The election-year suit should be strongly opposed by principled lawmakers and American voters.
After years of obstructing the president in the Republican-controlled House, the GOP is going too far by trying to resolve a political dispute by handing the question to the federal courts to decide.
Republicans are filing suit over a health care law they have opposed at every turn. The GOP-controlled House has voted about 50 times to repeal or restrict the health care law.
The House has a constructional right to protect Congress’ powers and stop a president from exceeding his authority.
But this lawsuit is about politics, not violations of the U.S. Constitution.
It would be easy to dismiss the GOP’s lawsuit against Obama as simply frivolous. But the lawsuit could set a dangerous precedent.
(Reprinted from the Philadelphia Tribune)
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