Boehner Weighs Expanding Lawsuit Against Obama

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) “is considering expanding a federal lawsuit on President Obama’s executive orders to include immigration. Filing a separate lawsuit over the president’s authority to protect millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation is another option that gained traction Thursday during talks among party leaders,” the Washington Post reports.

“The idea to use the courts as an initial means of dissent, should the president move forward in the coming weeks and save millions from deportation, moved to the front of the House GOP’s playbook after the leadership reviewed it. Boehner is said to want to respond forcefully and quickly should the president act and is of the opinion that a lawsuit would do that, as well as signal to conservatives in his conference that he shares their frustrations about the president’s use of executive power.”