Landmark Legal Foundation readies constitutional suit if Obamacare passes with Slaughter Solution

Washington Examiner ^ | 03/17/10 | Mark Tapscott

[presidio9]

Landmark Legal Foundation president and Talk Radio powerhouse Mark Levin promised today that his foundation will file suit in federal court challenging the constitutionality of Obamacare if it is approved in the House using the Slaughter Solution.

“Landmark has already prepared a lawsuit that will be filed in federal court the moment the House acts. Such a brazen violation of the core functions of Congress simply cannot be ignored. Article I, Section 7 of the Constitution is clear respecting the manner in which a bill becomes law. Members are required to vote on this bill, not claim they did when they didn’t. The Speaker of the House and her lieutenants are temporary custodians of congressional authority. They are not empowered to do permanent violence to our Constitution," Levin said.

A draft of the suit initial filing can be read here.

Even if Landmark never does another good thing for the Republic, what it has been doing for more than a decade to expose the facts about the partisan political partnership between the National Education Association and the Democratic Party makes it an invaluable asset. You can check that out here.

Landmark also has done superb work in exposing how federal bureaucrats at the EPA have funneled billions of tax dollars to radical environmental groups that lobby on behalf of more regulatory power, bigger budgets and expanded staffing for ... EPA. Check that out here.

Levin may be best known for his New York Times best-seller, "Liberty and Tyranny: A conservative manifesto." I knew something remarkable was bubbling "out there" among the American people last year when Levin's book zoomed to the top of the best-seller's list and people lined up for blocks in places like Fairfax County, Va., to buy signed copies of the book and to meet him.

Remember this video? (click on link to see video)

When I saw that line, I knew the Middle American Revolt of 2009 was underway.

[Logical me]

They won't need the slaughter resolution, they have held a gun to the heads of the RATS and as cowards are they will just pass the bill.

[jimpick]

Go get em Mr. Levin!

[alice_in_bubbaland]

Old Nasty Pelousi had better be prepared for a fight the like we haven’t seen in decades.

The folks are fired up and ready for a fight. People are talking about an insurrection, I’m not kidding.

[presidio9]

"Thank me!"

[Son House]

Yep, guess Democrats are going to find out this crowd ain’t a bunch of, ...ah what Rahm said, you know, their crowd.

[hal ogen]

Sue the bast**ds! Resist! Resist! Resist!

[bert]

Judge Nepolitano said the SCOTUS will not rule against the house because they can make their own rules.

[BuffaloJack]

> The folks are fired up and ready for a fight. People are talking about an insurrection, I’m not kidding.
The insurrection is being perpetrated upon the People of the United States and our legal government by a band of communist, socialist and Marxist conspirators led by Obama, Pelosi and Reid.

[ronnie raygun]

We will not lie down

[lquist1]

“Judge Nepolitano said the SCOTUS will not rule against the house because they can make their own rules.”

If they pass this thing with the Slaughter Solution, it’s definitely worth a shot. There’s never a guarantee how a court would rule, but there is strong precedent when the SCOTUS struck down the 1996 Line Item Veto law.

The issue there was that the POTUS could not alter a bill passed by Congress, then sign it into law without another round of votes.

I think you have a similar issue here, cause the House will not have voted on the EXACT legislation that the Senate passed-this will go beyond just “how they make their own rules.”

Obviously it would be better if we killed the bill, but if they pass it, I hope it’s with this “Slaughter strategy”, cause I think there’s at least a 50/50 chance the court strikes this down-then we would have the best of all worlds-the Dems getting creamed in November AND their health care reform bill invalidated.

[Zack Attack]

If they pass this bill, no worry. We’ll just repeal it when we win in November. And we’ll DEEM the repeal process has a veto-proof majority.

[GailA]

This is from a 2007 contact list of congressional aides. Some might not be there any longer, but worth a try.

Contact congressional aides.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1857768/posts

U.S. Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121
U.S. House switchboard: (202) 225-3121
White House comments: (202) 456-1111
Find your House Rep.: http://www.house.gov/writerep
Find your US Senators: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
Toll free to the US Senate:
1-800-882-2005. (Spanish number)
1-800-417-7666. (English number)
Courtesy of a pro-amnesty group, no less!!

