John Boehner, as Republican Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, proposes to file a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama’s violations of the U.S. Constitution by (a) exceeding his authority as president and (b) modifying and ignoring laws passed by Congress. Doubts have been expressed as to whether a successful decision by the Courts against the Obama administration can be enforced. Attorney Jonathan Levin presents an excellent analysis and historical review in “John Boehner and John Roberts, Meet John Marshall”. Many other commentators, less thoughtfully than Levin, have scoffed at Boehner’s lawsuit by pointing to Obama’s willingness to disobey the law already. Why would Obama obey the Court? (Most other reactions were that people just don’t like Boehner and don’t want to give him any credit for anything.) Jonathan Levin reviews the landmark case of Marbury v. Madison in remarkably similar political circumstances at...(Read Full Article)