WASHINGTON — If House Republicans want to pursue a “seriously misguided” lawsuit against the president over immigration, they shouldn’t do it by pushing through a resolution without going through a full hearing process, the top Democrat on the House Rules Committee, Rep. Louise Slaughter of New York, wrote Thursday in a letter to her Republican counterpart.
“I remain disappointed that the Majority is considering filing another such lawsuit at all and I am convinced that its primary purpose is political,” Slaughter wrote in the letter to Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas), which was provided to HuffPost. “But, regardless of our disagreement about the merits of a lawsuit, there is a right way to do important business in the House, and there is a wrong way.”
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An aide for Sessions said the Rules Committee is reviewing Slaughter’s letter, and that it plans to follow “normal procedures of taking the minority’s views in mind as we consider this bill.”
The immigration executive actions already face a lawsuit from 26 states that contends Obama went beyond his constitutional powers. The White House has maintained he acted within his authority and that the actions ultimately will be upheld in the courts.
