Conservatives like to whine and shriek about frivolous lawsuits right up until the point when they actually start one themselves.
House Speaker John Boehner confirmed Wednesday that he intends to sue President Obama in the long-running dispute between the administration and congressional Republicans over the scope of the administration's executive authority to enforce laws.
"I am," Boehner told reporters, when asked if he was going to initiate a lawsuit. "The Constitution makes it clear that a president's job is to faithfully execute the laws. In my view, the president has not faithfully executed the laws."
Boehner added: "Congress has its job to do and so does the president. And when there's conflicts like this between the legislative branch and the administrative branch, it's in my view our responsibility to stand up for this institution in which we serve."
I wonder how much this is going to cost the taxpayers.
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If you haven't seen the details of the suit yet, you don't have enough information to determine whether it is frivolous or not.
Your labelling it frivolous without the information required to determine if it is such is....well, frivolous partisanship.
For years Republicans have insisted that the only problem with our medical system is "frivolous lawsuits filed by greedy trial lawyers." They say this without examining the merits of any of those claims, and the restrictions they proposed for filing medical malpractice lawsuits would make corporations immune to being sued for incompetent medical care.
More to the point is the frequency of executive orders and signing statements. Obama has used executive orders less frequently than any president in the last 80 years (168 times in six years, compared to George H. W. Bush's 166 times in four years, or W.'s 291 times in eight years, or Reagan's 381, or Roosevelt's 3,522).
Even more to the point: George W. Bush issued 1,200 "signing statements," things he disagreed with in the laws he signed, stating how he wasn't going to follow them. That's more than twice the number of signing statements of all other presidents combined.
Obama has issued less than 30 signing statements.
This is why the lawsuit is frivolous. It's not a serious legal challenge, it's just a political tactic to enrage the base and an excuse for the House Republicans to do nothing but collect big fat contribution checks from billionaire donors while spouting campaign slogans on the House floor instead of passing real legislation.
For years Republicans have insisted that the only problem with our medical system is "frivolous lawsuits filed by greedy trial lawyers."
Uhhm, no. Nobody credibly said the only problem was frivolous lawsuits.
Plank one of your argument is bogus.
More to the point is the frequency of executive orders and signing statements.
Uhhhm, no again.
Frequency of orders really means nothing. What would matter is legality of those orders.
And you know that. For you to throw out some frivolous claim that frequency actually matters is nothing more than an attempt to obfuscate.
So plank two of your argument is bogus.
Oh, and btw Mark,
I'm really enjoying you flail about on Quora claiming everyone you meet are commenter's from TSM. I really like how you have latched onto one poor guy that you for some reason think is me. :)
An haiku:
Markto and Nikto,
Arsonists running amok
In fields of strawmen.
I'll agree - the lawsuit is frivolous.
Too bad he doesn't have the stones to actually file articles of impeachment. That is the only appropriate legal action.
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