NEWS RELEASE: ATTORNEY GENERAL PATRICK MORRISEY FILES LAWSUIT CHALLENGING PRESIDENT OBAMA’S REFUSAL TO FAITHFULLY EXECUTE THE LAW Morrisey: President Obama is not above the law. This lawsuit simply asks the Court to require the Obama Administration to follow the law. CHARLESTON — Attorney General Patrick Morrisey today announced that the State of West Virginia filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging President Barack Obama’s practice of cherry-picking which laws his Administration will enforce. The lawsuit alleges the President and his Administration have repeatedly demonstrated that they will change or ignore certain laws or statutes in order to promote or protect their political agenda. The lawsuit cites several instances where the Administration has ignored the law on immigration matters, environmental and mining regulations, and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. “The President cannot pick and choose which laws to follow and which to ignore on the basis of political convenience,” Attorney General Morrisey said. “West Virginia knows first-hand the consequences that the administration’s illegal and flawed interpretation of the law can have on our coal mining jobs. This lawsuit simply asks the Court to require the Obama Administration to follow the laws and restore the constitutional boundaries on presidential authority. Unfortunately, the President has shown time and again that he is willing to ignore or go around Congress to promote his agenda, and that can’t continue. Prevailing in this lawsuit will help our state’s efforts to limit the President’s activities in important areas that have painful implications on coal miners and West Virginia’s economy.” To read the release, please go to bit.ly/1qikY8F
Posted on: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 20:22:56 +0000
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