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If anything, the reference to adjournments that last for more than three days suggests that adjournments can last for either more or less than three days (which would surely be the default, in any case).
Obama made an illegal adppointment. Recess appointments may only be made while Congress is in RECESS. It never recessed. He violated the law and the left on this board is applauding and cheering.
And the left wonders why the right finds them to be ignorant and hypocrites.
Once again for the slow and stupid, Congress never recessed. If Congress does not recess a President must get approval for his nominees from the Senate.
Lawyers on this board that are democrats or liberals are applauding his decision to BREAK the law and violate the Constitution.
Once again for Modbert, this is not about whether he can appoint in a recess, he can. This is about a flagrant violation of the law and the Constitution. Congress never recessed.
If anything, the reference to adjournments that last for more than three days suggests that adjournments can last for either more or less than three days (which would surely be the default, in any case).
Ding, ding, ding.
There is a difference between adjournment and recess. Recesses happen every week, usually at the end of business Thursday, and lasting until the open of business on Tuesday. Congress does not go into adjournment until the end of the year.
The Constitution, on its face, does not establish a minimum time that an authorized break in the Senate must last to give legal force to the President’s appointment power under the Recess Appointments Clause. And we do not set the limit today. Although a President has not before appointed a judge to an Article III court during an intrasession recess as short as the one in this case, appointments to other offices -- offices ordinarily requiring Senate confirmation -- have been made during intrasession recesses of about this length or shorter.8 Furthermore, several times in the past, fairly short intrasession recesses have given rise to presidential appointments of judges to Article III courts.9
Twelve Presidents have made more than 285 intrasession recess appointments of persons to offices that ordinarily require consent of the Senate. So, given the words of the Constitution and the history, we are unpersuaded by the argument that the recess appointment power may only be used in an intersession recess, but not an intrasession recess. Furthermore, what we understand to be the main purpose of the Recess Appointments Clause -- to enable the President to fill vacancies to assure the proper functioning of our government -- supports reading both intrasession recesses and intersession recesses as within the correct scope of the Clause.
We conclude that the President’s appointment was not beyond his constitutional power.
We are not persuaded that the President acted beyond his authority in this case: both the words of the Constitution and the history of the nation support the President’s authority.
\If Bush had done this when Sen. Harry did the same thing under pro forma with John Bolton, the left would have been screaming impeachment for President Bush.
Bush respected the rules of pro forma and John Bolton stepped down from his U.N. appointment.
There is no violation
Just a difference in interpretation of the law. Congress sure does look like it is in recess to me. How many bills did they vote on this week?
Unfucking BELIEVABLE you assholes applaud the violation of the law. You support a Democrat violating the 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.
The United States Constitution - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net
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.
The United States Constitution - The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net
No interpretation needed. It has been clear since the Constitution was ratified. Neither house can recess without the approval of the other and unless they recess the President can not make appointments.
You people are fucking stupid and beyond the pale. You support a clear violation of the Constitution when a Democrat is President.
You are all enemies of the State and should be treated as such.
If anything, the reference to adjournments that last for more than three days suggests that adjournments can last for either more or less than three days (which would surely be the default, in any case).
Ding, ding, ding.
There is a difference between adjournment and recess. Recesses happen every week, usually at the end of business Thursday, and lasting until the open of business on Tuesday. Congress does not go into adjournment until the end of the year.
If Bush had done this when Sen. Harry did the same thing under pro forma with John Bolton, the left would have been screaming impeachment for President Bush.
Bush respected the rules of pro forma and John Bolton stepped down from his U.N. appointment.
Wow...this is the latest bee in your bonnett?
Has he Clearly violated the law? Tell your republican congressmen to start impeachment hearings IMMEDIATELY and see what they do. There is not a republican out there that will risk diminishing the office of the president because he is using the powers they created and feel a republican president should have, it's a crying shame that he must resort to such republican measures in the face of a congress that is incapable of doing it's damned job.
U got it all wrong. It was the the Republican obstructing the Law passed by Congress that forced the President to make this recess appointment.
The only reason the former Ohio attorney general wasnt confirmed by the Senate was because his nomination couldnt meet the crazy procedural 60-vote threshold now required to do anything in the worlds most deliberative (and gridlocked) body. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who openly declared that his No. 1 job was to ensure the presidents reelection defeat this November, blasted Cordrays recess appointment, saying Obama has arrogantly circumvented the American people. Only in the Senate would the appointment of a nominee who got 53 out of 98 votes qualify as arrogant circumvention.
Obama picks recess fight with GOP over Cordray - PostPartisan - The Washington Post
Wow...this is the latest bee in your bonnett?
We all know the contempt you have for the constitution, Candy - but some of us actually support the old document.
U got it all wrong. It was the the Republican obstructing the Law passed by Congress that forced the President to make this recess appointment.
He didn't make a recess appointment. The Senate isn't in recess.
The only reason the former Ohio attorney general wasnt confirmed by the Senate was because his nomination couldnt meet the crazy procedural 60-vote threshold now required to do anything in the worlds most deliberative (and gridlocked) body. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who openly declared that his No. 1 job was to ensure the presidents reelection defeat this November, blasted Cordrays recess appointment, saying Obama has arrogantly circumvented the American people. Only in the Senate would the appointment of a nominee who got 53 out of 98 votes qualify as arrogant circumvention.
Obama picks recess fight with GOP over Cordray - PostPartisan - The Washington Post
Damn that constitution - well Il Douche can just ignore it!
Wow...this is the latest bee in your bonnett?
We all know the contempt you have for the constitution, Candy - but some of us actually support the old document.
And the Congress doesn't have the balls to call him on this latest violation.Wow...this is the latest bee in your bonnett?
So when the next Republican President just ignores the law, you will be fine with it? You people AMAZE me. You do not care that the President of the United States just openly committed an illegal act. You applaud it like it is a good thing.
More proof the Democrats are enemies of the very document that establishes our Government. Jillian included, she has weighed in on the idea that Obama is ok clearly violating the law.
There is no violation
Just a difference in interpretation of the law.
Congress sure does look like it is in recess to me. How many bills did they vote on this week?