Defeat Obamacare call list: List now contains the new MAYBES culled from FR posts. Be sure to call KNOWN RINOS too.THEY ARE ANSWERING THEIR LOCAL NUMBERS
Here is one of the ones Rush gave out on the radio that I’m calling. So far it’s been busy but I’m going to burn it up till I get to tell my congress critter to vote NO!
Join me?..... 1-877-762-8762

KEEP THE CALLS UP! DC OFFICE LOCAL OFFICE

CODE RED Contact list http://www.nrcc.org/CodeRed/targets/

Remember they are all being offered BRIBES for their votes. Ask them how much their bribe price is.
The National Republican Congressional Committee has published a target list on health care. In addition to continuing to contact the five Tennessee Democrat Congressmen, you can go http://www.votervoice.net/link/clickthrough/ext/94697.aspx to contact some of these targets. Much of the talk following Obama’s announcement has focused on how to defeat this second bill through reconciliation, but that is misleading because the first step to defeating Obamacare is not by concentrating on defeating the “fixer” bill but by defeating the Senate bill in the House when it goes to the floor for an up-or-down vote on Thursday, March 18th.
New FLIPPERS

Dennis Kucinish, Lakewood 216)228-8850, Fax (216)228-6465,
Parma. 440)845-2707, Fax (440)845-2743, DC (202)225-5871
Fax (202)225-5745
James Oberstar (202) 225-6211, Duluth (218) 727-7474, Chisholm (218) 254-5761, Brainerd (218) 828-4400, North Branch, (651) 277-1234
Gabrielle Giffords (202) 225-2542 (520) 881-3588 AZ 8th District

Rep. Lincoln Davis 202-225-6831 Columbia office: 931-490-8699
Rep. Jim Cooper 202-225-4311 Nashville office: 615-736-5295
Rep. Bart Gordon 202-225-4231 Murfreesboro office: 615-896-1986
John Tanner (202) 225-4714, Union City, (731) 885-7070, Jackson Phone: (731) 423-4848, Millington (901) 873-5690 TN (MAYBE)
Rep. Steve Cohen 202-225-3265 Memphis office: 901-544-4131
Harry Mitchell (202) 225-2190 (480) 946-2411 AZ 5th District
Ann Kirkpatrick (202) 225-2315 (928) 226-6914 AZ 1st District
Jerry McNerney (202) 225-1947 925-833-0643 CA 11th District
John Salazar 202-225-4761 970-245-7107 CO 3rd District
Jim Himes (202) 225-5541 (866) 453-0028 CT 4th District
Alan Grayson (202) 225-2176 (407) 841-1757 FL 8th District
Bill Foster (202) 225-2976 630-406-1114 IL 14th District
Baron Hill 202 225 5315 812 288 3999 IN 9th District
Mark Schauer (202) 225-6276 (517) 780-9075 MI 7th District
Gary Peters (202) 225-5802 (248) 273-4227 MI 9th District
Dina Titus (202) 225-3252 702-256-DINA (3462) NV 3rd District
Carol Shea-Porter (202) 225-5456 (603) 743-4813 NH 1st District
Tim Bishop (202) 225-3826 (631) 696-6500 NY 1st District
John Hall (202) 225-5441 (845) 225-3641 x49371 NY 19th District
Bill Owens (202) 225-4611 (315) 782-3150 NY 23rd District
James Matheson Toll-Free Number 1 (877) 677-9743 (202) 225-3011Mike Arcuri (202)225-3665 (315)793-8146 NY 24th District
Dan Maffei (202) 225-3701 (315) 423-5657 NY 25th District
Earl Pomeroy (202) 225-2611 (701) 224-0355 ND At-Large District
Steven Driehaus (202) 225-2216 (513) 684-2723 OH 1st District
Mary Jo Kilroy (202) 225-2015 (614) 294-2196 OH 15th District
Zach Space (202) 225-6265 (330) 364-4300 OH 18th District
Kathy Dahlkemper (202) 225-5406 (814) 456-2038 PA 3rd District
Patrick Murphy (202) 225-4276 (215) 826-1963 PA 8th District
Christopher Carney (202) 225-3731 (570) 585-9988 PA 10th District
Paul Kanjorski (202) 225-6511 (570) 825-2200 PA 11th District
John Spratt (202) 225-5501 (803)327-1114 SC 5th District
Tom Perriello (202) 225-4711 (276) 656-2291 VA 5th District
Alan Mollohan (202) 225-4172 (304) 623-4422 WVA 1st District
Nick Rahall (202) 225-3452 (304) 252-5000 WVA 3rd District
Steve Kagen (202) 225-5665 (920) 437-1954 WI 8th District
Bart Stupak (202) 225 4735 MI (MAYBE)
Brian Baird (202) 225-3536, Vancouver, (360) 695-6292. Olympia, (360) 352-9768, (MAYBE)
senator mark begich (202) 224-3004 toll free. (877) 501 - 6275 just became a MAYBE
Jason Altmire 202-225-2565, Aliquippa, 724-378-0928,
Natrona Heights, 724-226-1304 (MAYBE)

