News: Obama recess appointments ruled unconstitutional!

I'd be totally okay with recess appointments being declared unconstitutional if the abuse of the filibuster was dealt with. Sadly, because Democrats remain ginormous "wimps", that's unlikely to happen.nocoolnamejim

Mhm.

[QUOTE="comp_atkins"]while i agree with the ruling.. it'd be nice if congress got their heads out of their a--es and at least had the hearing to get people confirmed... there should be another check on congress.. something like if congress doesn't act to rule on the confirmation of appointments in X number of days/weeks, the president can appoint whomever they see fit... keep the ball rolling. whipassmt

Take that Obama.

BTW the recess appointments are already expired anyway I think, but now that they've been ruled unconstitutional any policies implemented by those people may not be able to be enforced anymore.

whipassmt

[QUOTE="whipassmt"]

Take that Obama.

BTW the recess appointments are already expired anyway I think, but now that they've been ruled unconstitutional any policies implemented by those people may not be able to be enforced anymore.

WhiteKnight77

the only reason it was ruled unconstitutional was because obama is black Novotine

someone didn't learn or pass the Constitution test

A president shouldn't have to resort to something like this.

When you have party hell bent on deny every single apointment/nomination you make what more can you do? In the past, the house/senate approval of cabinet and federal appointments were typically a formality. But just like the filibuster, republicans are abusing every loop hole in the system forcing Obama to use loopholes to counterattack.

A president shouldn't have to resort to something like this.

When you have party hell bent on deny every single apointment/nomination you make what more can you do? In the past, the house/senate approval of cabinet and federal appointments were typically a formality. But just like the filibuster, republicans are abusing every loop hole in the system forcing Obama to use loopholes to counterattack.

Blue-Sky

Obama is a hypocrite and he has no respect for the law. It is good to see people taking a stand against him.Laihendi

it's not that there's anything wrong with recess appointments, not legally, he did it while a "pro forma" session of Congress is underway, it's basically like being open for business and but not doing business because nobody is around, so under that circumstance he can't do recess appointments because technically they're not on recess but they're also not therelamprey263

To supplement the TCs post: Obama's appointments were ruled unconstitutional unanimously by a panel of an Appeals court (I think it was three judges).

Obama, through the Dept. of Justice will likely appeal the ruling, there are two avenues through which he may do so: 1. He can appeal directly to the Supreme Court 2. He can ask for "en banc review" where all the judges of the appeals court (instead of just the panel) would hear the case. The fact that the panel's ruling was unanimous could bode poorly for Obama. I think at the end of the day though, the Courts will rule that Congress decides when Congress is in session and as such if Congress says it is in recess, it is in recess, thus the appointments were illegitimate.

this is insulting. obama should b able 2 do anything Novotine

To supplement the TCs post: Obama's appointments were ruled unconstitutional unanimously by a panel of an Appeals court (I think it was three judges).

Obama, through the Dept. of Justice will likely appeal the ruling, there are two avenues through which he may do so: 1. He can appeal directly to the Supreme Court 2. He can ask for "en banc review" where all the judges of the appeals court (instead of just the panel) would hear the case. The fact that the panel's ruling was unanimous could bode poorly for Obama. I think at the end of the day though, the Courts will rule that Congress decides when Congress is in session and as such if Congress says it is in recess, it is in recess, thus the appointments were illegitimate.

whipassmt

[QUOTE="whipassmt"]

To supplement the TCs post: Obama's appointments were ruled unconstitutional unanimously by a panel of an Appeals court (I think it was three judges).

Obama, through the Dept. of Justice will likely appeal the ruling, there are two avenues through which he may do so: 1. He can appeal directly to the Supreme Court 2. He can ask for "en banc review" where all the judges of the appeals court (instead of just the panel) would hear the case. The fact that the panel's ruling was unanimous could bode poorly for Obama. I think at the end of the day though, the Courts will rule that Congress decides when Congress is in session and as such if Congress says it is in recess, it is in recess, thus the appointments were illegitimate.

-Sun_Tzu-

[QUOTE="-Sun_Tzu-"][QUOTE="whipassmt"]

To supplement the TCs post: Obama's appointments were ruled unconstitutional unanimously by a panel of an Appeals court (I think it was three judges).

Obama, through the Dept. of Justice will likely appeal the ruling, there are two avenues through which he may do so: 1. He can appeal directly to the Supreme Court 2. He can ask for "en banc review" where all the judges of the appeals court (instead of just the panel) would hear the case. The fact that the panel's ruling was unanimous could bode poorly for Obama. I think at the end of the day though, the Courts will rule that Congress decides when Congress is in session and as such if Congress says it is in recess, it is in recess, thus the appointments were illegitimate.

whipassmt

[QUOTE="whipassmt"]

[QUOTE="-Sun_Tzu-"] I doubt this ruling stays in tact in full. The court's ruling was extremely broad, and doesn't just effect intrasession recess appointments but intersession appointments as well. There is even some debate over whether or not this issue is in the jurisdiction of the courts all together. -Sun_Tzu-