Discussion for article #230279
It’s the Supremes who are shredding the Constitution declaring corporations to have the same rights as people. I wonder how much Turdley gets per hour?
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Amazing that House leadership keeps offering this shit sandwich to the Tea Party when it’s obvious they will only settle for the sweet, sweet ham of impeachment
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I remember Turley as a competent legal analyst and regular on Keith Olbermann’s MSNBC show. I guess he changes opinions depending on who is paying.
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Clarence Thomas and the Supremes.
Sounds like the name of a porn vid.
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I wonder if the “tear in the fabric of the Constitution” would be a continuation of the “tear” begun by Reagan and continued by Bush1, or did that never happen?
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The House leadership likes to call it a Shit-fil-A.
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Lots of legal opinions do. And I have no doubt this is all about the money for him.
But the fact they are reduced to a law professor who hires out to give legal opinions on TV shows what an absolute farce this whole thing is.
And don’t get me wrong; this guy may have a great legal mind. But he isn’t practicing law, and he doesn’t have a law firm behind him. Most likely he is going to turn to students to do most of the paperwork (cheap labor…its all about the money remember).
So basically, after every law firm in D. C. turned this case down, Boehner is reduced to using an amateur labor force. And nothing sends a message about how so Very Serious you are than that.
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ZING ----on many levels.
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Turley or Turkey–you decide!
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I had an excellent legal education and had some brilliant professors… There is not one, however, I would hire to manage a lawsuit on my behalf. The skill set is completely different. Time for a ride in the GOP clown car.
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And if the case does not get filed,Turley is gonna have some tough questions to answer on the TV shows. If he’s honest,the answers won’t be good for the GOP.
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He’ll file it. It’ll be a huge joke, but he’ll file it. He’s not being paid for his litigation expertise…he has none. He’s getting paid because he’ll actually file it.
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Is that a SupremeCorporation gleam in Turley’s eye?
Is he wet-dreaming about his own black robe and sitting next to Tony ?
What snacks will he bring for Clarence?
Hmmmmmmm…unquiring minds want to know…
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I’m not a lawyer and don’t even play one on TV, but I’m trying to imagine what order a court could issue in this case. “You are hereby ordered to deport every illegal immigrant”. OK, but there are 10 million or more and the budget allows only 400,000 deportations/year, so it will take a minimum of 25 years, even assuming not a single one arrives. What would be the practical meaning of such a court order anyway?
I would be obliged to many of the actual lawyers who post here for their enlightenment.
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The court order would simply be that whatever mechanisms Obama chose to enact can’t be enacted. It reverts back to how it is now, whatever that is.
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Turley is a Democrat. Has said that he voted for Obama. He has very strong beliefs about separation of powers. From what I know about the statutory language at issue, he has a decent case. His case is much weaker, however, with the House of Representatives as the plaintiff, rather than someone who was actually injured by the HHS action-- if such a person actually exits!
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But, surely, the President’s job is to manage the government and see that there is prioritization of tasks. When the commander of the State Police sends them out to give speeding tickets, he is certainly within bounds to tell them to focus on those going at least 15 mph over the limit, rather than those going 1 mph over. So, it seems the President could still order that the focus be on criminals, which would de facto mean little effort to deport non-criminals. So, the President could get around the court in a de facto manner, no?
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Well that’s exactly the question. You are completely right, the Executive has authority to prioritize how laws created by Congress are enforced. The question is whether he has taken that right too far. It’s hard to know since he hasn’t issued his immigration action yet, but Courts tend to give WIDE latitude to the Executive in this situation, so that’s why Boehner is having problems getting law firms to file the case.
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Regarding the delay of the employer mandate (the purpose of the lawsuit originally), Boehner will have to show that he has standing, or some injury in regards to it. He can’t. It will go nowhere.
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