Continuing to act like a third world dictator

[jimpeel]

The Constitution is a mere speed bump to this bumpkin. I guess rules are made to be broken as far as he is concerned.

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

By Stephen Dinan and Susan Crabtree - The Washington Times

Updated: 1:14 p.m. on Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Congressional officials said 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 that said the Senate must be in recess for at least three days. 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 constitutional lawyers made the three-day argument to the Supreme Court.

The appointment in question is former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, whom Mr. Obama tapped to head the CFPB. The board was set up under the new Wall Street regulation bill Democrats powered through in 2010, just before losing their majority in the House.

Using sharp language, congressional Republicans said the Senate considers itself still in session for purposes of recess appointments, and said Mr. Obama's move is a declaration of battle against Congress.

"Although the Senate is not in recess, President Obama, in an unprecedented move, has arrogantly circumvented the American people," said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican.

GOP House Speaker John A. Boehner called the move "an extraordinary and entirely unprecedented power grab by President Obama that defies centuries of practice and the legal advice of his own Justice Department."

"The precedent that would be set by this cavalier action would have a devastating effect on the checks and balances that are enshrined in our Constitution," the Ohio Republican said in a statement.

The White House, though, argues Republican senators stonewalled the nominee so long that Mr. Obama had no choice but to circumvent them.

The president is expected to introduce Mr. Cordray during a trip to Ohio Wednesday, and the Associated Press Mr. Obama will call Senate Republicans' ongoing blockade of his nomination "inexcusable."

"I refuse to take 'No' for an answer. I've said before that I will continue to look for every opportunity to work with Congress to move this country forward. But when Congress refuses to act in a way that hurts our economy and puts people at risk, I have an obligation as president to do what I can without them," he will say, according to prepared remarks.

Administration officials told the Associated Press they anticipate the move may be challenged in court.

Mr. Cordray was accompanying the president on a trip to Cleveland, Ohio Wednesday, and briefly spoke to reporters.

He said he would begin work immediately, adding: "We're going to begin working to expand our program to non-banks, which is an area we haven't been able to touch until now."

The Constitution gives the president the power to make appointments when the Senate is not in session and able to confirm them. Traditionally that has been understood to mean when the Senate has adjourned for a recess longer than 10 days, and a Clinton administration legal opinion said a recess must be at least three days.

Mr. Obama's own top constitutional lawyers affirmed that view in 2010 in another case involving recess appointments. Asked what the standard was for making recess appointments, then-Deputy Solicitor General Neal Katyal told the justices the administration agreed with the three-day rule.

"The recess appointment power can work in a recess. I think our office has opined the recess has to be longer than three days," Mr. Katyal said.

The three-day rule was also the precedent Mr. Obama and his fellow Democrats followed in 2007 and 2008 when they were trying to block then-President George W. Bush from making recess appointments.

"I am keeping the Senate in pro forma to prevent recess appointments until we get this process back on track," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, said on Nov. 16, 2007, as he announced his strategy of having the Senate convene twice a week for pro forma sessions.

On Wednesday, though, Mr. Reid said he backed the president's move.

"I support President Obama's decision to make sure that in these tough economic times, middle-class families in Nevada and across the country will have the advocate they deserve to fight on their behalf against the reckless practices that denied so many their economic security," he said.

But by abrogating decades of understanding on the recess appointment power, Mr. Obama threatened to spark a full legislative war with Congress.

"Breaking from this precedent lands this appointee in uncertain legal territory, threatens the confirmation process and fundamentally endangers the Congress's role in providing a check on the excesses of the executive branch," Mr. McConnell said.

© Copyright 2012 The Washington Times, LLC.

 

[2minkey]

"when they were trying to block then-President George W. Bush from making recess appointments."

where was your outrage then, dear one-sided critic?

 

[Winky]

Jim have you not yet become accustomed to such things?

 

[Winky]

yeah right minxy

 

[2minkey]

yeah it's about it being bush's fault. nice work cerise.

 

[ResearchMonkey]

It's a constitutional crises, congress is in session, technically.

 

[jimpeel]

"when they were trying to block then-President George W. Bush from making recess appointments."

where was your outrage then, dear one-sided critic?

Did you read what you quoted?

The president is allowed to make RECESS appointments. It is in the Constitution. They were, at that time, trying to block the Constitutional authority of the president.

