Makes sense enough on the face of it, but yeah, this has been common practice for a long time.
Legolas Send a noteboard - 25/01/2013 11:53:26 PM
Pretty significant ruling.....and so will be the upcoming SCOTUS case.
And the ramifications of invalidating all such appointments could be rather complicated - as the article mentions briefly, what if the parties in all the cases decided by panels on which Obama appointed judges in this way, suddenly decide the decision in their case isn't valid anymore?
Apart from that, it certainly is a creative way to try and revert a ruling of a government agency that you don't like...
Obama B-Slapped by the US Appeals Court - Interesting ruling on recess appointments
- 25/01/2013 10:13:47 PM
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Makes sense enough on the face of it, but yeah, this has been common practice for a long time.
- 25/01/2013 11:53:26 PM
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at some point you have ask has one of the basic checks and balances been circumvented
- 29/01/2013 01:41:28 PM
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if this invalidates a check/balance, then it goes back 200+ years
- 30/01/2013 10:40:35 PM
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Except the point is that the Senate was still legally in session, not recess.
- 04/02/2013 12:47:59 PM
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