Posted on 01/12/2012 1:01:07 PM PST by Nachum
Republicans outraged over the recess appointments of Richard Cordray and three NLRB commissioners argue that the pro forma Senate sessions every three days means that the Senate has not recessed at all. The Congressional Research Service notes that no President in the 20 years prior to Barack Obama’s actions in the past two weeks has attempted a recess appointment unless Congress has been out of session more than nine days. Today, to no one’s great shock, Obama’s own Department of Justice says that these arguments aren’t good enough to stop the President from the exercise of his constitutional power:
President Barack Obama’s decision last week to snub Congress and make a series of recess appointments while the Senate claimed it was technically in session had the legal blessing of the Justice Department, according to a formal legal opinion released Thursday.
“We conclude that while Congress can prevent the president from making any recess appointments by remaining continuously in session and available to receive and act on nominations, it cannot do so by conducting pro forma sessions during a recess,” the head of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel, Virginia Seitz, wrote in a 23-page opinion. …
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The New, Simplified Constitution: Whatever democrats do is okay. Whatever republicans do is not okay.
Nowhere in the Constitution does it allow the Executive Branch to decide the proceedings of the Legislative Branch.
Raw, naked politics on display and utter disregard for our founding principles.
The absence of the patriotism in our current President will drive us over the cliff and destroy our nation’s precious establishment.
Where are the patriots in the Democratic Party? Scoopy Jackson, we need you.
Nowhere in the Constitution does it allow the Executive Branch to decide the proceedings of the Legislative Branch.
Raw, naked politics on display and utter disregard for our founding principles.
The absence of the patriotism in our current President will drive us over the cliff and destroy our nation’s precious establishment.
Where are the patriots in the Democratic Party? Scoop Jackson, we need you.
If Bush had pulled this trick the mainstream media would have gone nuts.
When Obama turns to the Mussolini model the Dems and the MSM see him as powerful and appropriately confrotational.
They would have tried to impeach Bush.
I'm going to return EVERY single GOP/RNC request for donation letter with an abridged version of Nachum's List attached.
Fixed it for ya.
I haven’t heard a peep about this anywhere in the news lately. Once again, the Republicans have let the dems roll over them and squish their jello spines.
Three equal branches of government although some are more equal than others.
I remember when Bush was trying to get an up/down vote on his Nominees and the media was going crazy because he may use the Nuclear Option(which the Dems did without too much fanfare). Of course our side wimped out as usual and RINO’s like McCain and Graham made a deal
Lol, and true unfortunately.
We know this. We have known it for decades. So, what does the opposition do about it? Nothing. You see we are living in a Banana Republic. Get used to it & plan to get the heck out of here before it's too late.
“...if the Supreme Court takes this up, Kagan will have no choice but to recuse herself from the case.”
Along with another certain case she shouldn’t be hearing...
I don’t think Zell Miller would be supportive of what Obama’s doing.
Could the MSM be afraid of Obama or are they all a bunch of
fools?
“Where are the patriots in the Democratic Party? Scoopy Jackson, we need you.”
Zell, yes. But also Robert Byrd.
Constitution...what Constitution? Isn’t that in some museum somewhere?
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