Posted on 01/01/2017 3:47:20 PM PST by jazusamo
President Obama will have one last chance to force Judge Merrick Garland onto the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday — but it’s a legal gamble and one that has so many pitfalls that even those who say he could get away with it believe it isn’t worth the fight.
Mr. Obama’s moment will come just before noon, in the five minutes that the Senate gavels the 114th Congress out of session and the time the 115th Congress begins.
In those few moments the Senate will go into what’s known as an “intersession recess,” creating one golden moment when the president could test his recess-appointment powers by sending Judge Garland to the high court.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
One year with a solid liberal majority in SCOTUS could do major permanent damage.
“Under what Executive Power would you suggest President Trump expose Obama’s personal records?”
The same EP O’bastard used to give the NYT Trump’s tax records!
>> Mr. Obama has given no indication that he’s thinking about it <<
Then why write the article? Looks to me like the purest kind of click bait.
The read says yes, one year OR sooner if DJT appoints and senate approves replacement.
That slimy sneaky little shit Obama is on his way to jail eventually . The constitution he so despises will put him in prison eventually. Yeah this intercession appointment is legal but the ink won’t dry before Garland is out and also out of his previous job IMO.
It is the Dem solution of simplicity even evolving into suicides from multiple shots to the back the head.
Obama should leave with dignity... not with trashy scams aimed at undermining the next President. If Obama tried this it would fail anyhow...
AND the low-class stunt would become Obama’s legacy. Slippin’ and sliding... scamming and jiving. Is that how Obama wants to leave the stage?
On the lighter brighter side, no one would feel any guilt about hating him forever... just like most of us feel about the Clintons.
Worse yet for Mr. Obama, Judge Garland would lose his seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit — oftentimes dubbed the second-most powerful court in the country. That means the president would be trading a lifetime of Judge Garland for less than a year of Justice Garland.
Can anyone explain how the closure of the current congress and the opening of the incoming congress is done? Is it covered by the Constituion? Or is it set by the rules Congress sets for itself?
Same lines, how does the transition between presidents works?
“How about a reversal of the EO that Obama used to seal his records to start with.”
Obama’s records, such as school, birth and medical records that were private before he became president remained private while he is president and will remain private after he is president.
There is no EO that could seal those private records and there is no EO that could unseal those private records.
Obama’s school, birth and medical records are private, just as your school, birth and medical records are private.
You cannot seal, nor can you unseal private records.
They are private and are always sealed, just as your private records are sealed.
Welp.
Didn’t happen.
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