How do you think Oliver North sold so many weapons to a bunch of so=called freedom fighters in Central America? They did not buy guns from us on creditCID1990 wrote:mrklean wrote:including allowing the CIA to sell drugs into our country.
AAAAAANNNNNNNND THATS ALL FOLKS!
http://www.vox.com/2014/10/31/7136945/b ... t-troubles" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Back in July, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted to file a historically unprecedented lawsuit against President Obama for delaying Obamacare's employer mandate. But months have since passed, with no news that a lawsuit has been drawn up or filed. There's been some speculation that Speaker John Boehner was intentionally slow-walking the process until after the election, not wanting to jeopardize the party's potential Senate gains by reviving headlines of House GOP overreach.
This week, however, Politico's Josh Gerstein and Maggie Haberman reported that Boehner's actually been having serious problems even finding a law firm willing to file the suit — two have tentatively signed on, and then gotten cold feet. Originally, attorney David Rivkin — who crafted the unique legal arguments Boehner used to justify the suit — was supposed to draw up the suit itself. But his firm, Baker Hostetler, pulled out. More recently, Bill Burck of the firm Quinn Emanuel was also tentatively hired, until similarly backing away.
Though the suit's legal arguments have been met with skepticism by scholars, Gerstein and Haberman report that the trouble here is more political — some clients simply didn't want each firm involved in such a controversial suit. Boehner's spokesperson told the reporters that the suit would still go ahead, but perhaps would be crafted entirely by lawyers employed by the House, rather than an outside firm. Head over to Politico for the full report to learn more on these latest developments, and read Vox's explainer on the Boehner lawsuit here.
Couple that with the fact that the winds are tilting for the Republicans right now and there doesn't seem to be a reason to push this lawsuit. If the GOP wins the Senate as expected tomorrow, it will be a good two years of the GOP on display for the voters as to why the GOP Presidential candidate is or isn't worth voting for. Maybe they've realized that just winning one branch of government isn't some kind o crazy mandate to do whatever you want to do. Both parties have been guilty of assuming, after each have had big wins in the past 8 years, that their win was the one that was historic and mandate setting and that all future elections will go their way forever. Apparently, the voters think otherwise.Skjellyfetti wrote:Bump.
http://www.vox.com/2014/10/31/7136945/b ... t-troubles" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Back in July, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted to file a historically unprecedented lawsuit against President Obama for delaying Obamacare's employer mandate. But months have since passed, with no news that a lawsuit has been drawn up or filed. There's been some speculation that Speaker John Boehner was intentionally slow-walking the process until after the election, not wanting to jeopardize the party's potential Senate gains by reviving headlines of House GOP overreach.
This week, however, Politico's Josh Gerstein and Maggie Haberman reported that Boehner's actually been having serious problems even finding a law firm willing to file the suit — two have tentatively signed on, and then gotten cold feet. Originally, attorney David Rivkin — who crafted the unique legal arguments Boehner used to justify the suit — was supposed to draw up the suit itself. But his firm, Baker Hostetler, pulled out. More recently, Bill Burck of the firm Quinn Emanuel was also tentatively hired, until similarly backing away.
Though the suit's legal arguments have been met with skepticism by scholars, Gerstein and Haberman report that the trouble here is more political — some clients simply didn't want each firm involved in such a controversial suit. Boehner's spokesperson told the reporters that the suit would still go ahead, but perhaps would be crafted entirely by lawyers employed by the House, rather than an outside firm. Head over to Politico for the full report to learn more on these latest developments, and read Vox's explainer on the Boehner lawsuit here.
All this proves is that Big Law Firms are whores. Nothing to see here.Skjellyfetti wrote:Bump.
http://www.vox.com/2014/10/31/7136945/b ... t-troubles" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Back in July, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted to file a historically unprecedented lawsuit against President Obama for delaying Obamacare's employer mandate. But months have since passed, with no news that a lawsuit has been drawn up or filed. There's been some speculation that Speaker John Boehner was intentionally slow-walking the process until after the election, not wanting to jeopardize the party's potential Senate gains by reviving headlines of House GOP overreach.
This week, however, Politico's Josh Gerstein and Maggie Haberman reported that Boehner's actually been having serious problems even finding a law firm willing to file the suit — two have tentatively signed on, and then gotten cold feet. Originally, attorney David Rivkin — who crafted the unique legal arguments Boehner used to justify the suit — was supposed to draw up the suit itself. But his firm, Baker Hostetler, pulled out. More recently, Bill Burck of the firm Quinn Emanuel was also tentatively hired, until similarly backing away.
Though the suit's legal arguments have been met with skepticism by scholars, Gerstein and Haberman report that the trouble here is more political — some clients simply didn't want each firm involved in such a controversial suit. Boehner's spokesperson told the reporters that the suit would still go ahead, but perhaps would be crafted entirely by lawyers employed by the House, rather than an outside firm. Head over to Politico for the full report to learn more on these latest developments, and read Vox's explainer on the Boehner lawsuit here.
