gimmick republicans had used to keep the senate technically in session when most lawmakers were, in fact, out of washington and straight chilling. all this is part of the ongoing fight for position between two parties trying to game each other in a permanently obstructive washington. republicans wanted to keep the national labor relations board and the consumer financial protection bureau from functioning properly. they just didn t want it staffed. so they refused to make appointments. the president wanted, well, he wanted functional government. so he tried to get around the obstruction. to republicans, that move was yet more evidence of the tyrannical overreach of king barack obama. a man that many in the gop base want to see impeached before this is all over. and it is those rumblings bubbling up in the base that john boehner is catering to with his big announcement yesterday that he is going to sue the president over his use of executive authority. while the constitution makes it
the supreme court in a unanimous decision, ruled president obama lacked a constitutional authority to appoint three members to the national labor relations board while congress was effectively, though not officially, in recess back in 2012. the ruling, which puts into question hundreds of decisions the labor board issues after those appointments, was hailed by senate minority leader mitch mcconnell as a rejection of obama s brazen power grab. by house speaker john boehner as the victory for the constitution and against president obama s aggressive overreach. now, the supreme court did not actually strike down the president s ability to make recess appointments. a presidential power that is explicitly written into the constitution. what the high court did do is deem legitimate the procedural gimmick republicans had used to keep the senate technically in session when most lawmakers were, in fact, out of washington and straight chilling. all this is part of the ongoing fight for
by house speaker john boehner as the victory for the constitution and against president obama s aggressive overreach. now, the supreme court did not actually strike down the president s ability to make recess appointments. a presidential power that is explicitly written into the constitution. what the high court did do is deem legitimate the procedural gimmick republicans had used to keep the senate technically in session when most lawmakers were, in fact, out of washington and straight chilling. all this is part of the ongoing fight for position between two parties trying to game each other in a permanently obstructive washington. republicans wanted to keep the national labor relations board and the consumer financial protection bureau from functioning properly. they just didn t want it staffed. so they refused to make appointments. the president wanted, well, he wanted functional government. so he tried to get around the obstruction. to republicans, that move was yet more e
at this hour. the explosion happened at 25831 redstone in manhattan. a village about 50 miles southwest of chicago. we have no information yet about the cause . or if anyone was injured. we will continue to cover this story, and bring you more details as we learn them. a cook county corrections officer is killed in a hit-and- run crash. now police are searching for the driver. wgn s nancy loo is live near cook county jail. here outside the jail you can see a small memorial . many are demanding the driver that was responsible to the right thing after causing the death of a devoted officer loving mother and heroic bakes sister i wish whoever did this would turn themselves and . she didn t deserve this . she lived her dream and became an officer and she died being her she wanted to be it s just tragic how she d had to die . they re desperate for the capture of the hit-and-run driver who killed this wife and mother heading for work before 11:00 last night . she was an amazing
wgn news @ 9 jennifer hudson star power on the witness stand sister julia hudson testified against her ex- husband william balfour accused of 2008 shooting death mother and brother jennifer hudson and the seven year old son nephew south side englewood home. hysterical 911 call after finding the first body screaming somebody killed my mother. jennifer hudson career on the rise since 2008 or earlier today she was the first witness of the trial talking identifying the bodies and also stated we did not like how he treated her referring to treatment of her sister julia. what she was cheating on him repeated to rent threatened to kill her family. after he made two dozen such threats she did not call police car answer i did not believe them attorneys for the defense also said no dna evidence connecting to the crime not even on the murder weapon. batt but came right out talking to dna and lack of any other scientific evidence apparent effort to create reasonable doubt lawyers also