Of this body. Take the president s recessed appointments, for example. Theyve already been deemed unconstitutional by the d. C. Court in a unanimous, unanimous decision. The court rejected the administrations argument that the president has the discretion to determine when the senate is in recession. The court explained, and i quote, allowing the president to define the scope of his own appointment power would axes aer bait the constitution exacerbate the constitution separate of powers. This is disrupting the legislative powers. What assurances do we have the president wont just change the law once weve passed it . What guarantees do we have a president wont suspend parts of the law that we believe in are important . The truth is, mr. Speaker, we dont have that assurance. The truth is, mr. Speaker, we cant trust the president to enforce any wouldbe law equally and faithfully and thats a shame. If anyone thinks the president s unilateral actions arent a big deal because they happen to
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