When Sunday Morning contributor Nancy Giles found out that John Boehner is making noises about suing President Obama, she took one look at Boehner's record and got an idea of her own. Given Boehner's actions during his four-plus years as speaker, she thinks Boehner really has no business talking about dereliction of duty.
According to Speaker Boehner:
"The Constitution makes it clear that a president's job is to faithfully execute the laws; in my view, the president has not faithfully executed the laws."
Now that's funny. Article 2 of that same Constitution says that among the President's other powers, he "shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session."
And speaking of not faithfully executing the laws, let's talk about Congress.
Giles then ticks off Boehner's "accomplishments"--such as voting to repeal Obamacare 54 times, wasting money on congressional hearings about nonexistent scandals, etc. To her mind, the fact that the 112th Congress was "the least productive since World War II" means Boehner's threatened lawsuit is a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black. So she has a novel solution--someone ought to sue Boehner.
That tactic, by the way, of accusing someone else of what you yourself are doing, is called "projective identification." (I knew that Psych 101 class would come in handy some day!)
So I'm wondering: Can the president counter-sue John Boehner? Or the entire House of Representatives?
Can we sue? And can Judge Judy officiate? Please?
Now that trial would be worth the price of admission.