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The term RECESS appointment does kind of suggest that it may be resorted to during an actual RECESS.
Is that overly technical for you Obamabots?
Is that overly technical for you Obamabots?
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Let me see if I accurately understand conservatives' outrage.
Bush made 170 recess appoints.
This is Obama's 28th recess appointment.
And conservatives are outraged because Obama is circumventing the Congressional confirmation hearings process?
This reminds me of the moment in "Terminator 2" when the terminator (Ahnold) was introduced to John Connor's Mexican friend, Enrique, as 'Uncle Bob.' His reaction?"Okay!?"
So it's the number of appointments that matters, huh?
Goalpoasts now moved...
BTW, Booooosh was President for 8 years... Barry will only get 4....
Try a little division. While you're at it, how many of those 8 years that Bush was in office did he have a majority in the US Senate?
This faux outrage is just the latest in a LONG line.
The term RECESS appointment does kind of suggest that it may be resorted to during an actual RECESS.
Is that overly technical for you Obamabots?
The term RECESS appointment does kind of suggest that it may be resorted to during an actual RECESS.
Is that overly technical for you Obamabots?
I remember the left screaming for their binkeys when Bush did this.
its called politics....You and house must have just arrived.
its called politics....You and house must have just arrived.
Where have I condemned it, dubmfuck?
no you brought up the dems doing it.....gay hack
I remember the left screaming for their binkeys when Bush did this.
its called politics....You and house must have just arrived.
Where have I condemned it, dubmfuck?
The term RECESS appointment does kind of suggest that it may be resorted to during an actual RECESS.
Is that overly technical for you Obamabots?
According to the Article I, Section 5 of the US Constitution:"Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting."That's the reason the pro forma session came into being.
I think every honest person understands that in recent years, rules and procedures have been adopted in a way in which they were never intended to work. (The misuse of the filibuster comes to mind).
The pro forma US Senate session where no business is either planned or conducted has only come into use in recent years (under the Democrats, I'm sorry to say) as a way of preventing a presidents from exercising their constitutional power under Article II, Section 2 of the US Constitution which states:The President shall have Power 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.
He can only make the appointments IF both Houses go in recess. Since one House can NOT go in recess without the other agreeing he would be violating the law if he claims a short couples days with one house out is a recess.
But then you turds don't care what laws he breaks do you?
CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: And the recess appointment power doesn't work why?
MR. KATYAL: The -- the recess appointment power can work in -- in a recess. I think our office has opined the recess has to be longer than 3 days. And -- and so, it is potentially available to avert the future crisis that -- that could -- that could take place with respect to the board. If there are no other questions –
CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: Thank you, counsel.
The Conservative God of all Gods had 240 Recess Appointment to lead the pack since 1980!
its called politics....You and house must have just arrived.
Where have I condemned it, dubmfuck?
I don't see a lot of anything but hypocrites. If congress IS in session its bull. If not then so be it. We can end the program in 2013
He can only make the appointments IF both Houses go in recess. Since one House can NOT go in recess without the other agreeing he would be violating the law if he claims a short couples days with one house out is a recess.
But then you turds don't care what laws he breaks do you?
The Senate cannot recess for more than three days without the consent of the House as per Article 1, Section 5 of the Constitution.
But a three day recess is still a recess.
I pointed out in one of the other topics about this subject that that is why the GOP has mock sessions that last about three seconds every three days. These "pro forma" sessions are a running joke meant to undermine the spirit of the Consitution by standing on the letter of it.
But when it comes to the actual letter of the Constitution, a three day recess is still a recess. And according to Article 2, Section 2 of the Constitution, the President can make an appointment during a Senate recess.
It does not say the recess has to be more than three days. So Obama is claiming the three day recess is enough to make the appointment legal.
So everyone can be a fuckhead and claim to stand on the letter of the law while ignoring the spirit.
Meanwhile, Wall Street is celebrating the fine, fine work its shills are doing for them delaying the appointment of a cop to police them.
The really funny thing is that Obama's Assistant Solicitor General has argued in the past that a 3 day recess appointment is not valid.
CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: And the recess appointment power doesn't work why?
MR. KATYAL: The -- the recess appointment power can work in -- in a recess. I think our office has opined the recess has to be longer than 3 days. And -- and so, it is potentially available to avert the future crisis that -- that could -- that could take place with respect to the board. If there are no other questions
CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS: Thank you, counsel.
Other Senate and House Republicans have denounced Obamas recess appointment of Cordray as an act of tyranny and worse. Scott Browns Massachusetts colleague, Mitt Romney, just released a statement calling the move Chicago style politics at its worst.
Yet Scott Brown is now breaking decisively with his fellow Republicans, defending the recess appointment as necessary to break through partisan gridlock in order to protect consumers from fraud and scams.
This seems like as clear a sign as any of just how toxic the politics of this fight could prove for moderate Republicans not even the Obama as tyrant line can carry the day this time and who is winning the argument over Wall Street accountability and the middle class.
What Hypocrisy? If the Congress recesses Obama can appoint. They have NOT recessed, he can not appoint. YOU support a clear violation of the US Constitution and the Law of the land.
By the way Modbert? What is YOUR position on recess appointments? Mine is clear, they are legal, Constitutional and needed at times.
You want to pretend that because I do not support ILLEGAL appointments I am suddenly against recess appointments. Simply not true.