House GOP Hires New Firm to Sue Obama After the First One Bails

[Zorro]

Source: The Atlantic Wire

The law firm that House Republicans hired to file their lawsuit against President Obama lasted less than a month.

The House Administration Committee announced on Friday that it had replaced the original firm, BakerHostetler, with a new lead attorney, William Burck.

A Republican leadership aide confirmed reports that BakerHostetler had bowed out due to "political pressure" from its other clients. The lawyer that had been handling the case, David Rivkin, had been retained in part because it was his writings that gave Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) hope that the House could succeed in bringing a largely unprecedented lawsuit against the president for circumventing Congress and exceeding his constitutional authority.

Burck has experience in legal battles with senior administration officials, having represented the House Oversight and Government Committee in its lawsuit against Attorney General Eric Holder.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/house-gop-hires-firm-sue-obama-first-one-213627273.html

[notadmblnd]

1. I hope the tax payers aren't getting the bill for their antics

[davidpdx]

2. Sadly I believe they are

I bet they bailed because they knew they were going to lose. Who'd want to be on the losing end of a precedent setting case?

[notadmblnd]

3. Well if congress can sue the President

the people should be able to sue congress.

[ffr]

5. +1 I like his idea!

[davidpdx]

6. I agree with you

The thing is as a private citizen you'd have to be wealthy enough to fund the lawsuit. If you won you might be able to get the fees back at the end, but you'd have to pay upfront.

[ffr]

4. I'd have thought they'd hire Ken Starr

That only cost the American taxpayer $60-odd million and resulted in zero.

[Cartoonist]

7. Tell me more

"political pressure" from its other clients.
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That sounds interesting. Apparently there are important people who think this idea is idiotic and can put pressure on the idiots attempting it.

I don't want to click on a Yahoo link. Does the story elaborate on that?

[SoapBox]

8. PukeBaggers...

The greatest money wasters ever.

[czarjak]

9. If at first you don't succeed...

Keep being the Stupid Party.