Orly Taitz is a rightwing conspiracist who Stephanie Mencimer described as the "queen bee" of the Birther movement in a Jan. 7, 2010 article in Mother Jones. Mencimer quotes Taitz as stating that "it might be time" to exercise "our second amendment right to bear arms and organise in militias." Fact-checkers at Politifact dismiss her claims about President Obama's place of birth as untrue. See Orly Taitz On January 10, 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected her appeal from a $20,000 fine for filing a frivolous lawsuit. See Huffington Post article. Attention seeking can be costly.