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A much needed organization gets its leader (despite the Senate Republican blocking it).

Maybe, maybe not.

This is a recess appointment of murky constitutionality. The President is attempting to evade the constitutional requirement that the principal officers of US agencies serve with the 'advice and consent' of the Senate. The Senate is attempting to block his power to make recess appointments by means of sham sessions that are themselves of doubtful constitutional efficacy.

It's just one more example of the day to day mechanisms of our government seizing up under the pressure of excessive partisanship.

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Maybe, maybe not.

This is a recess appointment of murky constitutionality. The President is attempting to evade the constitutional requirement that the principal officers of US agencies serve with the 'advice and consent' of the Senate. The Senate is attempting to block his power to make recess appointments by means of sham sessions that are themselves of doubtful constitutional efficacy.

It's just one more example of the day to day mechanisms of our government seizing up under the pressure of excessive partisanship.

Despite all of that, he needed to get this organization moving to protect consumers from insane corporate greed.

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And we will find out whether POTUS was successful after some regulated finantial institution ( :pirate: ) challenges one of the guy's actions in Federal Court. Say two, maybe three, years?

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A recess appointment is only good for one year.

Say EZ Finance falls afoul of some niggling regulation about foisting negatively amortized 2nd mortages with a balloon payment on unsophisticated borrowers: would you expect a challenge in the Federal Courts to said regulation avering the agency did not have the authority to issue the regulation because it's head was acting unlawfully to be finally adjudicated in less than two years? (Hell of a sentence, eh? :P )

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And, technically, the appointment is good (or in the case sub judice, maybe not so good) until the adjournment of the following session of Congress. :poke:

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Don't forget that executive orders are somewhat like line item vetos (which we don't have but which are often proposed) in that while one might like them with the preferred actions of a sitting President, one might not like them with another. Just a variation on be careful what you wish for.

Best regards,

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The job rightfully belonged to Elizabeth Warren, but Obama did not have the balls to support the woman who created the whole thing.

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The job rightfully belonged to Elizabeth Warren, but Obama did not have the balls to support the woman who created the whole thing.

I think you are right, but her time now is better spent beating Scott Brown for the Senate.

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I think you are right, but her time now is better spent beating Scott Brown for the Senate.

Yes, and I hope that she does beat him. You and I are agreeing so much now. Is it the air?

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