The ENTIRE quote is this "The three-day rule was also the precedent Mr. Obama and his fellow Democrats followed in 2007 and 2008 when they were trying to block then-President George W. Bush from making recess appointments."

So Obama was all for the three day rule when he was a Senator but now that he is in the office he ignores the same rule he insisted upon for a president in the opposition party.

 

[jimpeel]

And his march toward third world dictator continues as he appoint three more people while the Senate is still in session. This time it is to please his puppeteer AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.

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Obama Again Bypasses Congress, Appoints 3 to Labor Board

Published January 04, 2012 | FoxNews.com

Hours after enraging Republicans by appointing the head of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau while Congress is out of town, President Obama again bypassed GOP opposition in appointing three people to the National Labor Relations Board.

While union leaders praised the move, Republicans threatened legal action and said Obama is setting a dangerous precedent by ignoring the will of Congress.

Darrell Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, called the appointments "highly controversial" and said they "put the interests of union bosses ahead of job creators and workers."

Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., said the appointments "may impress the union bosses but will deliver yet another blow to job creation."

Republicans say the NLRB is biased in favor of unions, and some -- including Graham -- had pledged to block Senate confirmation of any board nominees.

The board usually has five members, but has been operating with three. It lost another member this week, leaving it unable to conduct regular business.

"The American people deserve to have qualified public servants fighting for them every day - whether it is to enforce new consumer protections or uphold the rights of working Americans," Obama said when announcing the appointments. "We can't wait to act to strengthen the economy and restore security for our middle class and those trying to get in it, and that's why I am proud to appoint these fine individuals to get to work for the American people."

Obama appointed Sharon Block, Terence F. Flynn and Richard Griffin to the NLRB.

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka praised Obama's decision to make the appointments in Congress' absence.

"We commend the president for exercising his constitutional authority to ensure that crucially important agencies protecting workers and consumers are not shut down by Republican obstructionism," Trumka said.

Rep. George Miller of California, the senior Democrat on the House Education and the Workforce Committee, said the board is "essential to protecting working families' economic security, and helping ensure that workplaces are productive, fair and safe."

Only the NLRB can enforce workers' and employers' rights under the National Labor Relations Act. But the board has been under GOP fire since last year, when it filed a lawsuit accusing Boeing of illegally retaliating against union members. The case was dismissed last month after Boeing and the union settled their dispute.

Graham said the board "has become an out-of-control rogue bureaucracy" and urged House and Senate committees to "investigate the contacts between the NLRB and machinists union in their complaint against the Boeing Company."

"A congressional investigation to answer questions about NLRB's role, attitude and relationship with the parties is definitely warranted," Graham said. "I'm glad the ridiculous complaint against Boeing has gone away, but there are disturbing questions about possible collaboration between the machinists union and the NLRB against Boeing. These questions must be answered."

 

[jimpeel]

Maybe this will make it clear.

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Obama's Cordray Appointment Mocks the Constitution

By Phil Kerpen

Published January 04, 2012 | FoxNews.com

In 2008 candidate Sen. Barack Obama famously said: “This is part of the whole theory of George Bush that he can make laws as he is going along. I disagree with that. I taught the Constitution for 10 years. I believe in the Constitution and I will obey the Constitution of the United States. We are not going to use signing statements as a way of doing and end run around Congress.”

Now, we find that not only was he kidding about signing statements – he recently used one to ignore about 20 provisions of the omnibus spending bill – but Obama also believes he can decide for himself that the Senate is in recess when it is not, overturn at least a hundred years of precedent, and bypass the Constitution’s advice and consent requirement.

Moreover, the president now considers it a political virtue that he is doing precisely what he criticized George Bush for doing: “make laws as he is going along.” Obama now says: “I refuse to take 'No' for an answer… when Congress refuses to act in a way that hurts our economy and puts people at risk, I have an obligation as president to do what I can without them.”

If he were acting within the confines of the law and the Constitution, the argument might make sense. But Obama has now adopted a theory of executive power so expansive that a reporter at a recent press conference understandably asked whether the president believes we have a virtual monarchy, a president of unlimited powers subject only to periodic elections but not to the rule of law.

According to a 1993 brief from the Clinton Justice Department, Congress must remain adjourned for at least three days before the adjournment constitutes a “recess” for the purposes the recess appointment power.

