To: Cheerio
The Constitution is pretty clear - Article 2, Section 2, Third Claus grants the president the power to make recess appointments. It doesn’t mention any power of the Senate to block this right. The resolution is patently unconstitutional and would quickly be struck down.
Politically, though, doing so might create acrimonious relations between the Congress and the White House...
16 posted on
08/04/2017 8:22:22 AM PDT by
bagman
To: bagman
Yeah, the pres can make recess appointments; all the senate is doing is not going into recess.
25 posted on
08/04/2017 8:26:15 AM PDT by
Theoria
(I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
To: bagman
I need to read the referenced articles before responding.
The Senate is going to have proforma sessions to prevent recess appointments - nothing new there.
28 posted on
08/04/2017 8:26:54 AM PDT by
bagman
To: bagman
Politically, though, doing so might create acrimonious relations between the Congress and the White House... And this didn't?
38 posted on
08/04/2017 8:31:14 AM PDT by
E. Pluribus Unum
("It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards." --Claire Booth)
To: bagman
"Politically, though, doing so might create acrimonious relations between the Congress and the White House..."
Surely you jest. As I see it, there are already acrimonious relations between Congress, as a whole, and the White House/President.
The Democrats wanted Hillary and thought they had it in the bag.
And, the Republicans, you know who they are, didn't think and hoped Trump didn't have a chance.
Why? Because they knew that if he became President, the party, graft, corruption, and all the good time would be over. That is why they are fighting him.
39 posted on
08/04/2017 8:31:14 AM PDT by
Parmy
To: bagman
Actually it is constitutional. Yes the President can make recess appointments; however the Senate makes its own rules and determines when it is in recess. Remember the Senate used the same tactic to prevent Obama from making a recess supreme court appointment to replace Scalia.
40 posted on
08/04/2017 8:31:20 AM PDT by
nuke_road_warrior
(Making the world safe for nuclear power for over 20 years)
To: bagman
48 posted on
08/04/2017 8:39:36 AM PDT by
SgtHooper
(If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
To: bagman
If they don’t officially go into recess, he can’t make recess appointments. That is what the Senate did. It’s in the article.
59 posted on
08/04/2017 8:53:58 AM PDT by
Chaguito
To: bagman
The resolution is patently unconstitutional and would quickly be struck down.
Oh, that old sheepskin? Anyone still read it?
Barack Hussein Obama used a fake Social Security Number since he was 16 years old, which must mean he was never an actual citizen*. The elites don’t let an old parchment stand in their way.
*When he became a US Senator and needed to travel for official business, he was handed a US Passport.
63 posted on
08/04/2017 9:08:23 AM PDT by
Yaelle
(We have a Crisis of Information in this country. Our enemies hold the megaphone.)
To: bagman
doing so might create acrimonious relations between the Congress and the White House.Aren't they already?
87 posted on
08/04/2017 11:51:39 AM PDT by
Oatka
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