if this invalidates a check/balance, then it goes back 200+ years
moondog Send a noteboard - 30/01/2013 10:40:35 PM
we are looking at invalidating pretty much one quarter to half of the federal government's decisions since madison was president if recess appointments are not valid.
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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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