John Boehner May Sue Obama Over Use Of Executive Actions

[Lakhota]

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nur) is talking about suing President Barack Obama for allegedly exceeding his constitutional authority when it comes to administering the laws that Congress passes.

Boehner has frequently accused Obama of picking and choosing what portions of laws to enforce, sometimes by issuing executive orders. That is particularly so for health care and immigration. Spokesman Michael Steel says the Ohio Republican told members of the GOP rank-and-file a lawsuit is possible, but didn't provide details.

Steel also noted the House has passed legislation on two occasions attempting to rein in Obama's actions, but the Democratic-controlled Senate has refused to act on them.

John Boehner May Sue Obama Over Use Of Executive Actions

Go for it, Boner. Bet ya didn't mind when Bush was doing it.

 

[Dad2three]

Bush challenges hundreds of laws

April 30, 2006

President Bush has quietly claimed the authority to disobey more than 750 laws enacted since he took office, asserting that he has the power to set aside any statute passed by Congress when it conflicts with his interpretation of the Constitution.

Among the laws Bush said he can ignore are military rules and regulations, affirmative-action provisions, requirements that Congress be told about immigration services problems, "whistle-blower" protections for nuclear regulatory officials, and safeguards against political interference in federally funded research.


http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/30/world/americas/30iht-web.0430bush.html?pagewanted=all


LOL

 

[Zander]

Bush was wrong. Obama is wrong.

you idiots need to put COUNTRY first, not party.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Boehner is either ignorant of the law or a tedious partisan hack – likely both, as he and all members of Congress lack standing to sue the president (Raines v. Byrd (1997)).

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Bush was wrong. Obama is wrong.

you idiots need to put COUNTRY first, not party.

That would require critical thinking, something most Americans are gravely lacking.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Someone in Congress should introduce a Constitutional Amendment limiting Executive Orders. I have no doubt such an amendment would be ratified easily by the states.

 

[kiwiman127]

Bush was wrong. Obama is wrong.

you idiots need to put COUNTRY first, not party.

Well said.
We need people to put their country over party every single time. If that happened, the US would more than likely get out of this downward trend it's been going on for the last two decades and start leading the world again.
Hyper-partisan politics suck.

 

[Zander]

Someone in Congress should introduce a Constitutional Amendment limiting Executive Orders. I have no doubt such an amendment would be ratified easily by the states.

And eliminate "presidential signing statements".....

 

[Dad2three]

Bush was wrong. Obama is wrong.

you idiots need to put COUNTRY first, not party.

Unlike vetoes, signing statements are not part of the legislative process as set forth in the Constitution, and have no legal effect. A signed law is still a law regardless of what the President says in an accompanying signing statement. In 1972, after President Nixon in a signing statement indicated that a provision in a bill submitted to him did not "represent the policies of this Administration" and was "without binding force or effect," a federal district court held that no executive statement, even by a President, "denying efficacy to the legislation could have either validity or effect." DaCosta v. Nixon, 55 F.R.D. 145, 146 (E.D.N.Y. 1972).

Presidential Signing Statements | Law Library of Congress

 

[Chuckt]

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner (BAY'-nur) is talking about suing President Barack Obama for allegedly exceeding his constitutional authority when it comes to administering the laws that Congress passes.

Boehner has frequently accused Obama of picking and choosing what portions of laws to enforce, sometimes by issuing executive orders. That is particularly so for health care and immigration. Spokesman Michael Steel says the Ohio Republican told members of the GOP rank-and-file a lawsuit is possible, but didn't provide details.

Steel also noted the House has passed legislation on two occasions attempting to rein in Obama's actions, but the Democratic-controlled Senate has refused to act on them.

John Boehner May Sue Obama Over Use Of Executive Actions

Go for it, Boner. Bet ya didn't mind when Bush was doing it.

I think politicians are immune from lawsuits or otherwise they would never be able to do their job.

 

[OnePercenter]

Bush was wrong. Obama is wrong.

you idiots need to put COUNTRY first, not party.

Well said.
We need people to put their country over party every single time. If that happened, the US would more than likely get out of this downward trend it's been going on for the last two decades and start leading the world again.
Hyper-partisan politics suck.

Define 'country.'

 

[Zander]

Bush was wrong. Obama is wrong.

you idiots need to put COUNTRY first, not party.

Unlike vetoes, signing statements are not part of the legislative process as set forth in the Constitution, and have no legal effect. A signed law is still a law regardless of what the President says in an accompanying signing statement. In 1972, after President Nixon in a signing statement indicated that a provision in a bill submitted to him did not "represent the policies of this Administration" and was "without binding force or effect," a federal district court held that no executive statement, even by a President, "denying efficacy to the legislation could have either validity or effect." DaCosta v. Nixon, 55 F.R.D. 145, 146 (E.D.N.Y. 1972).

Presidential Signing Statements | Law Library of Congress

Good to know.

You are aware that Obama is using his own signing statement as justification for why he disobeyed a law that required him to notify Congress before any prisoners could be released from Gitmo? Aren't you? What's your take on that?

Lemme guess...no big deal?