GOP Senators To Supreme Court: Curtail The President’s Recess Appointment Power

[Tx4obama]

GOP Senators To Supreme Court: Curtail The President’s Recess Appointment Power

All 45 Republican senators co-signed an amicus brief filed Tuesday calling on the Supreme Court to curtail the President’s power to temporarily appoint nominees without the Senate’s approval.

“[R]ecess appointments have become a means to sidestep Senate confirmation,” the brief declared. “In any case, the President himself has made clear that he will resort to recess appointments, and indeed has done so, precisely to circumvent perceived Senate opposition.”

In January, a three-judge panel on the conservative-leaning D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that President Obama overstepped his constitutional authority when he recess-appointed three members of the National Labor Relations Board. The court decreed that the president may not recess-appoint nominees during pro-forma sessions, when the Senate tends to meet briefly, sometimes just for a few minutes, without holding debate or votes.

The Obama administration has appealed that decision; the Supreme Court has not yet decided whether to take the case.

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http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/05/gop-brief-nlrb-recess-appointments.php?ref=fpa

And on a side note: The GOP is PISSED about regular nominations too. The top front page story on HuffPo at the moment, below...
Republicans Charge Obama With Court-Packing For Trying To Fill Empty Seats
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/28/obama-court-packing_n_3347961.html
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251308515

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. Rosa to GOP

go jump in a river

[niyad]

2. wasn't this one of chimpy's favourite tactics?

[BlueToTheBone]

3. But just for democratic presidents. This one in particular

and then rule them okay for the republicans. Yeah, that's how to do it!

[Proud Liberal Dem]

4. Yeah, because Obama is the FIRST POTUS ever to use this power!

Anybody remember John "Yosemite Sam" Bolton and Bush's recess appointment of him to be UN Ambassador? If the Republicans get SCOTUS to do away with recess appointments, they'll lose that power (if they ever set foot again in the WH that is). I wonder if they are losing confidence that they'll ever win the WH again, so now they're just trying to defang the powers of the Presidency while they still can?

Of course, Republicans wouldn't have to worry about "recess appointments" if they would just hold UP-OR-DOWN VOTES! on Obama's nominees but, of course, they won't.

[BlueToTheBone]

5. I think the operative here is "first Black POTUS ever to use this power."

Oh wait, he's the first black POTUS! They hate him because they would do terrible things if they were in his position. Since he doesn't they just go apeshit, waiting for the shoe to drop.

[MiniMe]

6. Waaah

crying over wasted Senate opportunities, like Todd Akin. Waah

[okaawhatever]

7. I wonder if Obama couldn't argue that "advise and consent" does not allow for a filibuster. na