Federal Court Rules Recess Appointments Unconstitutional — What Say You?
A federal appeals court says recess appointments made by the president to the National Labor Relations Board were an unconstitutional use of executive power.
A challenge to President Barack Obama’s recess appointments of three members to his National Labor Relations Board proved successful. According to CNN, a three-judge panel unanimously ruled Friday that the president violated the Constitution when he made the appointments. "Allowing the President to define the scope of his own appointments power would eviscerate the Constitution's separation of powers," the judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said. "An interpretation of 'the recess' that permits the President to decide when the Senate is in recess would demolish the checks and balances inherent in the advice-and-consent requirement, giving the President free rein to appoint his desired nominees at any …
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4:42 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Sorry but we are not "for him" or this method of operation at all. However, that's how the Senate operates and that fact shouldn't escape such a so "nearly new" former senate member - or it that an unreasonable expectation as well? more ›