Recess appointments needed

[Truthmatters]

Harry Reid Threatens Mass Recess Appointments | ThinkProgress

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

Funny, from 2000 - 2008 this was considered evil... you fuckers are such colossal hypocrites.

 

[Truthmatters]

President Obama Calls Out Mike Lee's Scorched Earth Obstructionism | ThinkProgress

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

President Obama Calls Out Mike Lee's Scorched Earth Obstructionism | ThinkProgress

Lee Opposes Nominee in Defense of the Constitution - Press Releases - Press Office - Mike Lee, United States Senator for Utah

 

[waltky]

2nd appeals court says no to recess appointment...

Second Court Invalidates Obama Recess Appointment
May 16, 2013 WASHINGTON (AP) — A second federal appeals court has found that President Barack Obama exceeded his power when he bypassed the Senate to install a member to the National Labor Relations Board.

The ruling by the 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia came on the same day that a Senate panel considered a slate of five nominees for full terms on the labor board. Senate Republicans said Thursday they would oppose two of the nominees — Sharon Block and Richard Griffin — because they currently sit on the board as recess appointments. In its 2-1 decision ruling, the appeals court said that under the Constitution recess appointments can be made only between sessions of the Senate, not any time the Senate is away on a break.

The court's action mirrors a far-reaching ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., earlier this year. The Obama administration has appealed that ruling to the Supreme Court, arguing that such an interpretation would invalidate hundreds of recess appointments made by presidents over more than 100 years. The latest ruling says Obama had no constitutional authority to install attorney Craig Becker to the labor board in 2010 while the Senate was adjourned for two weeks. Becker is no longer on the board. The White House declined to comment Thursday.

Both rulings have threatened to throw the labor board, the Consumer Financial Protection Board and other federal agencies with recess appointees into chaos. If they stand, hundreds of decisions by these agencies could be thrown out, reaching back several years. The narrow interpretation of a president's recess appointment power would also effectively make it impossible for the president to ever use that power, giving the Senate's ability to block administration nominees indefinitely.

Obama has made 32 recess appointments during his presidency, nearly all of which would be considered invalid under the interpretation of these courts. The rulings could also threaten the recess appointments of previous presidents. President George W. Bush made 141 such appointments in eight years. On Capitol Hill, Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander, senior Republican on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, said he would not consider Block and Griffin because they refused to step down from the board after the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that they were unconstitutionally appointed. Block and Griffin said they wanted to abide by their oath to serve their country and argued that appeals courts have reached different conclusions about recess powers.

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[PredFan]

Thanks for posting that.

 

[buckeye45_73]

TM still defends this administration, blindlessly

 

[Agit8r]

Hopefully there isn't another "Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment" or some people will get all butt-hurt again

 

[Missourian]

I remember when Bush recess appointed Bolton to the UN...liberals screamed bloody murder.

But now, when it's there turn at the plate, they scream FOR recess appointments.

Crazy.