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Recess appointments are not in question here. Tradition holds that the Senate must be in a declared recess in order for the President to make a recess appointment. What Obama has done, in sum, is wait for a Senator to take a deep breath and 'declare' the Senate to be in recess. That's a damned dangerous arrogation of power. Frankly, I think it's borderline criminal.
You call it criminal, I call it excellent gamesmanship.
Everyone should pay careful attention to post #36. This is quoted from that post:
"The second session of the 112th Congress begins on Jan. 3. Before the new session can be gaveled in, the current session must end. Between the two sessions, even if just momentarily, Congress will be in a state of recess and the president has the authority to make recess appointments."
I applaud the president for reading the 'fine-print.'
Recess appointments are not the question NOW because we exposed your hypocrisy in this thread.
You wouldn't give a tinker's dam if some GOP President had done it.
It's legal....Go whine about something else your AM radio is going on about.
I'd be every bit as concerned if the shoe was on the other foot: When checks and balances go unrespected THE PEOPLE lose. This isn't a Democrat vs Republican issue. This is a government vs the governed issue.
This IS your wake up call. Pay back is a ***** isn't it? I'm so glad you remember, since this is your goes around comes around moment, and yet like the head in the sand wingers on TV cackling you seem to be ambivalent to his & your actions.
i guess you didn't know that during the last years of the Bush administration the Dems in the Senate managed to make it to the chambers every three days or so, so as not to have a real recess going on. Well, yeah, you haven't heard about that. Dirty Harry didn't get that name for being honest while he was the minority floor leader.
You call it criminal, I call it excellent gamesmanship.
Everyone should pay careful attention to post #36. This is quoted from that post:
"The second session of the 112th Congress begins on Jan. 3. Before the new session can be gaveled in, the current session must end. Between the two sessions, even if just momentarily, Congress will be in a state of recess and the president has the authority to make recess appointments."
I applaud the president for reading the 'fine-print.'
...then-Obama Solicitor General Elena Kagan wrote to the Supreme Court on April 26, 2010: “Although a President may fill such vacancies through the use of his recess appointment power … the Senate may act to foreclose this option by declining to recess for more than two or three days at a time over a lengthy period. For example, the Senate did not recess intrasession for more than three days at a time for over a year beginning in late 2007.
I'd be every bit as concerned if the shoe was on the other foot: When checks and balances go unrespected THE PEOPLE lose. This isn't a Democrat vs Republican issue. This is a government vs the governed issue.
The only reason the GOP had a pro forma session was an attempt to block his ability to make recess appointments.....I"m sure you are really outraged by that?....LOL
It's sickening the hypocrisy displayed by Obama haters.
You actually hurt your own cause by whining and moaning about fake, bogus political stories you hear in the right wing media.
Then when Obama actually does break the law (which he has surely done) , and when he actually does take unconstitutional actions (which he has surely done) you have no credibility.
"In a defiant display of executive power, President Barack Obama on Wednesday will “stick his thumb in the eye” of GOP opposition and name Richard Cordray as the nation’s chief consumer watchdog. Outraged Republican leaders in Congress suggested that courts would determine the appointment was illegal."
After today’s appointment, President Obama will have made a total of 29 recess appointments. By comparison, George W. Bush made 171 recess appointments; Bill Clinton made 139 recess appointments; George H.W. Bush made 77 recess appointments; and Ronald Reagan made 243. When you divide these numbers by the number of years each man spent in the White House, it reveals that Obama is far and away the least likely president to invoke this power:
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Originally Posted by Katiana
After today’s appointment, President Obama will have made a total of 29 recess appointments. By comparison, George W. Bush made 171 recess appointments; Bill Clinton made 139 recess appointments; George H.W. Bush made 77 recess appointments; and Ronald Reagan made 243. When you divide these numbers by the number of years each man spent in the White House, it reveals that Obama is far and away the least likely president to invoke this power:
Nice apples, got any oranges?
How can ya'll NOT see the real issue?
Are your blinders on too tight?
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