2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumBoehner’s Bet: Lawsuit Will Quiet Impeachment Calls
More seems curious than straightforward in Speaker John A. Boehners current plan for suing President Barack Obama.
But one of the easier things to understand is what the litigation might accomplish inside the House Republican Conference: a cooling of the intensifying and politically problematic talk about how nothing short of impeachment will do.
Legislation to authorize the lawsuit will get its first public hearing on July 16 at the Rules Committee. Its on course for passage entirely along party lines in two weeks, just before the August recess begins. So it will be toward the end of September, just as Congress is preparing to decamp for the campaign trail, before the Houses lawyers actually take their complaint to the federal courthouse at the foot of Capitol Hill.
That means theres almost no chance for even a preliminary resolution before the midterm elections. But the schedule will nonetheless provide the infuriated House Republicans several opportunities for venting their bloodlust this summer and fall.
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SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)I need to sue you
Mass
(27,315 posts)This said, what are the odds Boehner loses this battle against the totally crazy wing of his party (or does he hope that impeachment can wait until after the November election ?).
underpants
(182,273 posts)He has no control over the marketing department. The crazies get this fed to them 4-5 times a day. In fact they seek out being told this.