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More power to the president. No need for czars anymore it appears. The next congressor who cries about the president having too much power should be kicked out of congress.
"President Barack Obama signed a bill Friday evening that would exempt some senior-level presidential appointees from Senate confirmation. Sponsored by Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer and cosponsored by Republicans and Democrats, the bill, now law, weakens the power of the legislature and strengthens the executive branch, critics have warned. The bill skated through the Senate three months after being introduced in 2011 and was passed by the Republican-controlled House 216-116 in July."
Congress shouldn't reject any presidential appointment, unless they are unqualified. Your disagreement with their position isn't grounds to unqualify them. Harriet Myers was unqualified. John Roberts was.
Congress shouldn't reject any presidential appointment, unless they are unqualified. Your disagreement with their position isn't grounds to unqualify them. Harriet Myers was unqualified. John Roberts was.
See the difference?
An all too powerful executive branch isn't in anyone's best interests.
Congress shouldn't reject any presidential appointment, unless they are unqualified. Your disagreement with their position isn't grounds to unqualify them. Harriet Myers was unqualified. John Roberts was.
See the difference?
Well it appears if they are qualified or not it won't matter anymore. There is a reason advice and consent by congress was set forth in the Constitution. It is so one branch doesn't gain too much power. I guess that Constitution doesn't matter to folks much anymore.
I guess that Constitution doesn't matter to folks much anymore.
Well it does to those of us who have actually read it.
Article II, Section 2, paragraph 2 of the United States Constitution states:
[The President] shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
Well it does to those of us who have actually read it.
Article II, Section 2, paragraph 2 of the United States Constitution states:
[The President] shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
And it took this long but Congress just vested away their ability to approve.
While it's clearly in the constitution it was never acted upon for over 200 years.
So that's one less job Congress has.
An all too powerful executive branch isn't in anyone's best interests.
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Originally Posted by KUchief25
Well it appears if they are qualified or not it won't matter anymore. There is a reason advice and consent by congress was set forth in the Constitution. It is so one branch doesn't gain too much power. I guess that Constitution doesn't matter to folks much anymore.
You're reading way to much into what it says....
The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
No where in there does it say that congress has the right to tell the President anything, it says advice and consent. Because a supreme court justices isn't pro life, for instance, is not a reason to not accept their nomination, if they are qualified for the job.
Fools. Anything that diminishes checks & balances is not a good thing for the nation.
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