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n2doc

(47,953 posts)
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 03:34 PM Mar 2014

Republicans Propose New Bill That Would Sue Obama For Being President

In their quest to stop President Obama from doing anything, House Republicans are trying to pass a new bill that would give them the authority to sue Obama for being president.

According to The Hill:

House Republicans are again taking aim at the Obama administration for its failure to enforce laws passed by Congress.

Republicans serving on two key committees have introduced legislation that would allow the House or Senate to authorize a lawsuit against the Obama administration.

The ENFORCE the Laws Act is the latest GOP response to complaints that President Obama is willfully ignoring or altering federal law. As examples, Republicans have cited the several delays to ObamaCare provisions, and Obama’s 2011 decision to delay deportation proceedings against illegal immigrants who have not committed a crime.

This is the second time that Republicans have tried this stunt. The STOP Act went nowhere, so House Republicans want the power to sue President Obama for doing his job. Their claim is that the head of the executive branch of our government does not have the authority to make decisions in implementing the law.

It’s time for a basic civics lesson for Republicans. The legislative branch passes laws. The executive branch implements laws. What House Republicans are suggesting is that President Obama does not have the constitutional authority to implement any law without their consent. Courts have ruled for decades that the executive branch has discretionary powers when it comes to implementing the law. The legal standard is that the law has to be implemented in a timely fashion. President Obama has not refused to implement any laws.


http://www.politicususa.com/2014/03/05/republican-propose-bill-sue-obama-president.html
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Republicans Propose New Bill That Would Sue Obama For Being President (Original Post) n2doc Mar 2014 OP
Losers will be losers! Uben Mar 2014 #1
Things like this show just how absurd the Republicans are liberal N proud Mar 2014 #2

liberal N proud

(60,336 posts)
2. Things like this show just how absurd the Republicans are
Wed Mar 5, 2014, 03:43 PM
Mar 2014

Yet somehow these turds will manage to stay in power because of the propaganda machine they all are privilege to.

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