The origin of this three day period is Article I, Section 5 of the Constitution, which states: “Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days.”

In other words, the president can only recess appoint when the Senate has adjourned for more than three days, and the Senate cannot adjourn for more than three days without the consent of the House.

Speaker John Boehner has properly withheld that consent to prevent Obama from installing radical appointees into key positions.

There is recent precedent for this action and for its legitimacy. In fact, then-Obama Solicitor General Elena Kagan wrote to the Supreme Court on April 26, 2010: “Although a President may fill such vacancies through the use of his recess appointment power … the Senate may act to foreclose this option by declining to recess for more than two or three days at a time over a lengthy period. For example, the Senate did not recess intrasession for more than three days at a time for over a year beginning in late 2007.”

Obama’s attempt to “recess appoint” Richard Cordray while the Senate is in pro forma session is especially galling in light of the history of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the broad powers that Cordray – if Obama’s sleight of hand is permitted by the courts – will wield over the United States economy.

The CFPB has the power to interfere with every consumer financial transaction in the economy. It is housed in the Federal Reserve and funded out of Fed operations, not congressional appropriations, avoiding effective congressional oversight.

All power is vested in one individual – now, presumably Cordray – with no board or commission. None of this was part of Elizabeth Warren’s original design, which included a five-member commission that was funded and overseen by Congress. Senate Republicans have correctly called for reforms to make the new agency accountable before confirming a nominee and allowing it to begin writing rules that could have a major negative impact on the economy.

Obama doesn’t care. He’s making is up as he goes along.What a difference four years makes.

Phil Kerpenis vice president for policy at Americans for Prosperity and author of Democracy Denied: How Obama is Ignoring You and Bypassing Congress to Radically Transform America – and How to Stop Him

 

[2minkey]

Did you read what you quoted?

The president is allowed to make RECESS appointments. It is in the Constitution. They were, at that time, trying to block the Constitutional authority of the president.

The ENTIRE quote is this "The three-day rule was also the precedent Mr. Obama and his fellow Democrats followed in 2007 and 2008 when they were trying to block then-President George W. Bush from making recess appointments."

So Obama was all for the three day rule when he was a Senator but now that he is in the office he ignores the same rule he insisted upon for a president in the opposition party.

i try to read as little as possible of what you post because it is mostly garbage. of course obama was for it, not against it. or against it before he was... (gov perry, could i get some help here?) they ALL try to get away with what they can in a legal/technical sense. ask that asian dude that was the apologist for bush's sideways maneuvers after 9/11. john woo? no i think he's a film guy.

REALLY, A SLEAZY APPOINTMENT? WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGH IT, FROM ANYONE????

 

[jimpeel]

Still at it three days later. I wonder when he will don a Gaddafi-style Colonel's uniform and billboard-sized photos of him start appearing around DC.

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Jan 5, 2012 5:02am
White House ‘Can’t Wait’ To Help Young People Get Summer Jobs

President Obama will continue his campaign to bypass Congressional opposition to his jobs agenda Thursday by announcing a new partnership aimed at helping a quarter of a million young people find summer jobs.

The initiative, part of Obama’s “We Can’t Wait” campaign, is intended to replace a youth jobs fund that would have been enacted had Congress passed the president’s $447 billion jobs bill.

“America’s young people face record unemployment, and we need to do everything we can to make sure they’ve got the opportunity to earn the skills and a work ethic that come with a job. It’s important for their future, and for America’s. That’s why I proposed a summer jobs program for youth in the American Jobs Act — a plan that Congress failed to pass. America’s youth can’t wait for Congress to act. This is an all-hands-on-deck moment,” Obama said in a written statement.

The new partnership between the federal government and the private sector commits to creating nearly 180,000 employment opportunities for low-income youth in the summer of 2012, with a goal of reaching 250,000 employment opportunities by the start of summer.

Republicans have pushed back against the announcement.

“Everyone agrees internships are a helpful tool for youth, particularly in this economy. Yet rather than taking credit for programs that companies already had in place, a more constructive use of the White House’s time would be calling on Democratic leaders to act on the dozens of House-passed jobs bills still sitting idle in Democratic-run Senate,” a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said.

 

[2minkey]

that would just make you jizz everywhere, wouldn't it?

