Witnesses Against Kagan Include Head Of Conspiracy-Mad Law Firm

One has to wonder what the Hell the GOP is trying to do in terms of some of the utter loonies that have been called as opposition witnesses against Elana Kagan's nomination to the U. S. Supreme Court. I have commented before on Klan loving Tony Perkins' testimony against Kagan. Another utter crazy is William J. Olson, Esq. (pictured at left) of William J. Olson, P.C. -- a law firm that is heavily involved in all sorts of conservative cause celebres, from the standard-issue, to the totally bonkers - and which includes Herbert Titus, the founding dean of Pat Robertson's Regent Law School and father of Troy A. Titus, a Regent Law graduate, just sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for real estate and wire fraud. Huffington Post looks at the insanity of this GOP witnesses insanity. Here are some highlights:
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Of particular interest is one witness who will be testifying against Kagan, William J. Olson, Esq. of William J. Olson, P.C. -- a law firm that is heavily involved in all sorts of conservative cause celebres, from the standard-issue, to the totally bonkers.
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Olson's lent his services to a pair of high-profile cases in the past year. His firm has filed amicus briefs in the Citizens United case as well as the recently decided Supreme Court case that overturned Chicago's gun ban. Olson's firm has also taken up the quixotic Tea Party cause to recall New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez. From there, however, things take a turn for the outlandish. Highlights include:
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The Search For Fort Knox Gold! An organization called the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) is worried that the U.S. Government has been secretly flooding the market with gold from Fort Knox in order to keep it's value low. Well, Olson's firm has taken up the cause:
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Jesus Will Cure Your Cancer With Food Supplements! Olson's co-counsel, John S. Miles, took up the cause of Daniel Chapter One, a Christian Ministry that ran afoul of the FTC for running advertisements for miracle cancer cures "with Web headlines like 'Brain Tumor Gone!' and on a two-hour weekday Internet radio program filled with virulent attacks on contemporary medicine." In response to the appeal, FTC lawyer Elizabeth K, Nach said the First Amendment does not apply to commercial speech that is deceptive.
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You Just Knew There Would Be Some Birther Junk Up In The Mix! Another one of Olson's co-counsel's, Herb Titus, shows up on this article on the birther-mad website WorldNetDaily: A one-time vice presidential candidate who is considered an expert on the U.S. Constitution says it is up the electors from the 50 states to make certain President-elect Barack Obama is a natural-born U.S. citizen before they cast votes for him in the Electoral College Dec. 15.
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"If they do their duty, they would make sure that if they cast a vote for Mr. Obama, that Mr. Obama is a natural-born citizen," Herb Titus, the Constitution Party's running mate to Howard Phillips in 1996, told WND today.
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As a former Republican from a family of Republicans, I can only wonder what's in the water that these members of the GOP are drinking? Or does one now need to be certifiably insane to be a modern day Republican? Oh, and for the record, I have serious doubts about Kagan and I assisted the FBI in Troy Titus' prosecution.