Seems it may be harder than they think … there go the tax dollars!!
Boehner Thumbs Up | CREDIT: AP PHOTO/CLIFF OWEN, FILE
Think Progress
Last January, the two lawyers behind Speaker John Boehner’s lawsuit claiming that President Obama is not implementing Obamacare fast enough authored an article in Politico Magazinelaying out the legal theory behind this litigation. Yet, this article contains a glaring misrepresentation of a recent Supreme Court decision that undermines much of the basis for this lawsuit.
David Rivkin and Elizabeth Price Foley are the lawyers behind Boehner’s lawsuit. In theirPolitico piece, they correctly acknowledge that the biggest obstacle to suing Obama is something known as the “standing” doctrine. Standing is the requirement that a plaintiff bringing a lawsuit must have actually been injured in some way by the person that they are suing. But neither Speaker Boehner nor any other member of Congress has been injured by President Obama’s decision to delay implementation of a provision…
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Looks like Boehner, the Complainer, has put his foot in his mouth – again. The 2 lawyers may be sorry they started with this suit. Although, they will gain some prominence for their efforts.
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I sure this doesn’t go through …. all they have done is obstruct, obstruct, obstruct ….
SMH!!
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Absolutely.
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Sadly yes!
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