jon_berzerk
Platinum Member
- Mar 5, 2013
- 31,401
- 7,369
- 1,130
No that's not what the SC got him for....Unless he appoints one during the Senate's Recess....Sorry you don't like who the president is. Rules are rules. It's Obama's pick.Can Republican's prevent Obama from making new appointment? I think appointment should be made by the new President. Obama lame duck, USSC lifetime position, so if new Justice is say 46 years old to 50 years old, he or she can be on bench for 30 years or even 40 years. Obama choose Leftist of course, so your First and Second Amendments might be at risk.
The new President should make this appointment IMHO.
If they have no real objection the court just got a lot less conservative.
he can pick away all he wants
he can pick his nose for all i care
he does not get to place one until he has consent of congress
that is just the way it is
So the Repubs will need to keep the Senate opened and not in recess for the next year.
there is not going to be a recess
and as for him trying to declare a recess himself
on a on a three day off week and placing someone
in 2014 the supreme court handed him his ass for trying it
and also that would be a "temporary" fill
The Senate pretended they were opened by having 2 Senators come in every day... the SC ruled it was open as long as the two senators came in every day.....while the other 98 senators were on vacation....
It was a bad ruling....but now the SC does NOT have a Republican majority anymore, I'd like to see it challenged again.
Holding: The Recess Appointments Clause authorizes the president to fill any existing vacancy during any recess – whether occurring during or between sessions of Congress – of sufficient length. However, for purposes of the clause, the Senate is in session whenever it indicates that it is, as long as – under its own rules – it retains the capacity to transact Senate business.