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    Cordray and NLRB Appointments Unconstitutional

    By: Brian Darling (Diary)  |  January 6th at 02:30 PM  | 

    Reagan Attorney General Ed Meese and Todd Gaziano, both with my employer The Heritage Foundation, have written an excellent piece in the Washington Post explaining why the installation of Richard Cordray as head of the newly created Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Richard Griffin, Sharon Block and Terence Flynn to be on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) are unconstitutional acts.The president claimed to use the constitutional power of the | Read More »

    Playing Obama, It’s Recess Time

    By: TobyToons (Diary)  |  January 5th at 07:00 AM  | 

    So now it seems the executive branch of our government thinks it rules over the legislative branch.  King Obama can now (regardless of what the Constitution says) tell congress that they are officially in recess, so he can appoint the people he wants, without those pesky confirmation votes. As a start, read more background information HERE and HERE. Cross-Posted:  TobyToons.com (Conservative Political Cartoons)