After searching for months to find an attorney who would take their case, House Republicans made good on their threat to sue the Obama administration Friday, filing a lawsuit challenging the president's authority to enact key parts of the Affordable Care Act.
The case has been considered a long shot by legal scholars, as the Supreme Court has repeatedly rebuffed members of Congress suing on constitutional grounds.
But if successful, the lawsuit could jeopardize billions of dollars in aid to help low-income Americans get medical care.
Time after time, the president has chosen to ignore the will of the American people and rewrite federal law on his own without a vote of Congress. - House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio)
It marks yet another attempt by critics to use the courts to pull apart the health law. A separate legal challenge that takes aim at other financial assistance for low- and middle-income insurance consumers is scheduled to be considered by the Supreme Court next year.
Filed a day after the president announced executive actions to halt deportation of millions of immigrants living in the country illegally, the new suit also underscores rising tensions between Obama and congressional Republicans.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-obamacare-gop-lawsuit-20141122-story.html
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