Health Care & Hospital Law,
Government,
Constitutional Law,
Administrative/Regulatory
Aug. 8, 2014
What's at stake in Obama lawsuit?
On July 30, the House of Representatives passed a resolution that authorized the Speaker of the House to sue President Barack Obama for inadequate enforcement of the Affordable Care Act.
Makan Delrahim
Assistant Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
Makan previously was a partner at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP in Los Angeles. He is the former chief of staff and chief counsel of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee and former senior Justice Department official.
On July 30, the House of Representatives passed a resolution that authorized the speaker of the House to sue President Barack Obama for inadequate enforcement of the Affordable Care Act. Much has been said about the politics of this resolution. That it is "an alternative to impeachment"; that it is a "result of the unconstitutional dereliction of duties' by the president"; so on and on. As the saying goes, "where you stand depends on where you sit." What we don't have is a politically ne...
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