PoliticalChic
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What happens when the nation has as it's President a 'constitutional lawyer' who either ignores the Constitution, or is unaware of same?
Simple: Pod People vote for him!
1. "Once you remove yourself from the principles set forth in the Constitution inter-session versus intra-session you are adrift, said Judge Thomas B. Griffith.
2. A federal appeals court on Wednesday questioned not only President Obamas controversial January recess appointments but the entire system of such appointments, using oral arguments in a case to cast doubt on whether presidential powers can ever be exercised unless Congress has adjourned for good.
3. The case involves a challenge to Mr. Obamas recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board in early January during a time when the Senate was holding pro forma sessions every three days,
4. ...Obama argued that since the full Senate wasnt actually meeting regularly,...
5. But two judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit questioned not only that move, but every recess appointment made other than during a traditional inter-session recesses...
5. He was joined in his pointed questioning by Chief Judge David B. Sentelle, who said the clause in the Constitution giving presidents recess appointment powers refers to the recess,...
6. Forget about a century of precedent go back to the Constitution, he told Beth Brinkmann, the Justice Department lawyer who argued the case for the Obama administration.
7. He also questioned the lawyers challenging the recess appointments, wondering why the Senate itself wasnt contesting Mr. Obamas moves. Instead, only Senate Republicans, who are the minority party, have sued."
Court casts doubt on Obama's recess appointments - Washington Times
Simple: Pod People vote for him!
1. "Once you remove yourself from the principles set forth in the Constitution inter-session versus intra-session you are adrift, said Judge Thomas B. Griffith.
2. A federal appeals court on Wednesday questioned not only President Obamas controversial January recess appointments but the entire system of such appointments, using oral arguments in a case to cast doubt on whether presidential powers can ever be exercised unless Congress has adjourned for good.
3. The case involves a challenge to Mr. Obamas recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board in early January during a time when the Senate was holding pro forma sessions every three days,
4. ...Obama argued that since the full Senate wasnt actually meeting regularly,...
5. But two judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit questioned not only that move, but every recess appointment made other than during a traditional inter-session recesses...
5. He was joined in his pointed questioning by Chief Judge David B. Sentelle, who said the clause in the Constitution giving presidents recess appointment powers refers to the recess,...
6. Forget about a century of precedent go back to the Constitution, he told Beth Brinkmann, the Justice Department lawyer who argued the case for the Obama administration.
7. He also questioned the lawyers challenging the recess appointments, wondering why the Senate itself wasnt contesting Mr. Obamas moves. Instead, only Senate Republicans, who are the minority party, have sued."
Court casts doubt on Obama's recess appointments - Washington Times