March 17th, 2010 6:41 pm
Lawsuit Planned to Challenge “Slaughter Solution”
Conservative radio talk show host and former Reagan Justice Department Chief of Staff, Marc Levin, is planning to challenge via lawsuit Speaker Pelosi’s use of the “Slaughter Solution” to “deem” the Senate health care bill passed. Pelosi’s maneuver would pass the bill by voting to approve a rule that introduces it. A draft of the lawsuit can be read here (pdf). Though it’s likely the federal courts would refuse to hear the case under the political question doctrine, it would seem to be a bedrock constitutional issue whether “deeming” a bill passed is the same as actually voting on it. Hopefully, we won’t have to find out.
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