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Pierce writes: "When Eric Cantor was asked to leave his place of employment - that request came from his constituents - he neglected to pass along the location of the mason jar in which he buried John Boehner's balls back in 2010."

John Boehner. (photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
John Boehner. (photo: J. Scott Applewhite/AP)


The Search for John Boehner's Balls Goes On

By Charles Pierce, Esquire

22 November 14

 

hen Eric Cantor was asked to leave his place of employment -- that request came from his constituents -- he neglected to pass along the location of the mason jar in which he buried John Boehner's balls back in 2010. Boehner's search now has become one of those National Treasure movies, where you have to find the location of the clues before you can find the location of the treasure. Apparently, he's come to the spot on the map that reads, "Now that the president has acted on immigration, it's time to sue him over the Affordable Care Act."

The filing of the lawsuit, announced one day after Obama unveiled a series of executive actions on immigration, will not address the president's upcoming moves on deportations and immigration enforcement. Boehner's office said it is also considering legal action on immigration, but added that that would require another House vote. "If this president can get away with making his own laws, future presidents will have the ability to as well," the Speaker said in a statement. "The House has an obligation to stand up for the Constitution, and that is exactly why we are pursuing this course of action."

I have lived through the administration of 12 presidents now. If what this president did Thursday night is "making his own laws," then every one of those 12 presidents have "made their own laws." Richard Nixon made his own law about bombing Cambodia and encouraging burglaries. Ronald Reagan made his own law about negotiating with terrorists and financing murderers in Central America. This is neither the time nor the place for an argument about how Congress steadily deeded its own constitutional powers to the Executive over the last 60 years, and how the current Congress pretends now that it only noticed what Congresses had been doing when the country elected the Blah Democrat a couple of times. But Boehner knows They're Out There Somewhere. The president has acted on immigration so we must sue him over health care. It only makes sense if you have the keys to the map.

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