 

[Winky]

So since your endless refrain is: Boosh did it too

Does that mean that you condone these things?

Or are you of the belief that whining about it on a otc chat window
isn't going to effect world events in any way shape matter or form
and your haughty derision somehow makes you superior to the
great unwashed masses you so vehemently claim to not be a part of
all the while clearly espousing your left-wing academic elitist policy positions?

Only the people receiving taxpayer handouts are the one's who'll vote
for a demonrat in the upcoming elections as Obama has wisely given
up on winning any of the the votes of the white working class so its up
to the minorities, deadbeats, welfare mom's, liberal elites, special protected class
victims and the illegals to keep him in office until they become the majority
of the population at which time the Left will have a virtual stranglehold
on the country as it spirals down into wreck and ruin taking the rest of the world with it...


What a stupid assed waste of time

 

[ResearchMonkey]

The new partnership between the federal government and the private sector commits to creating nearly 180,000 employment opportunities for low-income youth in the summer of 2012, with a goal of reaching 250,000 employment opportunities by the start of summer.

Sound like they want to give tax breaks for hiring for those yoots who would be most affected when having to produce an ID to vote. So we have 250,000 jobs being taken from people who are more productive yet unemployed and given to lops, lames and part time dames.

...more from the subsidized free market dept.

 

[Winky]

"lops, lames and part time dames" are those members of a protected victim class?

 

[jimpeel]

Guess what? 110,000 of the 180,000 jobs Obama wants to create are unpaid positions.

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Obama to launch summer-jobs initiative
By Erik Wasson - 01/05/12 12:00 AM ET

President Obama on Thursday will unveil a summer-jobs initiative that the White House says is already on track to create 180,000 “work opportunities” in the private sector in 2012.

That is the number of opportunities, which includes mentoring and unpaid internships, that companies have told the administration they are willing to create. Some 70,000 jobs are paid, the White House says.

If you do the math, 180,000 - 70,000 = 110,000 jobs which will not be paid positions. How many kids are going to want to work at unpaid positions? If they are forced to work, there is a word for that -- and a Constitutional amendment against it. We shall see. - j

The initiative was hatched after Congress failed to approve a $1.5 billion summer-jobs fund that President Obama had been seeking as part of the American Jobs Act.

“Today’s announcement is the latest in a series of executive actions the Obama administration is taking to strengthen the economy and move the country forward because we can’t wait for Congress to act,” a White House statement reads.

In 60 days, the administration plans to create a jobs bank in order to facilitate more hiring of youth for summer jobs.

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said the “opportunities” are all new and were not jobs that would have existed anyway.

“The president has been clear that where there is gridlock with this Congress, he will act,” she said. She noted that the unemployment level among those aged 16 to 24 is 16 percent, far higher than the 10.7 percent in 2007 before the recession began.

 

[jimpeel]

And one ... more ... time!

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Obama: We Can't Wait on immigration

By DONOVAN SLACK |
1/6/12 7:04 AM EST

The president is making another bold move against Congress today, this time using his executive power to make changes to an immigration rule.

The changes would allow illegal immigrants whose spouses or children are legal US residents to apply for a waiver from some penalties while they seek legal status.

Currently, they are required to return to their home countries before they can ask the US government for a visa to come back to the United States legally. Those visas are often subject to a three-to-10-year ban on returning to the US.

The rule change would allow them to apply for a waiver from that ban and get a decision on the waiver before they leave US soil in the first place, potentially shortening the length of time they are separated from their families, the Associated Press reports.

It is Obama's third salvo in as many days in his war against GOP members of Congress. Republicans have criticized the administration's previous immigration policy changes as “backdoor amnesty.”

On Wednesday, he jammed through recess appointments without Senate approval. On Thursday, Obama unveiled a sweeping new defense strategy that would require cuts to military spending. Both prompted outrage from congressional Republicans.

No doubt more outrage to come today.

 

[2minkey]

“backdoor amnesty.”

yeah, fuck those opportunity-seekers. this is the land of merit by birth.

 

[jimpeel]

So why do we end up in a Mexican prison if we cross the border illegally? Maybe we want to seek opportunities in Mexico.

 

[2minkey]

hey that's great logic. maybe we should start mowing down people like other countries do, too. perhaps look to syria as an example. oh, no, right, we already do that to freedom-loving white guys like you and david koresh.