The meat and potatoes IMO :
“...There are two types of legitimate pre-Obama executive orders:
(a) A law passed by Congress specifically delegates the power to the president to decide something. For example, if a law empowers and requires the president to certify whether a nation is aiding terrorism, the president may exercise that legal authority in the form of an executive order. But the authority is created by the law Congress enacted.
(b) The boss issues an order to those who work under him: Thursday will be national watermelon day. Employees should not drink coffee near their computers. IRS employees shall make back-up copies of emails. Keep your hands off the interns. That sort of thing.
But Boehner’s lawsuit seeks to challenge Obama’s executive orders which fundamentally conflict with laws passed by Congress. Whether an executive order is legally valid is something courts will have no hesitation deciding....”
The problem is not the number of orders. Obama's numbers are well within the Bush/Clinton range. The problem is the nature of those orders. In fact, he's had a pretty bad run of luck with them in the courts.
Focus on Obama is insane. It is also, IMNVHO, the most successful part of the deconstructionist strategy Team Obama is quietly implementing while "Conservatives" fuss, fume, and foam at the mouth. (And never fail to congratulate each other on startling new insights on how bad Bad Boy African Gay Crook Obama and his minions really are!)
The focus ought to be much more on the Republican Party. After all, with a determined organized, firmly ideological opposition, Obama wouldn't last three minutes. Instead, the GOP has been so long at the losing game that they have figured out how to make it pay, and pay very well indeed. The way to make it pay is not to actually oppose administration policies, but to see what advantage can be had from them for those who support the GOP.
Most GOP elected and Party officials are lawyers. Lawyers have clients. Clients pay retainers (one way or another) and expect results. There are two words: "Constituents," and "Client." The GOP stays in their safe seats and delivers results for their clients, not their constituents.
A beginning has been made to correct this situation with some primary wins and the increased electoral awareness the Tea Party has brought to the table (Whatever the Hell the Tea Party actually is!) But there is still no coherent:
Speaking of "time" and the topic of this thread: Boehner's Lawsuit? Great Idea actually. Years late. A GOP responsive to "constituents" rather than "clients," would have sacked this drunken fool a long time ago. As it is, it simply will give Team Obama more time to advance their Program and Plan.
Did I mention that we have neither a Program nor a Plan?