Speaker Boehner's Taxpayer-Funded Immigration Lawsuit Only to 'Placate Conservatives'
From The Atlantic:
How Republicans Learned to Love Litigation… Speaker Boehner is again turning to the courts to do what he couldn't do in Congress…
For a party with a history of railing against activist judges and frivolous lawsuits, Republicans sure do like to litigate. Their latest foray into the courts is likely to come over immigration, after Speaker John Boehner told his House members on Tuesday morning that the leadership was "finalizing a plan" to authorize a lawsuit against President Obama over his unilateral actions to shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation. This after the House GOP already (after some lawyer troubles) sued the Obama administration over its implementation of the Affordable Care Act…What this is really about is Republicans looking to the courts to do what they have not been able to do legislatively…
From CNN:
This means the House would have to take up a resolution to authorize a lawsuit -- as it did on Obamacare last year… The move comes as House Republican leaders are struggling to round up support for a border security bill they had planned to vote on this week. The blizzard affecting the East coast postponed the vote, but some conservatives who opposed the bill said it didn't have the support needed to pass.
From The Hill:
Republican leaders look for escape plan on immigration…A lawsuit is likely to take years to wend its way through the courts, giving little satisfaction to conservative…
From WSJ:
Mr. Boehner's plans to step up legal pressure on the White House over immigration comes as Republicans face dwindling time and legislative options to confront the administration through a funding bill with a deadline at the end of February.
From MSNBC:
In November, Boehner filed a lawsuit against Obama over the Affordable Care Act's employer mandate, shortly after Obama announced his major deportation relief plan. But legal experts point out that the courts have historically dismissed most lawsuits that lawmakers have brought against the president for lack of standing.
From AP:
House Republicans are moving toward authorizing a potential lawsuit against President Barack Obama on immigration…the plan emerged with Republicans short on realistic options…The uncertainty has frustrated conservative Republicans…[who] already have sued to try to undo Obama's health care law.
From TPM:
House Speaker John Boehner is eying another lawsuit against President Barack Obama… A lawsuit may be an attempt to placate conservatives and avert a shutdown.
From National Journal:
Boehner to Sue Obama, Again…Boehner told his conference at a closed-door meeting Tuesday morning that he has a team exploring the best options to challenge last year's executive action…challenging the president in venue other than the Capitol could assuage GOP House members who have said unequivocally that they do not want to move any other immigration measures… Boehner's comments come a day after GOP leaders decided to pull a border-security measure from House consideration [which] faced problems of its own…
From The Hill:
House plots new lawsuit against Obama's immigration orders…last year, House voted to sue Obama over his use of executive actions delaying the healthcare law's employer mandate…
From ABC News:
House Speaker John Boehner Threatens Second Lawsuit Against Obama on Immigration…One month before the Homeland Security Department runs out of funding, Republican leaders are scrambling to find alternative ways to express their displeasure over the president…