Posted on 02/15/2016 11:41:15 AM PST by SeekAndFind
John Fund is asking this question???? What is happening to people?
Torches and pitchforks time.............
Simple, keep the Senate in session until the inauguration.
First you arrest him for treason, then imprison his worthless butt, then impeach him.
Then the GOP can take it to court and fight it all the way to the SCOTUS where.....
......oooopps, maybe that wouldn't work.
All Obie has to do is to threaten to shut down the gubbermint and the gonad-less Republicans will run like they were being chased by a Tyrannosaurus Rex wearing a Hillary Clinton mask...
Won’t happen. Too much political hay to be made in a fight over the nominee. Particularly if it’s a minority female.
What is easily debatable (read: ripe for mischief) is the phrase "next session."
If the recent SCOTUS ruling is that "the recess" means the recess between sessions and not some holiday break (i.e., the August summertime in the swamp recess), then the "next session" is the one that is about to begin after an intersession break. The term of the recess appointment would be until the end of the year.
If "the recess" is interpreted to be the Article I Section 5
Neither House, during the Session of Congress, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.
which is what we're discussing now, then 1), is it Constitutional (is it THE recess or just a break), and 2), does "next session" mean the one after this one concludes?
Regardless of how the definitions of "the recess" and "next session" play out, the following should be the Republican strategy.
The next President should not wait for the recess-appointed Justice to step down at the end of 2017 to make his appointment.
The next President should make his permanent nomination early in 2017 and let the Senate confirm the new "on deck" Justice. Then, it will be up to the "lame duck" Justice to either succumb to pressure and step down early to let the duly confirmed Justice take over, or defiantly remain on the Court to the bitter end, when the earlier confirmed Justice will then be sworn in.
-PJ
Could the House refuse to allocate any budget for the Court? How about cutting funds for all the lower federal courts?
England's "Glorious Revolution" started in Parliament and ended up deposing a king. Is there a Cromwell in the House?
Or of breaking the law or making unconstitutional dictates.
It’s only a matter of time before the mass murderstorage begin.
The Senate is not in recess. They are adjourned.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3397346/posts?page=12#12
Keeping the Senate in session will work tactically, but you are giving the Dems a huge strategic advantage during the critical election season. “Look, those evil Republicans are denying Obama his constitutional duty to appoint a Justice. They obstruct everything! They are the the party of NO!”
“Torches and pitchforks time.............”
This.
This is so important. More important than the senate, congress, and the presidency.
The senate needs to deflect and obfuscate.
The democrats will be screaming bloody murder and they need to be men enough to stand up to it. If we have to go harry reid and change rules, then so be it. THIS IS THAT IMPORTANT!
Frankly I’d rather have him make a recess appointment then hold out to see what happens after the election. A recess appointment stands for what about 8 months...a full time appointment and the battle to get it last an eternity.
Obama knows there will be people afraid of the dems response.
Screw them. It’s time for these republican limp wrists to grow a friggin spine. Stand for something other than your job and money!!!!
Van Jones or BillAryers’s have been floated?
Miles of rope and a lot of telephone poles.
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