Re: Court strikes down Obama recess appointments

2013-01-27 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Eric Roberts < ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > From what I have read, this court (3 conservative appointed judges...go > figure), essentially ignored 150 years of both dem and repub precedence in > overturning this. I have a feeling the SCOTUS will ov

Re: Court strikes down Obama recess appointments

2013-01-27 Thread Jerry Barnes
A good week in court if you are not an Obama supporter: Federal Judge Rules that ICE Agents have Standing in Lawsuit Against Federal Government Federal District Court Judge Reed O'Conner has ruled that 10 ICE agents and officers have standing to challenge in Federal court the so-called Morton Me

Re: Court strikes down Obama recess appointments

2013-01-27 Thread Maureen
No one is questioning his right to make recess appointments. The legal issue in this case is that he doesn't get to decide when Congress is in recess. The ruling was broader than it needed to be to settle that issue, so likely this will go promptly to SCOTUS. On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Er

RE: Court strikes down Obama recess appointments

2013-01-27 Thread Eric Roberts
>From what I have read, this court (3 conservative appointed judges...go figure), essentially ignored 150 years of both dem and repub precedence in overturning this. I have a feeling the SCOTUS will overturn the ruling. Recess appts. Were designed for exactly this situation...when congress refuse