Posted on 04/17/2012 7:53:38 PM PDT by Semper911
In a double-barrelled blast at President Obama, Senate Republicans today moved to join a lawsuit challenging the White House’s Christmas “recess appointment” of National Labor Relations Board members even though the Senate was technically in session. To handle their case, they hired Miguel Estrada, who in 2002 became the first-ever judicial nominee to be torpedoed by a Democratic filibuster.
“The president’s decision to circumvent the American people by installing his appointees at a powerful federal agency, when the Senate was not in recess, and without obtaining the advice and consent of the Senate, is an unprecedented power grab,” McConnell said. “We will demonstrate to the court how the president’s unconstitutional actions fundamentally endanger the Congress’s role in providing a check on the excesses of the executive branch.”
The fight is over a simple issue: When is the Senate technically in session. The GOP argues that there was enough action over the holidays to determine that the chamber was in session, but the president disagreed and went ahead with the appointments.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
My question: by what authority did the judge “decline” to rule? Is that like nobama deciding to not support DOMA?
Damn. McConnell is showing faint signs of testicles. I am impressed.
Start somewhere.
Congress begging the Judicial Branch to intervene...when Congress has the power to remove a POTUS and the judicial branch does not.
Silly pussies. Disgusting excuses for citizens if you ask me.
Putting his buddies on the NLRB is not too different from when FDR sought to pack the Supreme Court by expanding it from 9 to 15 with the additional 6 being his hand-picked far left pals. This should be shot down though The One might withdraw these appointments before push comes to shove; after all, he IS a chicken.
I like your idea about impeachment - that is what needs to happen but not til after the elections when we own both the House and Senate. As it stands now, Reid would never bring the bill up for a vote.
Putting his buddies on the NLRB is not too different from when FDR sought to pack the Supreme Court by expanding it from 9 to 15 with the additional 6 being his hand-picked far left pals. This should be shot down though The One might withdraw these appointments before push comes to shove; after all, he IS a chicken.
I like your idea about impeachment - that is what needs to happen but not til after the elections when we own both the House and Senate. As it stands now, Reid would never bring the bill up for a vote.
From the article I linked:
In his decision issued Tuesday, District Judge Brian Cogan said the constitutional question has no bearing on his opinion about the injunction. "In the interest of judicial restraint, the Supreme Court has counseled that a court should not decide a constitutional question unless the question is absolutely necessary to the court's decision," he said.
P.S. I first found the referenced article through a google search and just noticed that when you follow a direct link it only shows a preview. A trick to get around this and see the complete article is to search for the title in google then click the link in google and you should see the complete article...
Ping for tomorrow.
Sue him? The Republican led House should impeach the treasonous usurper!!
Payback’s a bitch, eh Miguel?
Revenge is sweet.
Time to take the bastards down!
I agree. How about starting with enforcing the laws he's already broken, having him arrested and tried for treason?
Nahhhh We don't have anyone in washington with the eggs to honor the oath they took to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States from all enemies both foreign and domestic. Obomba is a foreign citizen of two countries and has yet to prove he is even a citizen of the United States and NO ONE in authority is arresting him. He is the most corrupt world leader that has ever lived and nobody is doing anything to stop him. Like Rush replies when asked, why does obomba do the things he does? Rush, "Because he knows nobody is going to stop him."
If romney wins the Republican nomination we can seriously kiss our country goodbye.
I guess my point is... If we're going to "start somewhere" start with enforcing the Constitution and immediately. Where are the Joint Chiefs?
Aaaaahhhhh.... Now I'm ranting. Rome's burning and the inmates are too stupid to put out the flames.
Perhaps we’re all still in shock that a few near-worthless Senate RINOs might have finally started trying to grow a pair...?
That or we all figure the good Senator Mitch “Reach Around” McConnell will eventually torpedo this before it gets started.
I recall reading an article around the time of the "appointments", ie within one or two news cycles, that the nature of the transgression required the injured party to bring suit. The injured party, though, not being the Senate but rather any subsequent NLRB action and it's directly affected parties.
The Pubs may have waited so the courts didn’t refuse to hear their case under the political question doctrine. IANAL but that’d be my first guess.
The Pubs control only the House. So they can bring impeachment charges, but what would that accomplish? The Dems control the Senate where the impeachment must be tried.
If I had to guess, I’d say he declined under the political question doctrine. ICBW.
“So they can bring impeachment charges, but what would that accomplish? The Dems control the Senate where the impeachment must be tried.”
Yes - and that’s exactly what the problem was with impeaching Slick Willie. The House “impeached” him, but the Senate didn’t seal the deal.
WHY did the republicans not file a suit instead of waiting for a private company to do the heavy lifting?...The court would have decided the Republicans had no standing (crassly put, they had no skin in the game) to bring this lawsuit up.
That was rhetorical, right? The eGOP barely cares more about the Constitution than obastard...
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