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Boehner to Sue White House Over Executive Orders
Townhall ^ | June 25, 2014 | Katie Pavlich

Posted on 06/25/2014 5:13:32 PM PDT by lbryce

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, House Speaker John Boehner announced he will be filing a lawsuit in the coming days against the White House in an effort to stop President Obama's continuing executive overreach.

"This is not about impeachment -- it's about him faithfully executing the laws of this country," Boehner said during the announcement.

Here's more background from Roll Call:

The lawsuit could set up a significant test of constitutional checks and balances, with the legislative branch suing the executive branch for ignoring its mandates, and the judiciary branch deciding the outcome.

Boehner told the House Republican Conference during a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning that he has been consulting with legal scholars and plans to unveil his next steps this week or next, according to sources in the room.

Boehner spokesman Michael Steel said further action is necessary because the Senate has not taken up bills passed by the House targeting executive actions. The House has passed a bill expediting court consideration of House resolutions starting lawsuits targeting executive overreach and another mandating that the attorney general notify Congress when the administration decides to take executive action outside of what has been authorized by Congress.

(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: boehner; executiveorders; obama
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What new male enhancing concoction is on Boehner's medical product b*ner protocol that has him unintentionally demonstrating uncharacteristic testicular fortitude he's never demonstrated before?
1 posted on 06/25/2014 5:13:32 PM PDT by lbryce
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To: lbryce

Impeach. Then I’ll believe the Boner


2 posted on 06/25/2014 5:15:20 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
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To: lbryce

this week or next ... or sometime soon, maybe later, but I’m gonn’a DO it ... yoobetcha’ !!


3 posted on 06/25/2014 5:15:32 PM PDT by knarf (brooklyn bridge)
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To: lbryce

It’s the “ speaking to supporters part ( read downers )

How will do nothing of note, more bs talk


4 posted on 06/25/2014 5:16:33 PM PDT by DanielRedfoot (Creepy Ass Cracker)
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To: lbryce

GOPe helped defeat McDaniel, so now they need to pretend their still ‘fighting’ for conservatives.


5 posted on 06/25/2014 5:16:39 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: lbryce

Betting this is as far as it gets. I mean, it’s a headline and no action. If he were serious, he’d go for impeachment!


6 posted on 06/25/2014 5:16:55 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: DanielRedfoot

Boehner always talks big when he is drunk (and that is most of the time) BUT there is a fine line between Boehner attempting to sound fierce, and Boehner crying like the drunken slob he is!


7 posted on 06/25/2014 5:17:44 PM PDT by MagUSNRET
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To: DanielRedfoot

Donor not downer ( freakin sp chk )


8 posted on 06/25/2014 5:18:09 PM PDT by DanielRedfoot (Creepy Ass Cracker)
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To: lbryce

Smoke and mirrors. Actually, just horse manure.

Crybaby may as well hit Dear Leader with his purse. And Boner knows it. Makes me want to puke.


9 posted on 06/25/2014 5:20:29 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: lbryce

I guess Boehner got tired of the way 0bama kept beating him at golf!

What has taken Boehner, the cigar store Injun statue, to actually move?


10 posted on 06/25/2014 5:20:53 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: lbryce

The courts will kick it back, saying the legislative branch only has the impeachment option per the Constitution. (And they would be correct in doing so.) He knows this is what’s going to happen; when it gets kicked back to him, he will then claim something on the order of, “Well, we’re not happy but it doesn’t rise to the level of impeachment so we’re not going to do anything.” He believes this will defang the conservative demands that he do something.

In other words, he knows this is all for show and it won’t go anywhere.


11 posted on 06/25/2014 5:21:48 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: lbryce

No standing.

Next.


12 posted on 06/25/2014 5:23:39 PM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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Boehner announced he will be filing a lawsuit

"When it's time to shoot -- shoot. Don't talk."

13 posted on 06/25/2014 5:24:46 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBsdV--kLoQ)
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"When it's time to shoot -- shoot. Don't talk."

Did you see that Eli passed away today?

14 posted on 06/25/2014 5:25:54 PM PDT by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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To: lbryce

What a sniveling fool.


15 posted on 06/25/2014 5:28:20 PM PDT by Ray76 (True change requires true change - A Second Party ...or else it's more of the same...)
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To: lbryce; All

Boehner is suing the WH because he doesn’t have the support of Reid to remove Obama from office even if HoR impeached Obama. In other words, Clinton proved that impeachment by the HoR is meaningless without the support of the Senate.

But if patriots and former Obama supporters would exercise their voting muscle in 2014 and elect senators who would be willing to follow through with a House impeachment and remove Obama, then things may get interesting.


16 posted on 06/25/2014 5:31:48 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: lbryce

It would be better to use bthe power of the purse to force compliance with the law, rather than to beg the courts to save them.


17 posted on 06/25/2014 5:32:19 PM PDT by buridan
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To: lbryce

Sue Sue Sudio!


18 posted on 06/25/2014 5:32:45 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: lbryce

Let me know what happens in about 6 years.


19 posted on 06/25/2014 5:54:40 PM PDT by boomop1 (term limits will only save this country.)
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To: lbryce

Posturing. If I was 0bama I would call his bluff. Then I would get a divorce.......


20 posted on 06/25/2014 6:19:14 PM PDT by Ben Mugged (The number one enemy of liberalism is reality.)
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