What's the next step? Declaring himself dictator?

[mikec]

Now he says to hell with the Senate and just appoints his people. Isn't there a reason appointees were supposed to be vetted and confirmed? This administration is seemingly passing up no opportunity to say Fuck You to the people it purportedly represents.

Obama bypasses Senate to fill labor board posts

By SAM HANANEL
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is bypassing GOP opposition to make three more recess appointments - this time to the National Labor Relations Board.

The move came hours after Obama used a similar tactic to install former Ohio Atty. Gen. Richard Cordray to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Agency.

Both moves infuriated GOP leaders, who threatened legal action and warned that Obama was setting a dangerous precedent by ignoring the will of Congress.

The NLRB has been a target of Republicans who claim it has tilted too far in favor of unions. Senate Republicans had pledged to block Obama from making any further board appointments.

The agency usually has five members but has been operating with just three. It lost another member this week, leaving it unable to reach major decisions.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_LABOR_BOARD_APPOINTMENTS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-01-04-15-24-18

Obama sets up clash with Congress over recess banking pick
Breaks Democrats’ own rule from Bush administration

Defying Congress, President Obama used his recess appointment powers Wednesday to name a head for the controversial Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in a move Republican lawmakers said amounted to an unconstitutional power grab.

The president acted just a day after the Senate held a session — a move that breaks with at least three different precedents which have held that the Senate must be in recess for at least three days before a president can act. Mr. Obama himself was part of two of those precedents, both during his own time in the Senate and again in 2010 when one of his administration’s top lawyers made the three-day argument to the Supreme Court.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/4/obama-unprecedented-recess-appointment/

[GhostTX]

He's got the NDAA now if people give him too much trouble.

[GhostTX]

More fuel for the fire:

New Nationwide FEMA Camps Should Raise Eyebrows
By Alan P. Halbert

Of all the rumors flying around on the internet, one just refuses to die, and it concerns America's FEMA camps.

In a nutshell, there seems to be a solicitation of bids occurring for the staffing of FEMA camps within 72 hours of implementation by an order from either Homeland Security or the president. This situation begs to be investigated, with special consideration paid to the motives of the present administration.

I went to the source, the FedBizOpps.gov, and searched for the solicitation number HSFEHQ-10-R-0027, titled National Responder Support Camp.

A search of the history of the amendments to this Solicitation for Contract showed that it had been modified several times, with the last modification -- number 0008, with an original date of letting out to bid with a synopsis of May 13, 2011 -- occurring on December 16, 2011. This last modification rescinded the solicitation, with said modification's purpose noted as follows:

1. Cancel Solicitation HSFEHQ-10-R-0027.

2. A new draft solicitation will be issued on January 2012 for industry comment.

3. A Pre-Solicitation Conference will be held approximately two week post draft solicitation.
...

Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/...#ixzz1iWhz9dzQ

[Vertnut]

This bastard has been out of control since day one. Even his own dem-run senate thought he shouldn't have bypassed them. He's like a cockroach...what he doesn't eat, he shits on.

[GhostTX]

In my own little fictional story, Obama loses the election but has a temper-tantrum and does some kind of political coup claiming the people need him more/don't know how to vote, the Republicans are all dissidents, Congress is too much in his way and he consolidates some kind of "extended" presidency.

[forbes]

In my own little fictional story, Obama loses the election but has a temper-tantrum and does some kind of political coup claiming the people need him more/don't know how to vote, the Republicans are all dissidents, Congress is too much in his way and he consolidates some kind of "extended" presidency.

correct me if i am wrong... but wasn't there a law passed that if there is a catastrophic emergency, that the president can over rule the votes and continue as leader?
i believe it was during the bush admin.
with all he is stirring up, there maybe a catastrophic emergency real soon.
something i remeber from about 6 years ago but i may very well be wrong

[Avery'sDad]

http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/recess-graph.png

[Sgt Beavis]

Sorry fellas but the President is well within the powers granted in the Constitution to do this.

Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution states:

The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.

This is exactly what Obama did. Many other Presidents have done the exact same thing. Even George Washington made recess appointments.

[mikec]

I think you guys are overlooking the fact that the recesses were defined as being in excess of three days and this occurred in two.

Or at least that's what I read.

[Sgt Beavis]

I think you guys are overlooking the fact that the recesses were defined as being in excess of three days and this occurred in two.

Or at least that's what I read.

That is Boehner's argument based on a Supreme Court arguments that the administration made. However I'm not 100% sure that is a solid basis against a recess appointment.

However it would seem to me that this is:

http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/202425-chamber-official-court-fight-over-obamas-appointments-almost-certain

The recess appointments broke with legal precedent, as they while the Senate is holding regular pro forma sessions. Republicans insist the Senate has not been in recess thanks to the seconds-long sessions held every few days, but White House attorneys determined the procedural move is a gimmick that can be ignored by the president.

Gimmick or not, in session is still in session. I think that is the best argument against the appointments.

[mikec]

Gimmick or not, in session is still in session. I think that is the best argument against the appointments.

Valid, to a degree. Though I do wonder if we are going to be determining what a "session" equals, then thinking back to another democrat redefining what "is" equals...


Or not having sex with that woman...

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Monica Lewinsky.

Just sayin' that could be a developing pattern with the democratic party.

[Vertnut]

http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/...cess-graph.png

With 90+ rounds of golf and 14 day Hawaiian vacations, it's tough to deal with all that pesky presidential shit!

[Geor!]

Federal appeals court declared these appointments unconstitutional and that the NLRB can no longer operate. Suck on that, Obama!



A federal appeals court has overturned President Obama’s controversial recess appointments from last year, arguing he abused his powers and acted when the Senate was not actually in a recess.
The three-judge panel’s ruling is a major blow to Mr. Obama. The judges ruled that the appointments Mr. Obama made to the National Labor Relations Board are illegal, and the board no longer has a quorum to operate.
But the ruling has even broader constitutional significance, with the judges arguing that the president’s recess appointment powers don’t apply to “intrasession” appointments — those made when Congress has left town for a few days or weeks.
The judges signaled the power only applies after Congress has adjourned sine die, which is a legislative term of art that signals the end to a long work period. In modern times, it means the president could only use his powers when Congress quits business at the end of a year.
“The dearth of intrasession appointments in the years and decades following the ratification of the Constitution speaks far more impressively than the history of recent presidential exercise of a supposed power to make such appointments,” the judges wrote. “Recent presidents are doing no more than interpreting the Constitution. While we recognize that all branches of government must of necessity exercise their understanding of the Constitution in order to perform their duties faithfully thereto, ultimately it is our role to discern the authoritative meaning of the supreme law.”


Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...#ixzz2J0Os0lBo
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[Vertnut]

Holder will appeal to the Supreme Court.

[Sean88gt]

Mark Levin's organization. Good for him.