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babylonsister

(170,964 posts)
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 04:47 PM Jun 2014

Obama Delivers a Middle Finger To Boehner and His Lawsuit By Acting Alone on Immigration

http://www.politicususa.com/2014/06/30/obama-delivers-big-fu-boehner-lawsuit-acting-immigration.html

Obama Delivers a Middle Finger To Boehner and His Lawsuit By Acting Alone on Immigration
By: Jason Easley
Monday, June, 30th, 2014, 4:31 pm

President Obama delivered a one-fingered salute to John Boehner and his lawsuit today by announcing that he is going to act without Congress to reform as much of the immigration system as his legal authority allows.

Video @ link:

The president said:

Some in the House Republican caucus are using the situation with unaccompanied children as their newest excuse to do nothing. Now I want everybody to think about that. Their argument seems to be that because they system’s broken, we shouldn’t make an effort to fix it. It makes no sense. It’s not on the level. It’s just politics, plain and simple.

Now there are others in the Republican caucus in the House who are arguing that they can’t act because they’re mad at me about using my executive authority too broadly. This also makes no sense. I don’t prefer taking administrative action. I’d rather see permanent fixes to the issue we face. Certainly, that’s true on immigration. Multiple times I’ve said that I would love nothing more than bipartisan legislation to pass the House, the Senate, land on my desk so I can sign it. That’s true about immigration. It’s true about the minimum wage. It’s true about equal pay. There are a whole bunch of things where I would greatly prefer Congress actually do something.

I take executive action only when we have a serious problem, a serious issue, and Congress chooses to do nothing. And in this situation, the failure of House Republicans to pass a darn bill is bad for our security, is bad for our economy, and is bad for our future.

So while I will continue to push House Republicans to drop the excuses and act, and I hope their constituents will too, America can not wait forever for them to act. That’s why today I’m beginning a new effort to fix as much of our immigration system as I can on my own, without Congress.

….

If Congress won’t do their job, at least we can do ours.

….

I want to repeat what I said earlier. If House Republicans are really concerned about me taking too many executive actions, the best solution to that is passing bills. Pass a bill. Solve a problem. Don’t just say no on something that everybody agrees needs to be done. Because if we pass a bill, that will supplant whatever I’ve done administratively.


snip//

Obama isn’t intimidated by the lawsuit. He is seizing the opportunity that it presents. What better way to get Hispanic voters engaged in the midterm than to make immigration a central issue? President Obama is baiting the House Republicans into pursuing this lawsuit. The president made it clear that he isn’t acting alone because he loves executive action. If House and Senate Republicans stopped obstructing everything, the president wouldn’t need to take administrative action.

The problem isn’t Obama taking too many executive actions. The real problem is that congressional Republicans refuse to do anything.


It turns out that John Boehner’s lawsuit isn’t even a good intimidation tactic. Instead of slowing down the president is doubling his efforts to do what is right for the country, with or without Congress.
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Obama Delivers a Middle Finger To Boehner and His Lawsuit By Acting Alone on Immigration (Original Post) babylonsister Jun 2014 OP
Good for him! 3catwoman3 Jun 2014 #1
Kicked boner's nuts up into the area where his cerebellum should be, through the ChisolmTrailDem Jun 2014 #2
Gives new meaning to the term..."so sue me". Tarheel_Dem Jun 2014 #3
Ha!! babylonsister Jun 2014 #5
Double down Mr President! sheshe2 Jun 2014 #4
K & R Scurrilous Jun 2014 #6
Is this what that stupid lawsuit is about? treestar Jun 2014 #7
treestar... babylonsister Jun 2014 #9
Thanks treestar Jun 2014 #15
The lawsuit, if it is filed, will be about the separation of powers among amandabeech Jun 2014 #10
Exactly the thing Bill Clinton used to do to Gingrich AgingAmerican Jun 2014 #8
This is the man I voted for madokie Jun 2014 #11
He's so nice passiveporcupine Jun 2014 #12
It's fun to feel good for a change. AAO Jun 2014 #13
thanks babylonsistah! Cha Jun 2014 #14

sheshe2

(83,355 posts)
4. Double down Mr President!
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 05:13 PM
Jun 2014

I do so hate the GOP doing what they do best and that is absolutely nothing!