On the Bubble (Major developments from the “yes” and “no” columns in the House)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2467046/posts

Congressional Dems on Twitter
http://www.arrghpaine.com/congressional-dems-on-twitter
And here are toll-free numbers we can use to call any Senators or Reps.

At the first number below you must wait through a tape recording urging you to tell your Rep or Senator to vote “yes” for the health care bill. Just hang on and when the recording is over, you will get the Capitol operator. Just ask for your Rep or Senator’s office. Then you will either talk to an aid or have the chance to leave a message for him/her to vote NO on the health care bill.

When you use the second number and the Capitol operator comes on, just ask for your Rep or Senator’s office. Every time I use this number I get the Rep or Senator’s answer machine, so it may be set up that way all the time...to go to their answer machine. Either way you can leave a message to vote NO on the health care bill!

We need to use these toll free numbers that have been set up for the health care/ BO supporters and illegals to use! After all they are FREE!

1-866-220-0044, 1-866-338-1015, 877-851-6437, 877-210-5351

[LibertarianLiz]

I heard that, but I don't think I can agree. The portion of the Constitution that deals with how a bill becomes law seems to be pretty concise on how that happens. I would think that the Constitution on how a law becomes law, would trump the "Rules Committee" of whatever party was in power at the moment.

I respect The Judge, but I'm very much hoping he is wrong here. And, go Levin!

[presidio9]

Judge Nepolitano said the SCOTUS will not rule against the house because they can make their own rules.

I'm trying to understand you here: Are you implying that Janet has the slightest idea what she's talking about?

[presidio9]

Obviously it would be better if we killed the bill, but if they pass it, I hope it’s with this “Slaughter strategy”, cause I think there’s at least a 50/50 chance the court strikes this down-then we would have the best of all worlds-the Dems getting creamed in November AND their health care reform bill invalidated.

Then instead of us running on Health Care, the dems are going to run on the supposed Republican Court thwarting the will of the people. As (I think) you said, its much better if we kill this before letting Scalia have at it.

[presidio9]

Oops, just realized you were talking about Andrew.

He’s dope too, BTW, but he’s on our side on this one. He’s ALWAYS your side, I guess.

[javachip]

We’ll just repeal it when we win in November. And we’ll DEEM the repeal process has a veto-proof majority.

I think a far better approach would be to deem that the 'bill' wasn't a bill at all. Since it didn't follow the process laid out in the Constitution, deem that all the President had signed was a draft.

With that approach, there never was a bill so there's no need to have another bill repealing it. There would be nothing for the President to veto.

That said, the best approach is keep the pressure on congress and pray the Slaughter rule goes down in flames.

[WHBates]

It's not likely (in fact probably impossible in the Senate) that there would be enough of a turnover to have veto proof majorities in both the house and Senate.

[La Enchiladita]

MARK LEVIN FOR PRESIDENT!!!
WOO HOO!!!