Posted on 02/15/2016 11:41:15 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Who cares what they think....It’s what we’re gonna do....keep the senate in session...
That’s exactly why he will not make a recess appt. He wants a pick that will create a leftist/communist majority on SCOTUS for 30 years, not two years max.
He can, though he shouldn’t. And there isn’t anything that could be done if he did, other than remember that the person appointed will be there only until next January.
Excellent piece that makes the legal and traditional case against obozo from making a recess appointment: http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/02/the_court_appointment_belongs_to_next_president.html
Robert B. Charles is one heck of a great thinker.
“. . .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!’”
We can respond by saying he has a right to NOMINATE a judge but he has NO RIGHT to APPOINT a Justice.
We can remind the people the Senate provides advice and CONSENT, and thus far, the Senate does not CONSENT to his maneuvering to stack the Court.
Given the current anti-establishment anger out there, if the republicans hold-off obozo on this, that should make many republican and independent voters very happy and a happy voter is a republican voter.
If that happened it would be a temporary appointment, not permanent.
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