federal lawsuit against obama

• Joining the Fray: Oklahoma Ag Files Suit, Making Oklahoma 28th State to Challenge Health Care Law

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration's federal health care law late Friday afternoon, saying it violated the state constitution. Pruitt's lawsuit makes Oklahoma the 28th state to challenge the individual mandate provision of the federal health care act.

• The Journal Record
• January 28, 2011

• Oklahoma's Incoming Attorney General to File Suit Against Health Care Law

Oklahoma's incoming attorney general said Friday that he would file an independent lawsuit against the federal government to challenge the constitutionality of the Obama administration's federal health care law. Speaking at a Capitol press conference, Attorney General-elect Scott Pruitt said there was great clarity for him on the necessary and urgent need to exercise his responsibility to defend Oklahoma's Constitution against a federal government and president that have gone too far in their overreach of power and authority.

• The Journal Record
• January 14, 2011

• Credit Corbett for Health Care Lawsuit

TO THE EDITORS: This letter is in response to James Henry's April 12 letter criticizing state Attorney General Tom Corbett's lawsuit against the federal government for "Obama Care.

• Intelligencer Journal Lancaster New Era - Saturday Edition
• April 29, 2010

• Judicial Watch Sues Labor Department for Records Regarding Federal Program That Helps Workers Earn a 'Rightful Wage' 'Regardless of Immigration Status'

Government's Taxpayer Funded "We Can Help" Program Assists Illegal Aliens Who are "Vulnerable and Underpaid WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today announced that it has filed a lawsuit against the Obama Department of Labor to obtain records regarding a federal program designed to help "vulnerable and underpaid" illegal alien workers obtain fair wages "regardless of immigration status." The campaign, launched by the Labor Department under the auspices of the Wage and Hour Division in April 2010, encourages illegal aliens to contact the government for assistance in earning fair wages from employers.

• U.S. Newswire
• September 23, 2010

• Court Dismisses Suit Over National Day of Prayer

MADISON, Wis. - A federal appeals court has thrown out a ruling that the National Day of Prayer is unconstitutional and ordered that the lawsuit against it be dismissed. The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the Madison, Wis.-based Freedom From Religion Foundation did not have standing to bring the lawsuit against President Barack Obama.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• April 15, 2011

• Christie Doesn't Thrill Tea Party On Every Issue

Governor Christie's Tea Party bona fides, earned by halting the ARC tunnel project and withdrawing from a greenhouse gas reduction effort, probably won't hurt him in Republican primaries if he runs for president four years from now. But it's also likely that he'd have a hard time beating some of the more right-leaning Tea Party favorites in those races, where voters tend to skew to the right.

... activists by refusing to sign on to a federal lawsuit against the Obama administration's health ...

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• October 10, 2011

• U.S. Official: Government Set to Challenge Ariz. Immigration Law

WASHINGTON | The Obama administration plans to file a federal lawsuit challenging Arizona's immigration law, a U.S. official said. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton stands by a statement she made more than a week ago that the Justice Department "will be bringing a lawsuit against the act.

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• June 19, 2010

• Judge Rules On Liability for 9/11

Appeals court tosses Obama birthplace challenge SAN FRANCISCO -- The so-called birther movement was dealt another legal blow Thursday when a federal appeals court tossed out a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama's U.S. citizenship and his eligibility to serve as commander in chief. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that none of the challengers had legal standing to file the lawsuit on Jan. 20, 2009, the day Obama was inaugurated. The three- judge panel cited various reasons for disqualifying six sets of plaintiffs, who included Obama's political rivals, taxpayers and military personnel. The birther movement has filed multiple lawsuits over the issue, so far with no success. Its leaders have lost similar challenges before the U.S. Supreme Court and the California Suprem...

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• December 23, 2011

• John Doak Wins by Landslide in Gop Runoff for Insurance Commissioner

TULSA, Okla., Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- John Doak won the GOP runoff Tuesday over former Insurance Commissioner John Crawford. Doak, of Tulsa, took the lead early in the polls and never lost it, winning the Republican Nomination for Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner with 71 percent of the vote. He will represent the Republican Party in the Nov. 2 general election.

... who was a 2008 Oklahoma delegate for Barack Obama," Doak said. "I have bipartisan support across the...He is a plaintiff in the federal lawsuit against Obama Care and is an advocate of i...

• U.S. Newswire
• August 25, 2010

• 2010 year in review: a year to remember.

...When President Obama lifted the moratorium on deepwater oil and gas dri.... The state filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration to overturn the ffederal moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Me...

• Alaska Business Monthly
• Vol. 26 Nbr. 12, December 2010