Thanks bsis.

babylonsister

(170,964 posts)
9. treestar...
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 06:55 PM
Jun 2014
http://www.politicususa.com/2014/06/30/boehner-suing-obama-republicans-refuse-work-people.html

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The Republican answer to the President’s executive actions to help all Americans is suing him for doing what they refuse to do; work for the general welfare of the people. It does not matter that the President, in many cases, issued the same exact executive orders as his white predecessor, or that his orders are well within his constitutional authority; Republicans are livid President Obama is doing what they should be doing as prescribed by the Constitution; working for the people.

On Sunday, Virginia Republican Representative Bob Goodlatte told Fox News’ host Chris Wallace that House Republicans’ plan to sue President Obama is, “not about our wanting to stop him from doing his job. It’s our wanting to do the job that the Constitution prescribes.” Republicans have had five-and-a-half years to do the job the Constitution prescribes and instead either obstructed legislation that helps the people, passed legislation taking from the people, passed legislation giving billions to the rich, or manufactured scandals at the taxpayers’ expense. Speaker John Boehner even boasted that Republicans’ job is not making laws, but abolishing laws and programs that benefit the people.

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treestar

(82,383 posts)
15. Thanks
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 11:01 PM
Jun 2014


You know what's funny is Republicans thought a whole lot of Executive powers when one of theirs was in the office!
 

amandabeech

(9,893 posts)
10. The lawsuit, if it is filed, will be about the separation of powers among
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 06:59 PM
Jun 2014

the executive and legislative branches of government as laid out in our Constitution. In that great document, the legislative branch is charged with making the laws and the executive is charged with making sure that those laws are properly executed.

The House will assert that what President Obama is doing with respect to changing the ACA and whatever he intends to do with immigration, as well as some other matters, constitutes legislation and thus violates the separation of powers.

Whether the House has the right to sue over this issue will be a question (Boehner himself probably won't be the plaintiff), as will whether this is a "political question" of the type that the courts do not adjudicate.

Some executive orders are innocuous, like ones designating "National Tulip Week", but some gone much farther than that, particularly since FDR was in the White House.

Remember the consternation around here about Bush's "signing statements?" It's the same type of thing.

Most legal commentators have written or said that any lawsuit brought by the House on this issue will be dismissed by a court almost automatically. But I've read a couple, one by Jonathan Turley, a professor of law at George Washington University and an NBC commenter, stating that the courta may be willing to hear the case.

At any rate, the suit probably serves some of the same political purposes that an Impeachment Hearing in the House would have for the Republican base, but wouldn't take as much legislative time, and would not ultimately be dependent on a 60-vote majority in the Senate to convict the President.

The next 2.5 years in Washington could be interesting, but in the Chinese way of "may you live in interesting times."





madokie

(51,076 posts)
11. This is the man I voted for
Mon Jun 30, 2014, 07:09 PM
Jun 2014

To me it is about time that he takes the bull by the horns. The republican party has done everything in their power to keep the majority elected President from doing anything. I find that totally unacceptable. If it was a new car I was buying I wouldn't accept it.
In spite of all the obstruction by the republicon, teahadist house of representatives he still has a pretty good record. history will shine a pretty light on our first Black President. I'm proud to say I voted for him 3 times too. I like those three votes better than all the rest of the votes I've cast in my 40 plus years of casting votes. dm

2014 election is going to turn some heads cause there is a lot of people pissed at the way the President is treated and will be voting accordingly. It'll be a majority in the senate and house then they and the President can get some business taken care of. Business like jobs, jobs, and more jobs. infrastructure will make a big dent in the numbers of unemployed too. People around here watch too much FOX noise so I just have to keep my mouth shut to keep the peace but get away from here and people are pissed. Not at our President either you can bet on that. He's trying to help the average joe but his mistake is he's doing it while black.

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