Georgia Attorney General Faces Impeachment Threat After Refusing To File Anti-Health Care Lawsuit
"Georgia lawmakers reacted to Wednesday's news that their Attorney General, Democrat Thurbert Baker, would not sign on to a multi-state lawsuit to block the health care bill in his state by filing papers to have him impeached."
"The blog Peach Pundit reports that the resolution to impeach Baker, also a candidate for Georgia governor, now has at least 30 signatures and is still going forward."
"Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, a Republican, petitioned Baker to sign on to the joint lawsuit filed by more than a dozen attorneys general across the country earlier this week that seeks to shield states from the effects of the new health bill, including the so-called "individual mandate," which forces most people to buy insurance."
"'I cannot justify a decision to initiate expensive and time-consuming litigation that I believe has no legal merit,' Baker wrote in a two-page response to Gov. Perdue. 'In short, this litigation is likely to fail and will consume significant amounts of taxpayers' hard-earned money in the process.'"
"On Thursday Gov. Perdue said he would appoint a 'special attorney general' to sign on to the lawsuit challenging the health care bill since Baker would not do it himself, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution."
"Perdue made the announcement a day after state Attorney General Thurbert Baker, a Democrat running for governor, told Perdue, a Republican, he would not pursue a lawsuit."
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As Georgia AG Baker says, these suits are going nowhere, and will ultimately be a waste of time and money pursuing them. At a time when the economy is in its worst state since the great depression, this is how the republican party decides to waste everybody's time. The health care reform bill is hardly "radical;" it doesn't go nowhere near far enough in the minds of many. Yet they are making this out to be some great national tragedy, just because they lost!
With all the violence, lunacy and other such stuff they've unleashed, its only a matter of time before something bad happens. It would be great if Obama could give a press conference and let the public know that, we will all stand together in the face of the violence and hatred of the republican party.
"The blog Peach Pundit reports that the resolution to impeach Baker, also a candidate for Georgia governor, now has at least 30 signatures and is still going forward."
"Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue, a Republican, petitioned Baker to sign on to the joint lawsuit filed by more than a dozen attorneys general across the country earlier this week that seeks to shield states from the effects of the new health bill, including the so-called "individual mandate," which forces most people to buy insurance."
"'I cannot justify a decision to initiate expensive and time-consuming litigation that I believe has no legal merit,' Baker wrote in a two-page response to Gov. Perdue. 'In short, this litigation is likely to fail and will consume significant amounts of taxpayers' hard-earned money in the process.'"
"On Thursday Gov. Perdue said he would appoint a 'special attorney general' to sign on to the lawsuit challenging the health care bill since Baker would not do it himself, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution."
"Perdue made the announcement a day after state Attorney General Thurbert Baker, a Democrat running for governor, told Perdue, a Republican, he would not pursue a lawsuit."
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As Georgia AG Baker says, these suits are going nowhere, and will ultimately be a waste of time and money pursuing them. At a time when the economy is in its worst state since the great depression, this is how the republican party decides to waste everybody's time. The health care reform bill is hardly "radical;" it doesn't go nowhere near far enough in the minds of many. Yet they are making this out to be some great national tragedy, just because they lost!
With all the violence, lunacy and other such stuff they've unleashed, its only a matter of time before something bad happens. It would be great if Obama could give a press conference and let the public know that, we will all stand together in the face of the violence and hatred of the republican party.
Hey Clark, from what I just heard on the news I am sure our federal government is very glad that we are not worried about the lack of jobs no more than we were as every thing being made in America was outsourced out of this country...
What I just heard is Social Security is officially broke...becsue of lack of employment mor epeople ahve been and are still applying for early retirement...I wonder if many of us remember all those years when our government was using SS and Medial as their own personal piggy bank...CAN ANYONE SAY, " OUR GREEDY , BEST CONGRESS THAT LOBBY MONEY CAN BUY" has come home to roost?!?
I am sure this health care reform bill is more pressing than SS being broke as it is all about emotions and not truth nor facts...or we can just end these two wars and back our president in his refusing to tell Israel taht this country is closed fo rfinancing their endless wars. (smile)