This week, President Obama performed a deliberate end-around, completely bypassing the Senate and appointing three people to the National Labor Relations Board through what he called "recess appointments". A recess appointment is the legal act by a president of appointing people to positions while the Senate is in recess for at least three days. The problem with Obama's appointments is that the Senate was in session. He completely bypassed the Congress of the United States because he could not get his appointments through the legal way. Here is some video of him explaining his actions:
Not only is what he did illegal, it was premeditated. Check out his thoughts on Congress (at least when HE is President):
Notice how the crowd is eating it up. They are actually APPLAUDING the notion that he should break the rules in his favor because it is good for the country. He even has pauses built in for the applause. Kind of sounds familiar:
By giving Congress a figurative middle finger, along with the Constitution and the idea of separation of powers, he is DICTATING what he will do. I know it seems harmless -- it's just some board members on the National Labor Relations Board that we are talking about here. But it must have been pretty important to him to throw checks and balances out the window. Will it end here? I doubt it. Expect more drastic actions from him if it looks like he is going to lose in November, and heaven forbid he gets reelected and becomes a lame duck president who isn't running for another term. Of course, if he wants a third term, he can just write an executive order repealing the 22nd Amendment.
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