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| Lawfare: House Republicans Sue President Over Obamacare | |
| 2014-11-22 | |
| [WashingtonExaminer] House Republicans on Friday announced their long-anticipated lawsuit to challenge President B.O.'s unilateral actions on his healthcare law. The lawsuit contends the president overstepped his legal authority when he acted alone to wave the Affordable Care Act's employer mandate and the penalties for failing to comply with it. The lawsuit was filed against the departments of Health and Human Services and the Treasury. "Time after time, the president has chosen to ignore the will of the American people and re-write federal law on his own without a vote of Congress," said House Speaker John It is not pronounced 'Boner!'Boehner ... the occasionally weepy leader of House Republicans... , R-Ohio. "That's not the way our system of government was designed to work." Boehner said the Republican-controlled House has an obligation "to stand up for the Constitution." "If this president can get away with making his own laws, future presidents will have the ability to as well," he said.
[CNSNews] Even before President B.O. announced that his immigration plan will proceed in the absence of legislation, several state attorneys-general announced they plan to sue the president. "It is anticipated tonight's speech will again prove our president sees himself as above the law," Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt said on Thursday. "Regardless of what the president thinks the law ought to be, our Constitution dictates that Congress makes the law, it is the presidents duty to faithfully execute those laws. If the President takes an executive action that violates his constitutional duty to faithfully execute the immigration laws passed by Congress, we will take action to hold him accountable." Texas Attorney-General Greg Abbot (now the governor-elect) also plan to file a lawsuit next week: "President B.O. has circumvented Congress and deliberately bypassed the will of the American people, eroding the very foundation of our nation's Constitution and bestowing a legacy of lawlessness," Abbott said in a news release. "Texans have witnessed firsthand the costs and consequences caused by President B.O.'s dictatorial immigration policy and now we must work together toward a solution in fixing our broken immigration system. Following tonight's pronouncement, I am prepared to immediately challenge President B.O. in court, securing our state's illusory sovereignty and guaranteeing the rule of law as it was intended under the Constitution." Laura Ingraham, a conservative talk show host who is also an attorney, said it's not clear if the states have the standing to sue the president in this case, but Congress does: "I don't want to get too into the legalese here, but you have to show that you and your state, how far it was personally hurt, what your cause of action is. And in my mind, the best cause of action that can be had here is one filed by a member of Congress. And the basis of that lawsuit would be a separation of powers claim -- namely that the president usurped legislative authority. "Clearly it was not the intent of Congress to move to both temporarily legalize the people who are here illegally and even go beyond that to institute this new policy of new foreign workers allowed to come in, you know, the new students who will be able to stay and so forth. That goes way beyond the traditional prosecutorial discretion that we have seen with presidents in the past," Ingraham told Fox News's Bill O'Reilly. "Again, I haven't seen the legal theories they are thinking about on the state level. But I think the strongest case -- and I'm not even sure it's a winning case, but the strongest case -- is going to be filed by a member of Congress." Ingraham noted that House Speaker John It is not pronounced 'Boner!'Boehner ... the occasionally weepy leader of House Republicans... has retained attorney Jonathan Turley to look into the constitutional questions presented by Obama's immigration action. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 Sorry, but face it, O-care is here to stay in some fashion; and the dogs will continue to chase their tails for the coming decades on this issue. |
| Posted by: Elmavinter the Elder6079 2014-11-22 10:22 |
| #2 Even before President B.O. announced that his immigration plan will proceed in the absence of legislation, several state attorneys-general announced they plan to sue the president. Even Obama disagrees with himself about the legality of his actions if what he said awhile ago means anything. Is the left tired of his serial lying yet? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-11-22 09:50 |
| #1 Article I, Section 8, (former) Constitution The Congress shall have Power... - To establish an uniform Rule of Naturalization, and uniform Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies throughout the United States; |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2014-11-22 08:45 |