue to guard the hive, as we aide
the QUEEN BEE. Viva Orly!
Give him The Moldavian Stinger!
He deserves it.
Help her, DANNO!!!
February 26th, 2015 @ 5:14 am
Interesting that the Left goes after Orly JUST as teasers about Obama’s deep reality are released (framing the narrative which is about to be published by Charles C. Johnson):
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from Birther Report
Investigative Journalist: Why Did Obama Join Gay Club At Occidental;
Why Did Gramps Have FBI File
(and could be mean Netanyhu here?):
How much would you enjoy a foreign government leaking their file on Obama?
February 26th, 2015 @ 5:15 am
So, they consider it unethical to conscientiously seek out an honest judge. Their concerns can only give us hope that maybe he is legitimately and sincere.
February 26th, 2015 @ 5:16 am
please, e-mail me an article about the FBI file and Obama joining gay club at occidental
February 26th, 2015 @ 5:17 am
I don’t think it is so nice to call me a “Moldavian stinger”
I do know that in general you are a supporter, Joseph, but I did not like this comment
February 26th, 2015 @ 5:24 am
Mr Johnson’s website is:
https://gotnews.com/
His contact info is:
https://gotnews.com/contact-got-news/
His twitter feed about Obama’s unique life:
https://www.birtherreport.com/2015/02/investigative-journo-why-did-obama-join.html
February 26th, 2015 @ 5:28 am
BTW, will Netanyahu inform Congress about something which Obama knows, Obama wants hidden, America needs to know and Israel DOES KNOW?:
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Susan Rice: Netanyahu Visit ‘Destructive’…
February 26th, 2015 @ 7:34 am
Still searching for Orly, but stumbled across this article by Charles C. Johnson. Doesn’t answer questions, but packed with information. He hits the nail on the head … We have Occidental to thank for America’s nightmare of today.
https://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/11/01/ever-wonder-how-obama-got-into-occidental-college-we-may-have-found-the-answer/
February 26th, 2015 @ 7:52 am
https://www.theobamafile.com/obamaeducation.htm
“Obama’s Gay Mentor Speaks Out
Lou Chibbaro writing for the Washington Blade says that as an 18-year-old undergraduate student at Occidental College in Los Angeles, Barack Obama was among a coterie of students who spoke regularly with Lawrence Goldyn.
Goldyn, an openly gay political science professor who served as a mentor and friend to many of the school’s minority students, said Obama joined him and other students in discussions about social and political issues at a time when Obama was beginning to develop an interest in politics and civil rights causes.
He decided to speak with the Blade about his interaction with Obama during their years at Occidental after Obama told the Advocate, in an April interview, that Goldyn had a “strong influence” in his understanding and perception of gay people and gay rights.
“He was a wonderful guy,” Obama said of Goldyn in that interview. “He was the first openly gay professor that I had ever come into contact with, or openly gay person of authority that I had come in contact with.”
“He wasn’t proselytizing all the time, but just his comfort in his own skin and the friendship we developed helped to educate me on a number of these issues.”
Goldyn told the Blade that he believes he first met Obama when Obama took a course on European politics from him in 1979 or 1980.
At the time, Goldyn was considered a controversial figure at Occidental for advocating gay liberation. But Goldyn said he became a mentor to gay students during a period when academic institutions had few positive role models for gay men and lesbians.
“He was remarkable in that he was not intimidated by a publicly gay figure and, in fact, was interested in learning from me, whether formally or informally. That required an extraordinary kind of confidence in an 18 or 19 year old — the kind that comes from somewhere deep inside, that was still finding its way into his adult personality.
“He demonstrated a kind of social courage, which has served him well and helped get him where he is today,” said Goldyn, who described himself as a strong supporter of Obama’s presidential campaign.
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“Obama’s gay mentor speaks out-Occidental professor had ‘strong influence’ on nominee’s views
Southern Voice ^ | SEP. 12, 2008 | LOU CHIBBARO JR.
Posted on 9/14/2008, 7:07:50 PM by SJackson
As an 18-year-old undergraduate student at Occidental College in Los Angeles, Barack Obama was among a coterie of students who spoke regularly with Lawrence Goldyn.
Goldyn, an openly gay political science professor who served as a mentor and friend to many of the school’s minority students, said Obama joined him and other students in discussions about social and political issues at a time when Obama was beginning to develop an interest in politics and civil rights causes.
“He was one of those usual, straight young men who was secure enough in his sexuality that he was not fearful of being associated with me, whether that involved taking a class or just talking socially,” said Goldyn, who also served as faculty adviser for Occidental’s gay student group.
‘SOCIAL COURAGE’
Goldyn, who was at Occidental from 1978 to 1981, has since changed professions and now works as a physician and medical director for a clinic in Northern California, with a specialty in HIV medicine.
