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The Constitution of the United States declares: "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." Re...
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Who'd have thought that even Old Harry Reid could be forced to do something that was previously unthinkable .. That is .. keeping the Senate Chambers open for Pro-Forma Sessions every THREE days .. even while Congress is on its week long recess to Com...
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In recent years, conservative judicial activism has struck a blow at the heart of our system of laws, rewriting the Constitution whenever it suited a partisan right wing agenda. The Supreme Court threw out the results of ...2 opinions2013/02/06 12:34:40
LAW OF THE LAND COURT: OBAMA RECESS APPOINTMENTS UNCONSTITUTIONAL Abused powers by acting when Senate not actually in recess Published: 11 hours ago (AP) WASHINGTON — In an embarrassing setback for President Barack Obama,...12 opinions2013/01/26 04:03:44
It's a small victory. But at this point, we'll take every one we can get. Associated Press: President Barack Obama violated the Constitution when he bypassed the Senate last year to appoint three members of the...37 opinions2013/01/26 17:02:59
Obama's recess appointments: Unconstitutional? Republicans charge that the president broke the law by making appointments while Congress was on vacation. But just who's bending the rules here? posted on January 6, 2012,...152 opinions2012/01/08 00:18:05
LAW OF THE LAND COURT: OBAMA RECESS APPOINTMENTS UNCONSTITUTIONAL Abused powers by acting when Senate not actually in recess (AP) WASHINGTON — In an embarrassing setback for President Barack Obama, a federal appeals cour...6 opinions2013/01/27 09:36:13
In a case freighted with major constitutional implications, a federal appeals court on Friday overturned President Obama ’s controversial recess appointments from last year, ruling he abused his powers and acted when th...14 opinions2013/01/25 20:56:45
Obama pays off unions with Becker recess appointment posted at 10:12 am on March 29, 2010 by Ed Morrissey Share on Facebook | printer-friendly We got tons of e-mail this weekend when Barack Obama made 15 recess appoin...2 opinions2010/03/29 23:06:32
CNN is just now reporting that the President plans to recess appoint Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Such a recess appointment was previously assumed to be impossible, given that: the ass...3 opinions2012/01/04 16:52:16
Posted by Erick Erickson ( Profile ) Tuesday, May 31st at 5:00AM EDT You need to call Speaker Boehner’s office right now at 202-225-0600 and thank him for the extraordinary step he took this week to slow down Presid...0 opinions2011/05/31 18:03:47
Barack Obama is a self-proclaimed constitutional scholar but he either seems to know very little about the constitution or he does not mind violating the constitution. " Congressional officials said President Obama use...343 opinions2012/01/04 19:44:10
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/25/federal-court... A fwd article: -jt29 votes2013/01/25 17:33:32
Barack Obama made four recess appointments Wednesday, naming three new members to the National Labor Relations Board and appointing Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. But the appointments ...10 opinions2012/01/05 13:00:09
Will the hypocrisy of the conservative talking heads never end? Let's hear you explain this away.108 opinions2010/03/30 14:56:05
Source: Politico President Obama announced six recess appointments on Wednesday, including the naming of James Cole as the deputy attorney general. Obama's nomination of Cole, who Republicans scrutinized for his st...1 opinion2010/12/29 23:40:30
It turns out that it would be even easier than I had thought previously for President Obama to break the Republican Congressional gridlock and fill the vital posts in his Administration the Republicans have blocked, in som...12 opinions2011/08/26 01:26:53
Some legal experts, including those who have sided with President Obama on other constitutional issues, think there is a good chance the courts could overturn his recent recess appointments. Legal experts said courts coul...12 opinions2012/01/18 22:32:09
Court fight over recess appointments 'almost certain,' Chamber says By Peter Schroeder - 01/04/12 04:39 PM ET The recess appointments President Obama announced Wednesday are “almost certain” to be challenged in court,...9 opinions2012/01/05 12:47:48
If the Republican Party is going to continue their ridiculous witch hunt against Susan Rice, as part of their desperate attempt to manufacture some sort of scandal over the tragic events at Benghazi, I think it is far past...47 opinions2012/11/28 21:16:06