Kimberley Strassel has a good column in the Wall Street Journal today, pointing out that House Democrats who are criticizing and ridiculing Speaker John Boehner‘s lawsuit against President Obama have in fact often, and not so long ago, brought lawsuits against President George W. Bush or other officials, complaining that they have violated the Constitution in some way.

Strassel goes on to distinguish the lawsuit Boehner and House Republicans are preparing from these earlier unsuccessful cases, presenting arguments why it may have a better chance of prevailing. But overall her point is this: The Democrats are making a process argument against pretty much what they have done in the past.