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Topic: U.S. court asked to invalidate
Obama recess appointments |
U.S. court asked to invalidate
Obama recess appointments
Reuters, by David Ingram *
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Posted By:Ken M., 12/5/2012 2:24:20 PM
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Washington - Businesses and Senate Republicans forced a courtroom showdown with President Barack Obama on Wednesday, asking a federal appeals court to invalidate his surprise appointments to a labor board in January. Lawyers with the groups and for Obama´s Justice Department argued for more than an hour over whether the president exceeded his authority by filling the vacancies while the Senate was out of town
Headline resplit by staff.
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Comments:
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
veritas, 12/5/2012 5:56:36 PM (No. 9050521)
If logic and reasoning really mattered in the law [5... 4... 3... ], this wouldn´t even be in court. If the Senate doesn´t say it´s in recess, it´s not in recess.
Then again, there´s endless "debate" about four clear, simple words: "shall not be infringed."
Of course, "shall not be infringed means shall not be infringed" on one side and "no, it doesn´t" on the other is hardly a debate, is it?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
chance_232, 12/5/2012 6:56:58 PM (No. 9050579)
The social dems screamed bloody murder when Bush made his recess appointments, and the Senate WAS out on recess. The dems were so incensed, that they came up with a process to specifically prevent Bush from making additional appointments. When Obama clearly violates the constitution, we hear crickets.
When honorable men will no longer uphold and defend the constitution, and when congress ceededs it´s authority, the constitutional republic is dead.
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