And a waste of time when the Speaker should be DOING HIS JOB!!!!

Him and his whole damn party of obstructionists in this Do-Nothing Congress.

Every minute they're "at work" is a waste of taxpayers' money because they do "go to work," at least physically, and then make sure NOTHING, NOT A DAMN THING, actually gets done.

Their very existence is a waste of taxpayers' money!!!!

Crossroads GPS keeps droning on about?

this case will be fun to watch

they have to prove President Obama is doing "real harm" to the country.

#SoSueMe

http://sync.democraticunderground.com/10025165076

There is no particular harm to Boehner himself. He would have to find another plaintiff. And they would have to have a specific complaint. And harm to themselves.

If he can empty his mouth of whiskey for more than a minute.

tax payer dollars are being wasted on this GOP foolishness?

They need to be called out HARD on this when it backfires in their faces, and it will.

I'm so so sick of the GOP and I hope to God that people WAKE UP in 2014 and 2016.

vote vote vote vote vote vote get out and vote vote vote vote

annette

boehner is as evil as cruz

No birther who has brought suit against Obama over his birth certificate has been able to demonstrate standing either.

Boner and all who went along with this charade should be prosecuted and sued for damages. They mistakenly believe they were elected to destroy the presidency. They went off the deep end a while back. Many of them have too many oars in the water while playing with too many cards in the deck.

We're onto their high jinx, but they just keep trying.
They need new ideas, but are probably too stubborn to admit it.

Glad you're here! Only one problem - I sincerely doubt most of our reps really ARE onto their hijinks. I think most of ours has this candy-coated belief that the other side CAN be brought to the table, IS capable of listening to reason, IS willing to play fair.

And they could NOT be more wrong. Our side is still naive as can be. The next time I hear some moon-faced Democrat carrying on about - "the American People will KNOW!" or "the American People will SEE!" All I can do is laugh hysterically! They WON'T know OR see! They'll believe what they're told in the propaganda department and swallow it whole. Or they'll fall back on the ol' "meh, both sides are alike!" or "meh, it won't make any difference," or "meh, there's no difference between the two parties so what's the use." So they don't vote. Or they cave and capitulate and try somehow to meet the other side halfway. Which is an exercise in futility if you ask me, because the other side doesn't want to meet OUR side halfway. They're not interested. It's their way or the highway, even when they haven't won the election! They're firmly in the minority nationwide, according to every poll on every issue, but they still manage to impose their narrow, backward view on the rest of us in the majority. What they're doing these days, in Washington, is nothing less than voter nullification, since they failed to win the White House twice in the last two tries.

They never give up, and unfortunately, our side usually does. Even a casual glance through the history of women's rights will prove that's true. We are the ones who lose that sense of fire in the belly. We are the ones who think you have to give 'em some of what they want. When we need to be the ones who say - "all we're gonna give YOU assholes is a nice big proverbial 2x4 across the teeth. WE won, YOU lost, GROW UP AND GET OVER IT."

Just imagine - if it were the other way around - wouldn't THEY be doing exactly that to us?

law suits from real victims.

more repug hypocracy and anti-Americanism.

He's crying in his beer.

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Standing is a very important concept and Boehner does not have standing

This bunch never let any such arguments stop them. You really think this "standing" business will? I remember back when Roe v Wade was settled law. A done deal. War's over. We won. End of story. And look how THAT turned out.

Thinks Congress Could Win Its New Lawsuit Against Obama

://dailycaller.com/2014/06/25/liberal-law-professor-jonathan-turley-thinks-congress-could-win-their-new-lawsuit-against-obama/

In an interview with Steve Kornacki of NBC, Turley said, “So the first hurdle is going to be that standing issue, and it’s a high one. But it’s not necessarily insurmountable,” Turley explained. “The court has never truly closed the door on what’s called ‘legislative standing,’ particularly if it’s based on the institution — if the House of Representatives empowers the group that litigates this case.”

Put simply, Turley believes that a court may actually allow a challenge to a U.S. president as part of a legitimate showdown between the executive and legislative branches of the United States government.

There is some sort of bi-partisan litigation committee that could be charged with handling the case by a House resolution. I've seen a couple of commentators who have written that Boehner himself couldn't sue, but essentially the House of Representatives might be able to obtain standing in a separation of powers case against the Executive. With the conservatives on the Supreme Court, and I think that they will stay there through the Obama administration, I don't think that the President can be sure that this putative case will not be heard. I've also read that the changes made by the President as to the deadlines in the ACA and to the distribution of subsidies to non-state-run exchanges will be prominent features of the Republican complaint.

I'm not advocating for Boehner here, just suggesting that there may be a way for the case to be heard.

"Conservative Rep. Steve King of Iowa added, “This is something that I’ve looked at and worked towards for a long time.”

This douche hasn't go the legal understand a mollusk, he was a truck driver and right wing tool before being elected to right wing tool. His opinion is very nearly as valid as the deuce I dropped this morning.

In other words: he is still a loser.
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the majority that's not a given any more.

Have to say this court is one of the worst ever.

Don't Make Us Do This:

Rule 23. Class Actions

http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_23

The People of the United States v. John Boehner, Mitch McConnell, Darrel Issa, the House and Senate Republicans, etal

Harm to plaintiffs:

Waste of our tax dollars on endless obstruction, multiple frivolous committee investigations, shutting down the government, frivolous legislation attempting to repeal standing law -- to whit, 50+ attempts to repeal ACA and women's right to abortions, failure to enact laws regarding jobs, minimum wage, infrastructure repairs etc., resulting in economic harm to the People.

We certainly have "standing," and if I read Rule 23 correctly, it wouldn't take very many of us to bring the suit.

There's also petitions at Change.org [mine]

http://www.change.org/petitions/the-republican-leaders-in-congress-don-t-make-us-do-this

and at "We the People"

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/file-charges-sedition-and-dereliction-duty-against-congress-united-states-america/jcMKSf2F

If you agree with these gestures of our outrage, please sign. Thanks

You should start your own op in here or Politics2014.
You could get more exposure. These send an important message. I like it.