The President's Recess Appointments

Heritage:  An Abuse of Power: President Obama’s “Recess” Appointments

"President Obama’s stunning appointments of Richard Cordray to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and of three more bureaucrats to the National Labor Relations Board has been described by many observers as a serious blow to the Constitution and the separation of powers."

http://townhall.com/political-cartoons/2012/01/07/95272

This from the Daily Caller:  "Just a thought: Maybe President Obama wants to establish unprecedented power to make “recess” appointments–even when the Senate says it isn’t in recess–because he knows he will need that power to save Obamacare in 2013, even if he wins reelection, should the Republicans take the Senate. There must be all sorts of federal health care boards and agencies that will need staffing–and which maybe couldn’t function very well if the GOP Senate simply refuses to approve any Obama appointees, Cordray style."

Brian Darling: Obama's unconstitutional power grab  "The President has ignored the clear words of the Constitution. As The Heritage Foundation’s Todd Gaziano wrote, “The Constitution, in Article I, section 5, plainly states that neither house of Congress can recess for more than three days without the consent of the other house.” Congress has been in session conducting business every few days."

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