House Republicans are hoping the third time is a charm in their effort to sue President Barack Obama over his signature health care law . After two Washington law firms backed out of earlier commitments to represent House Republicans in their legal challenge , House Speaker John Boehner hired Jonathan Turley on Tuesday . Turley is a George Washington professor who is an expert on constitutional law and well known to cable TV viewers as a legal analyst . `` Professor Turley is a renowned legal scholar who agrees that President Obama has clearly overstepped his Constitutional authority . He is a natural choice to handle this lawsuit , '' Boehner 's spokesman Michael Steel said in a written statement . Obamacare 's next fight for survival . House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi criticized the move to continue the legal effort and referred to Turley as `` a TV lawyer '' in a press conference Tuesday . Pelosi has criticized Boehner 's office for using taxpayer funds to pay for the litigation . The Democratic Leader told reporters she hoped the latest announcement on the lawsuit was in response to internal Republican politics , and that the legal fight was n't a sign that GOP leaders are n't interested in working across the aisle . The House voted mostly along party lines in July to approve a lawsuit against the President for unilaterally making changes to Obamacare . Although many Republicans backed the delays the administration approved last year , they maintained it was Congress ' job to change the law . But House Republicans have had trouble retaining a firm because of the political blowback on the issue . Obama confident as new enrollment opens at HealthCare.gov . The House 's Office of General Counsel will represent the House in court , but the resolution that passed this summer gives the Speaker the authority to hire outside lawyers to finalize the legal strategy and file a formal complaint . Some are suggesting the GOP case be broadened to respond to any executive action the President takes on immigration . Beyond the political concerns , many constitutional experts have raised doubts that federal courts will take up the Obamacare case pushed by the GOP-controlled House . The legal burden will be on the House to demonstrate it was damaged as an institution by the President 's actions . Rubio , Ryan crafting Obamacare alternative . The Supreme Court may rule on the controversial health care law before the House case makes its way through the system . Earlier this month the high court announced it would consider a challenge to the law that on the tax credits that many Americans use to subsidize health plans they purchase on the federal health exchange .
John Boehner has hired Jonathan Turley a lawyer for House Republicans . The Washington Post reported that the White House is considering using the Congressional Review Act to overturn Obama’s executive actions on immigration.