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January 25, 2013 01:16 PM UTC
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The appointment of these three NLRB members was controversial at the time, FWIW. The Senate was holding pro-forma “sessions” every few days, and Obama asked the Office of Legal Counsel for a ruling on whether or not these “sessions” constituted the Senate being in session; the OLC argued that they did not, and that the President was empowered to make the appointments.
“Why was the Senate in pro-forma session”, you might ask – after all, Harry Reid wouldn’t be blocking the President from making these appointments. The answer is: the House made him do it. Neither house of Congress may adjourn for more than three days without the approval of the other house, and the GOP led House didn’t want Obama making those appointments.
I see an injunction and an appeal in the near future.
Nice catch.
This is the talk of the town among both conservative and progressive national blogs right now. The potential ramifications are immense.
And yes, I see a request for injunction and an appeal happening very soon now. At this point even if Obama were to lose on the NLRB appointments and on Cordray’s recess term, he pretty much has to appeal in order to limit the scope of the damages.
And one more tidbit… Richard Cordray was recess-appointed on the same day to lead the CFPB. His re-nomination is before the Senate as I write this. There is a separate lawsuit before the same court that challenges his actions as head of the CFPB.
So, was Bolton’s recess appointment to the UN “unconstitutional”?
Under this ruling, yes. But it doesn’t make much of a difference, because UN Ambassador doesn’t issue rules.
Thank you
Oh, hell…
Someone over at dKos pointed out that Earl Warren was a “recess” appointee of President Eisenhower’s when he heard Brown v. Board of Education.
But was Warren appointed due to a recess vacancy? 🙂
This is one of those dumb rulings that have to get appealed so a court with authority to undo thousands of prior rules can write the decision to do so, if they choose.
I think Dems should accept this ruling without appeal. After that we can play chicken and retroactively undo any recess appointee from Supreme Court Justice all the way down to dog catcher. Any resulting policies rules court decison and laws would then be undone.
Recess appointments are legitamate. Both sides do it and both sides whine when the other does it. Life is harsh.