No one is questioning his right to make recess appointments. The legal issue in this case is that he doesn't get to decide when Congress is in recess.
The ruling was broader than it needed to be to settle that issue, so likely this will go promptly to SCOTUS. On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Eric Roberts < [email protected]> wrote: > > From what I have read, this court (3 conservative appointed judges...go > figure), essentially ignored 150 years of both dem and repub precedence in > overturning this. I have a feeling the SCOTUS will overturn the ruling. > Recess appts. Were designed for exactly this situation...when congress > refused to act on appointees. So in this case...yes, the President does > have the ability to appoint while congress is in recess > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:360486 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
