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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
The bummer of all this is that because Obama doesn't like to follow the constitution, everything that those labor appointments ruled on during their short careers will now be looked at as invalid. This will cause a major problem for the appointments that will come in the future.
This will also add to the case that the Boehner (if allowed) is building against the president.
Obama must have known he was breaking the constitution, he is a lawyer
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This ruling could spell the end of all recess appointments. After this ruling we know two things for sure: 1. Pro-forma sessions are considered legitimate sessions and 2. The Senate must be out for at least 10 days for it to be considered a recess.
I won't be shocked if the opposition party makes certain to hold a pro-forma session every nine during any recess from here on out to make certain that no sitting president can make a recess appointment.