abuse of power

[Spamature]

Irrelevant.

Obama can't get the job done.

Time for a change.

This is basically demanding that the American voters surrender to terrorism. Why in the world would you suggest Republican should be reward with capitulation after deliberately harming the public.

 

[Corruptbuddha]

Do you have another alternative?

How is re-electing Obama going to fix the problem?

 

[JuliefromOhio]

the other piece to nullification that repubs are pulling.....is to seriously defund departments so they're barely able to function.

 

[Yuri Zhivago]

Do you have another alternative?

How is re-electing Obama going to fix the problem?

exterminating terrorists would be my solution, but hopefully the majority will not give them another chance at the ballot box

 

[middleview]

Because a Democratic super majority isn't in the cards this election cycle. Not enough seats are up.

So...since the makeup of the Congress won't change for probably two years or so...our only alternative is to replace Obama.

See?

I'm not about to reward the republicans for their tactics....

 

[middleview]

Do you have another alternative?

How is re-electing Obama going to fix the problem?

The republicans can continue to fail to do their jobs or they can realize that the tactic didn't work....and begin to govern responsibly to solve the problems.

Why wouldn't the dems resort to the same tactics the repubs used against Obama if Romney were to win?

 

[Corruptbuddha]

Possibly.

But Romney has abetter track record of bipartisanship than Obama does.

So, likely not.

 

[kgswiger]

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/201...y-or-tomorrow/

Your link is broken.

I'm surprised Teddy didn't just beat them half to death. One of our toughest Presidents, and a personal hero.

 

[MaryAnne]

Nullification. Fights between Congress and the president over presidential appointments have gone on for decades. But Senate Republicans have taken the fight to a new level by using the power to deny appointments to require changes in the laws. The Dodd–Frank financial reform established the C.F.R.B., but Wall Street hates it, and Republicans openly vowed not to confirm any director unless Obama agreed to weaken the law.

This is an entirely new use of congressional power to block appointments. The normally mild-mannered James Fallows has called this “nullification,” and Republicans have begun using it to paralyze large swaths of the government. The normal presidential recourse against hardened opposition to an executive branch nominee is to make the appointment when Congress is out of session, but Republicans closed off that avenue as well, by holding pro forma sessions year-round. If it held up, this would give Congress enormous power over the president – allowing it to unilaterally halt any agency it likes in return for any demand at all. They have likewise refused to confirm any directors at all to the National Labor Relations Board, denying the agency a quorum and essentially halting the enforcement of federal labor law.

So Obama tried the audacious and legally indeterminate move of simply declaring the pro-forma session a sham, insisting Congress really was on recess, and appointing his man. If it stands up to the likely legal challenge – the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is threatening to sue – Obama will have taken a dangerous new weapon out of Congress’s hands. Obama’s maneuver may stand, or it may lead to a further reform of the confirmation process. But allowing Congress to functionally eliminate full-passed laws simply by denying the president any appointments to carry them out is a dangerous precedent that Obama would be derelict if he allowed to stand.

more http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/01/grand-strategy-behind-obamas-recess-appointment.html

Tom Donahue needs to be impeached and he is no kin of mine!) A disgrace to the Donahue name.

 

[Minotaur]

the other piece to nullification that repubs are pulling.....is to seriously defund departments so they're barely able to function.

It has been critical for some time as it appears they really don't care what they do to this country to try and beat Obama.

As a side note Julie, you are one of my must read folks as I really think you add much food for thought to this board that is always discuss-worthy. You are in good company. Thanks for that.

Just thought you should know.

 

[MaryAnne]

Although recess appointments that occur while the Senate is at least pretending to conduct business every three days are rare, they are rare for a very simple reason. Few people in American history have done more to obstruct American governance than Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and his fellow Senate Republicans. As such, it has rarely been necessary for a president to use his constitutionally granted authority to appoint officials during a very short recess.
There are no modern precedents for McConnell-style mass obstructionism, and there is no Supreme Court decision considering how long senators must be out of Washington before recess appointments are allowed. There was, however, a showdown during the Bush Administration over President Bush’s decision to recess appoint Judge William Pryor to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. In Evans v. Stephens, that court considered whether Pryor’s appointment was invalid because it occurred during a very short legislative break. This court is the highest legal authority ever to weigh in on the question of whether a break in the Senate’s calendar must last a certain number of days before a recess occurs, and it answered that question with an unambiguous “no”:
The Constitution, on its face, does not establish a minimum time that an authorized break in the Senate must last to give legal force to the President’s appointment power under the Recess Appointments Clause. And we do not set the limit today.
There are a number of well-established precedents demonstrating the president’s authority to make recess appointments during very brief recesses. In 1903, when the first session of the 58th Congress ended, President Theodore Roosevelt made over 160 recess appointments during a recess that lasted only a fraction of a day. Similarly, President Truman twice made recess appointments during recesses that lasted just a handful of days.
more:
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/201...y-or-tomorrow/

Do not forget John Bolton,who would have never made it past the Republicans. He was despised by all and Bush gave him a recess apointment to the UN.

 

[IrishOne]

I think what you're really saying is that Romney is a liberal.

 

[IrishOne]

Thanks

 

[IrishOne]

I think you said it best in your first three words. That makes you irrelevant. You no facts to back up what you say. Obama won a majority vote by the people to be POTUS. You post on PJ....

Obstruction, impertinence, outright hatred.

All irrelevant.

For what ever reason, Obama can't get it done.

Time for a change.

 

[middleview]

Because a Democratic super majority isn't in the cards this election cycle. Not enough seats are up.

So...since the makeup of the Congress won't change for probably two years or so...our only alternative is to replace Obama.

See?

10 republican seats are in play.

 

[Friday13]

LOL...he can't even find his own avatar!

 

[Friday13]

As a side note Julie, you are one of my must read folks as I really think you add much food for thought to this board that is always discuss-worthy. You are in good company. Thanks for that.

I'll second that.

 

[888888]

Harry Reid passed spending spending bills during "sham" pro-forma sessions.

And the Constitution does not give Obama the right to declare the Senate a sham.

He must because he did.