>>>>Now the libs have to play by their own rules and this will not go down well.
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>>>>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/06/26/supreme-court-limits-president-recess-appointment-power/
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>>>I agree with the decision. No President (either party) should be able to execute this type of end run around Congress. I don't blame Obama for being frustrated, though. This opposition Congress has been historically reluctant to confirm nominees, which I take as part of their general opposition to Obama getting out of bed in the morning. There are dozens of unfilled judicial positions, some at pretty high levels, because Congress refuses to hold confirmation hearings. That's not me being partisan, that's a fact.
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>>This article suggests that getting around this decision requires only the help of a single senator:
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>>http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/06/can-a-president-with-a-little-help-from-one-senator-of-his-party-circumvent-most-of-the-courts-limitation-on-the-recess-appointments-power/
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>>Tamar
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>getting around this decision
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>What an outstanding sentiment in a nation built on laws, not men.
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>What a perfect encapsulation of political belief in 2014.

I'll say it another way. The President can get around the fiction that the Senate is always in session. Surely you agree that having one Senator show up every three days and hit a gavel doesn't constitute the Senate being in session.

Tamar