Category Archives: Birthers

Robert Laity’s Appeal to the Supreme Court is Docketed

Posted on April 29, 2021 by Reality Check

Robert Laity’s futile appeal of his DC Circuit denial in Laity v Harris has now been docketed at the Supreme Court. The Clerk assigned case number 20-1503 to the petition for writ for certiorari. Vice President Harris has until May … Continue reading →

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DC Court of Appeals Denies Laity’s Request for a Hearing en Banc

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Reality Check

On March 18th the DC Court of Appeals denied Robert Laity’s request for a hearing in en banc in his quo warranto case against Vice President Kamala Harris. A hearing en banc is a rehearing of an appeal recently rejected … Continue reading →

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Comment Moderation on this Blog

Posted on February 4, 2021 by Reality Check

I thought I would discuss comment moderation in a brief post. First I am against comment moderation in general. I think requiring that every comment be moderated hinders open discussion. Blogs like the Post & Email moderate every comment. Sharon … Continue reading →

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Laity v Harris – Appeal to the DC District Court of Appeals

Posted on January 10, 2021 by Reality Check

Thanks to reader Northland10 for obtaining selected documents from Robert Laity’s appeal to the DC District Court of Appeals of his loss in his quo warranto case against Kama D. Harris in November in the DC District Court. I have … Continue reading →

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Et tu, Michael?

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Reality Check

In 21 days Mike Pence will have to be the one. He will have to sit as chair of a joint session of the new Congress that counts the electoral votes to officially “kill” any hope for a second term … Continue reading →

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Birther Robert Laity files first action against Kamala Harris questioning eligibility

Posted on September 26, 2020 by Reality Check

Case dismissed, see below. Robert Laity from Tonawanda, NY filed a complaint against Joe Biden’s running mate Kamala Harris in which he claims she is not eligible to serve because she is not a natural born citizen. I have written … Continue reading →

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Post & Email Blog Called Out by Andrea Mitchell on NBC Nightly News for Pushing Racist Birther Theories

Posted on August 22, 2020 by Reality Check

On the August 14th edition of the NBC Nightly News Andrea Mitchell narrated a segment that covered Donald Trump who had raised questions during a press briefing about Kamala Harris’ eligibility to serve as vice president (whether she was a … Continue reading →

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Let the Birther fun begin! Joe Biden picks Kamala Harris

Posted on August 15, 2020 by Reality Check

Former Vice President and presumptive Democratic nominee for President Joe Biden named Senator Kamala Harris to be his running mate last Tuesday and within hours the Harris Birthers slithered out of the woodwork from the usual places. Birthers like Sharon … Continue reading →

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Republicans to Arpaio: Please stay retired you old fart!

Posted on August 8, 2020 by Reality Check

‘America’s toughest sheriff’ narrowly defeated in bid for old job PHOENIX (Reuters) – Former lawman Joe Arpaio, the nationally known Arizona sheriff who found common cause with President Donald Trump on a hard-line stance against illegal immigration, narrowly lost his … Continue reading →

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Remember this?

Posted on March 15, 2020 by Reality Check

Remember this video by Mark Gillar? He posted it on his Tea Party Power Hour YouTube channel in 2013. Folks were going to prison. Yes, people were going to prison over Barack Obama’s birth certificate. I know. It sounds absurd … Continue reading →

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