On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 5:49 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. > > The podcast I'm recording tonight is going to talk about this. It comes down to what the President considered "recess" versus what the Congressional calendar says. Technically, even though they had not met yet, the Senate was not in full recess, which ended on 1/3. Obama's appointments happened on 1/4. Until Later! C. Hatton Humphrey http://www.eastcoastconservative.com Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do some smelting to find it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:360488 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
