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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 06:30 PM Jun 2014

Boehner, is planning lawsuit against President Obama over executive actions

Just now on Breaking news:
Aide confirms House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, is planning lawsuit against President Obama over executive actions - @LukeRussert

Which actions might those be...

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Boehner, is planning lawsuit against President Obama over executive actions (Original Post) dixiegrrrrl Jun 2014 OP
prelude to impeachment + making Obama the issue for this fall rurallib Jun 2014 #1
Well said. Louisiana1976 Jun 2014 #3
You do remember what Pelosi said when we tried to get her to act about Bush, right? dixiegrrrrl Jun 2014 #7
I remember but I can dream. rurallib Jun 2014 #16
Well, here's to dreams, then dixiegrrrrl Jun 2014 #18
Bring It Bandit Jun 2014 #2
bring it... VanillaRhapsody Jun 2014 #4
We shoulda known gratuitous Jun 2014 #5
I thought the GOP opposed nuisance lawsuits MohRokTah Jun 2014 #6
My money is on the constitutional scholar abakan Jun 2014 #8
Presidenting while black is an impeachable offense to the GOP SummerSnow Jun 2014 #9
Boner may be trying to save his job... Mike Nelson Jun 2014 #10
Well, they need a headre for their fund-raising letters...nt joeybee12 Jun 2014 #11
I am very sick of this bs rbrnmw Jun 2014 #12
I am a bit torn on this one....not knowing the specifics... Swede Atlanta Jun 2014 #13
Do you know how many Exec. Orders Pres. Obama has signed? dixiegrrrrl Jun 2014 #15
Please Mr. speaker, proceed. berni_mccoy Jun 2014 #14
Beat me to it! dixiegrrrrl Jun 2014 #19
Have another drink, (Boner) asshole! santamargarita Jun 2014 #17
"Lawsuit against Obama" = A way to look like you're doing something while doing nothing... Blue_Tires Jun 2014 #20

rurallib

(62,328 posts)
1. prelude to impeachment + making Obama the issue for this fall
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 06:31 PM
Jun 2014

If we had responsible news media they would badger Boehner to death on this.

Edit to add - if the Ohio dumbass can do this, can we have Pelosi sue the pants off Bushco for the Iraq invasion just for a start?

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
7. You do remember what Pelosi said when we tried to get her to act about Bush, right?
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 06:39 PM
Jun 2014

"Off the table"


Now watch that come around and bite her.

All these self-serving Congressional games just server to garner headlines/free publicity, and to justify the players remaining in their cushy jobs to handle the problems they themselves have created.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
5. We shoulda known
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 06:36 PM
Jun 2014

I mean, after the Republican-led House sued Bush the Dumber over and over again between 2003 and 2006 for all of his executive orders that in essence said that although Bush was signing the bill into law, he didn't feel particularly constrained to follow it or enforce it. What a donnybrook that was! A real knock-down drag-out affair.

Everybody remembers that, right? Because otherwise this just looks like political grandstanding, and Luke Russert is apparently stupid enough to believe it.

abakan

(1,814 posts)
8. My money is on the constitutional scholar
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 06:40 PM
Jun 2014

The weepy oomph loompa is going to get in way over his head...

Mike Nelson

(9,881 posts)
10. Boner may be trying to save his job...
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 06:45 PM
Jun 2014

...many right-wingers sincerely do not understand how Obama has remained in office.

 

Swede Atlanta

(3,596 posts)
13. I am a bit torn on this one....not knowing the specifics...
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 06:51 PM
Jun 2014

I complained during the Bush years at the promotion of the "unitary executive", the idea that the President could do anything he/she wanted whenever they wanted without limitation.

The decision on the EPA this week slightly weakened the President in the area of regulating greenhouse gases.

While I realize BO has taken a number of executive actions simply because Congress is full of dickheads, I am a firm believer that we cannot have an executive that exercises their power without restraint.

So I am torn. While I believe BO's decisions have been based on the need to do something in the face of a Congress that refuses to do anything, I am also mindful that I would like to see some limitations on the unbridled exercise of executive power.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
15. Do you know how many Exec. Orders Pres. Obama has signed?
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 07:03 PM
Jun 2014

How about Bush Sr. and Shrub?

Do you know which Presidents signed the most Exec. Orders?

did you know that Regan signed the most Exec. Orders since the Eisenhower Adminstration?
As in 3 times as many as Pres. Obama?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_federal_executive_orders


Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
20. "Lawsuit against Obama" = A way to look like you're doing something while doing nothing...
Tue Jun 24, 2014, 07:57 PM
Jun 2014

And getting some free ink in the process...

SEE: Paul, Rand; Cuccinelli, Ken; and countless others...

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