{"id":7188,"date":"2014-11-22T04:24:06","date_gmt":"2014-11-22T04:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=7188"},"modified":"2014-11-22T04:24:06","modified_gmt":"2014-11-22T04:24:06","slug":"when-in-doubt-house-sue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=7188","title":{"rendered":"When in doubt, House, sue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Congress is going to court with the president of the United States.<\/p>\n

The House of Representatives filed its long-awaited lawsuit against Barack Obama, contending the president misused his executive authority to “rewrite the law” regarding the Affordable Care Act.<\/p>\n

I’ll stipulate that I’m no constitutional lawyer, but I’ll bet the farm that Obama didn’t break the law.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2014\/11\/house-files-obamacare-lawsuit-113089.html?hp=b1_l1<\/p>\n

He did what the Constitution empowers him to do.<\/p>\n

It’s curious, too, that Congress filed the suit the day after Obama delivered that long awaited executive order on immigration, although the lawsuit deals with the ACA exclusively. I guess Speaker John Boehner just couldn’t take it any longer.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit, along with the talk of impeachment, is utter nonsense.<\/p>\n

Boehner is grandstanding in the worst possible way. It’s not even clear the court will hear the lawsuit, let alone allow to go to trial and be decided by a jury.<\/p>\n

The most hilarious aspect of this lawsuit are the claims by Republicans that the president is “overusing” the executive authority granted to him. It’s funny because Obama has signed fewer executive orders than almost any of his immediate predecessors. Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, the most recent two-term Republican presidents, signed more. Where was the outcry then?<\/p>\n

We’ll now get to see how this circus plays out.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, some serious legislating needs to get done. How about seeing the GOP craft a bill on, say, immigration and health care? They say they can do\u00a0better. Let’s have it.<\/p>\n

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