Posted on 01/05/2012 5:46:33 PM PST by Kaslin
Constitution: President Obama's nonrecess "recess appointments" can't be excused as over-the-top electioneering. This president has crossed over from socialistic extremism into lawlessness and, perhaps, impeachability.
The U.S. Constitution established a strong presidency — so strong that even one of the most esteemed founding fathers, Patrick Henry, worried it would be kinglike. But this week saw a president exceed even those broad constitutional powers because doing so fits his election-year narrative of a "do-nothing Congress" so well.
Now we have the makings of a banana republic, where the rule of clearly written constitutional law is compromised by a ruler's subjective whim.
The Constitution is crystal clear on the recess appointment authority of the president.
"The president shall have power," Article II, section 2 states, "to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session."
The Senate has not been in recess. And Congress' authority over when it is and isn't in recess is no small matter of parliamentary procedure. Rather, it is a power the Framers explicitly bestowed in Article I, Section 5:
"Neither House, during the session of Congress, shall, without the consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days."
Yet Obama on Wednesday, with no recess in effect and against the publicly stated position of his own Justice Department, made four "recess appointments."
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I can't even hear the crickets. But I'm far from there, maybe that's why.
Once upon a time, I would have agreed with you, but that seems like such a long time ago now. As it is, I'm holding out for divine intervention.
The only thing that can save us is our fellow Americans' understanding of what is being done to us and how we have been and are being deceived.
Unfortunately, most believe the deceivers.
Just This week: appointments without recess, agree to share missile secrets with Russia and China, gut the military, release Taliban prisoners to Taliban after secret negotiations with them. After his 4million $ vacation. He keeps moving along at a steady pace to destroy America.
HELL YES! Impeach the SOB!! Who cares if the Democratic led Senate will convict him? They’re nothing but partisan traitors anyway. The House should file articles of impeachment immediately; start the freaking process!! Time and again, Obama has slapped the GOP across the face, taken advantage of them, insulted them, consistently lied to them, spit on them, makes them the butt of jokes in public, kicked them in the groin, and now he just laughs and dares the GOP to do anything... Obama plays hard ball demon politics to win and the damn weak ass GOP leadership simply takes their licks and rolls over. Seems their only worries are that the Washington Post might write something bad about them if they strike back! Apparently, they don’t realize how weak, inept and impotent they seem to be.
Pretty scary, IMO, considering the economic times...and it's all legal and waiting in the wings.
Another flaw. We got ourselves Putinism 200 years before Putty was born.
I am, too....thank goodness!
Just when we think it can’t get worse.....
If it's any consolation, you're not the only one who feels that way.
Just stop to realize, that between now and 11-2012 Obama will complete his Bolshevik agenda, while we sit on our hands and sadly watch our sorry Congress make angry speeches.
Dictators only have the power that we allow them to have.
GAME ON!
And the candidates we have to try to get rid of him are nearly as hapless as they are. I guess I'm looking for 1...just 1...hero to step up and stop this juggernaut in progress.
My tagline is "reserved for a hero" that I haven't found yet!....and may never find.
You can sit on your hands,
And look at your feet.
You can wish to spit
In a despot’s eye.
Or you can stand and deliver
With like-minded folk.
“Where are they?” you may reply,
They are over there,
Sitting on their hands,
Looking at their feet - - - - - - - .
Well, that’s depressing. LOL!
So many offenses, so little time.
O’Gangsta could rape and murder several teenage virgins on national television and not a single scumbag Demonrat would vote to impeach or convict.
We do control Congress and Obama is going to need approval to raise the debt ceiling. How about alittle brinksmsnship to get rid of these appointments?
Or rape a woman, twice, and dang near bite a hole through her lip, then tell her to put some ice on it. Same song; different verse.
That is brilliant.
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