I could not resist a discussion of the New York Times editorial regarding the court decision that struck down as unconstitutional president Obama's use of recess appointments when the senate was still in session. The headline is "A Court Upholds Republican Chicanery". Here is the key section of the editorial:
Astonishingly, a federal appeals court upheld [the Republicans'] strategy on Friday. Mr. Obama had declared that Congress was not really open for business during its one-minute, lights-on-lights-off sessions intended only to thwart him, and he made recess appointments. A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said his N.L.R.B. appointments were unconstitutional, buying the argument of Republicans that the Senate was really in session.
The humor here is unmistakeable. The Times seems to forget two things: first, the strategy of keeping the senate in session with these "one-minute, lights-on-lights-off" sessions was developed by the senate Democrats when they took control of the senate in the 2006 elections. They used it for two years to prevent president Bush from making any recess appointments. Somehow, the Times did not seem to mind the strategy at that point. Second, the senate has been controlled by the Democrats during the entire time that Obama has been president. It is one thing to blame the Republicans for senate practices when they are in the majority and quite another to blame the GOP when the Democrats are in control. But then again, it is the New York Times editorial page. Perhaps they should just stop printing editorials and run a full page statement each day that says "Obama is always right no matter what the facts are."
Astonishingly, a federal appeals court upheld [the Republicans'] strategy on Friday. Mr. Obama had declared that Congress was not really open for business during its one-minute, lights-on-lights-off sessions intended only to thwart him, and he made recess appointments. A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said his N.L.R.B. appointments were unconstitutional, buying the argument of Republicans that the Senate was really in session.
The humor here is unmistakeable. The Times seems to forget two things: first, the strategy of keeping the senate in session with these "one-minute, lights-on-lights-off" sessions was developed by the senate Democrats when they took control of the senate in the 2006 elections. They used it for two years to prevent president Bush from making any recess appointments. Somehow, the Times did not seem to mind the strategy at that point. Second, the senate has been controlled by the Democrats during the entire time that Obama has been president. It is one thing to blame the Republicans for senate practices when they are in the majority and quite another to blame the GOP when the Democrats are in control. But then again, it is the New York Times editorial page. Perhaps they should just stop printing editorials and run a full page statement each day that says "Obama is always right no matter what the facts are."
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