He agreed to this interview after his interaction with Obama during their years at Occidental after Obama told the Advocate, in an April interview, that Goldyn had a “strong influence” in his understanding and perception of gay people and gay rights.
“He was a wonderful guy,” Obama said of Goldyn in that interview. “He was the first openly gay professor that I had ever come into contact with, or openly gay person of authority that I had come in contact with.
“He wasn’t proselytizing all the time, but just his comfort in his own skin and the friendship we developed helped to educate me on a number of these issues.”
Goldyn told Southern Voice that he believes he first met Obama when the now Democratic presidential nominee took a course on European politics from him in 1979 or 1980.
At the time, Goldyn was considered a controversial figure at Occidental for advocating gay liberation. But Goldyn said he became a mentor to gay students during a period when academic institutions had few positive role models for gay men and lesbians.
His reputation for holding out-of-class discussions with students attracted a number of straight students, Goldyn said. He noted that many of those students who gravitated toward him were older black and Latino students who were interested in his strong views on social issues and racial politics.
Goldyn said Obama stood out, though, by participating in the discussions as a freshman or sophomore.
“He was younger, and coming to a somewhat elite, private college … I am sure he felt like a fish out of water, and he had every reason to feel insecure about himself in a place like that,” Goldyn said.
In a memoir he published in 1994, Obama describes himself as an alienated youth when he arrived at Occidental. He says in the memoir that he occasionally got high on marijuana and cocaine, and that he was more interested in basketball than political discussions.
But the New York Times reported in February 2008 that several of Obama’s fellow Occidental students saw the young Obama grow increasingly interested in politics, particularly in his sophomore year.
Obama left Occidental during his junior year to enroll in Columbia University in New York, where he received his undergraduate degree. He later graduated from Harvard University Law School before winning election to the Illinois State Senate and then his seat in the U.S. Senate.
In the New York Times story and a recently aired CNN documentary about Obama’s life, people who knew Obama said they sensed a transformation in his outlook on life toward the end of his enrollment at Occidental and his years at Columbia.
“He wasn’t a very serious student yet,” Goldyn said about Obama when the student arrived at Occidental. “So I felt good that I contributed to him sort of getting it together and focusing on what he wanted to do.
“He was remarkable in that he was not intimidated by a publicly gay figure and, in fact, was interested in learning from me, whether formally or informally. That required an extraordinary kind of confidence in an 18 or 19 year old — the kind that comes from somewhere deep inside, that was still finding its way into his adult personality.
“He demonstrated a kind of social courage, which has served him well and helped get him where he is today,” said Goldyn, who described himself as a strong supporter of Obama’s presidential campaign.
In discussing the campaign, Goldyn said that unlike some gay activists, he doesn’t fault Obama for supporting civil unions for same-sex couples rather than equal marriage rights.
Goldyn noted that he has not spoken with Obama since his days at Occidental and he has no involvement in the campaign. But from a strategic and pragmatic standpoint, Goldyn said he believes Obama is handling the issue of same-sex marriage correctly.
“It’s very hard to put a whole coalition together, and you have to figure out a way to negotiate and navigate where he is clearly supportive of gay rights, but he cannot come out up front and say that he’s in favor of marriage, because the country, I don’t think, may be ready for that in an election,” he said. “And I don’t have a problem with that.”
CAREER SWITCH
Goldyn, now a physician, left Occidental in 1981 after the college declined to give him a tenured position.
He said he believes his status as an openly gay professor who, among other things, had designed a course on sexual politics that was seen as radical in a conservative-leaning school, prompted school officials to steer clear of giving him a permanent teaching post.
At that time, Goldyn said, the job market for college professors was tight, making it difficult for him to find a teaching post at another university, despite the fact that he had an advanced academic degree in political science from California’s Stanford University.
After taking several temporary teaching and non-teaching jobs, Goldyn switched gears by taking several science courses at a Los Angeles college, intending to eventually enroll in medical school. A short time later, he was accepted into Tufts University School of Medicine, from which he received his medical degree in 1988.
Goldyn now practices internal medicine and has a specialty in HIV. He serves as medical director of the Mendocino Coastal Clinics in Mendocino County, located along the California coast about 150 miles north of San Francisco.”
February 26th, 2015 @ 8:45 am
this article does not state tht Obama belonged to a gay students group, he just attended classes of an openly gay professor
February 26th, 2015 @ 9:20 am
Certainly meant to be positive. Figure of
speech for a beehive. No negative meant.
Sorry, for any confusion. Will be careful.
Tell her, Danno!!!
February 27th, 2015 @ 12:58 pm
Yeah, boy, Good for Dr Orly.
I’m glad that she has kicked O right where it hurts–in his illegal actions!!! LOL!
God Bless Dr Orly, for her continued Patriotism! Who else could handle this Herculean job?
Cause I’ll tell ya…God is coming, and, boy, is (SHE) pissed!!!! LOLOL! 🙂