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Obama's Act of Constitutional Disobedience

gshields Wrote: Feb 01, 2013 8:53 AM
This proves Obuma belongs in Africa and not in the white house. He has never respected the US Constitution and never will. He keeps pushing these illegal acts farther and farther each time. From sealing the records of the Eric Holder "Fast and Furious" gun running scandal (in direct opposition to a Senate investigation), to sealing his own citizenship records. With that said, we need to impeach him now before he totally destroys the United States. At the rate he is moving toward the day he can say he accomplished his objective, we, the US, will never make it through this term of office.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals emphatically smacked down the crazy idea that the president has the power to make recess appointments while the Senate is not in recess.

"An interpretation of 'the Recess' that permits the President to decide when the Senate is in recess would demolish the checks and balances inherent in the advice-and-consent requirement, giving the President free rein to appoint his desired nominees at any time he pleases, whether that time be a weekend, lunch, or even when the Senate is in session and he is merely displeased with its inaction," Chief Judge David B. Sentelle wrote....

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