Obama's "recess appointments" struck down by Federal appeals court

[georjec2]

Presidents have been doing recess appointments for the past 150 years. Now that Obama does it it's wrong.

Just funny enough to be sad.

Also, Salusburysage cares nothing about guns. He only cares about attacking Obama on any topic that comes up.

[Jeebus]

Just as interesting was his silence when Bush used the same process with John Bolton.

As was the liberal outrage at that time, too.

[Creekman]

Yea lets. So the 5 members of the SC appointed by Republicans, can affirm the lower court. Watch out what you wish for.

Sure....let them show their cards.

Just remember the drum that the Dems have to march to will also be the drum that the Pubbies will have to march to if and when they get in power. They did the same things that the Dems are doing now in the past.

[Gopher]

I believe that there have been conflicting opinions issued my a number of the federal appeals courts. The Supreme Court will eventually decide.

[cprenegade]

Sure....let them show their cards.

Just remember the drum that the Dems have to march to will also be the drum that the Pubbies will have to march to if and when they get in power. They did the same things that the Dems are doing now in the past.

I agree. Which is why I was one of the few who said Harry Reid actually was smart to kill the senate filibuster reform. Eventually his own side would pay for that.

[Omaha Beach]

Sure....let them show their cards.

Just remember the drum that the Dems have to march to will also be the drum that the Pubbies will have to march to if and when they get in power. They did the same things that the Dems are doing now in the past.

Who did Bush appoint with a recess appointment when the Senate was not actually in recess?

[Creekman]

Who did Bush appoint with a recess appointment when the Senate was not actually in recess?

Google is a great resource.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php...George_W._Bush

[Sprightly]

Google is a great resource.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php...George_W._Bush

Nothing like a great unbiased "great" source, eh, Creekman? Which were non-recess appointments?

[Creekman]

Nothing like a great unbiased "great" source, eh, Creekman? Which were non-recess appointments?

LOL...I guess this is the first "unbiased" opionon that you have run into on here. I see tons of them from the RWNJs daily on here.

Enjoy the read:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33310.pdf

[CajunRaven]

Just as interesting was his silence when Bush used the same process with John Bolton.

Was the senate in session then?

Recess appointments have gone on for along time.

The senate was technically in session via a manuveuer Harry Reid started.

[CajunRaven]

Presidents have been doing recess appointments for the past 150 years. Now that Obama does it it's wrong.

Just funny enough to be sad.

Also, Salusburysage cares nothing about guns. He only cares about attacking Obama on any topic that comes up.

The senate wasn't in recess George.

[michiganjoe]

Was the senate in session then?.

Link

The main thrust of the court’s opinion is that the recess appointment power extends only to intersession recesses–recesses between sessions of Congress–and not to intrasession recesses. Intrasession recess appointments have been made fairly commonly since WWII, and have been particularly common since the Reagan Administration. UN Ambassador John Bolton and Judge William H. Pryor, Jr. are two of the more high-profile intrasession recess appointments in recent years.

According to the ruling the Bolton appointment was invalid.

[flyboy56]

Link



According to the ruling the Bolton appointment was invalid.

So? He's no longer the UN Ambassador.

[Jeebus]

According to the ruling the Bolton appointment was invalid.

And the "opposition" (including Barack Hussein Obama) whined about it then.

Obama, who also participated in the news conference, called the appointment "a mistake."

"To some degree, he's damaged goods," Obama said of Bolton. "Not in the history of United Nations representatives have we ever had a recess appointment, somebody who couldn't get through a nomination in the Senate. And I think that that means that we will have less credibility and ironically be less equipped to reform the United Nations in the way that it needs to be reformed."

Sen Barack Hussein Obama - August 2, 2005

If you're trying to establish some sort of "moral high ground" you have failed miserably.