obama, the supreme court this week unanimously overturned his recess appointments to the national labor relations board, ruling he overstepped his authority when he declared the senate in recess and installed his nominees in 2012. the decision came a day after house speaker john boehner announced he would move forward with a lawsuit against mr. obama for abusing his executive powers, accusing the president of, quote, ignoring some statutes completely. selectively enforcing others and at times creating laws of his own. joining the panel this week, wall street journal columnist, dan henninger, kim strassel, and editorial board member, joe rago. let s start with the recess appointment decision, very rare for a president to lose 9-0 on a case like this. including the liberals, and including two of his own appointees. how big was this decision? this was pretty big, under any conceivable theory of constitutional interpretation. these recess appointments were thrown out. so in t
time now for hits & misses of the week. joe? a miss, paul, for the national emergency that is the hop shortage that s devastating the american beer industry. the price of this key ingredient has are risen to $10 from $2. bad crop and growing popularity of american beers. so brewers are responding by brewing weaker beer. frankly, it s un-american. we re not a big fan of government intervention, but i don t know, it might be time for a bailout. dorothy? oh, yes. well, a big hit to the voters of mississippi for electing thad cochran and charles rangel of new york to longstanding veterans and for refusing the cool aid that s been dispensed
obama, the supreme court unanimously overturned his recess appointment, ruling he overstepped his authority when he declared the senate in recess and installed his nominees in 2012. the decision came a day after house speaker john boehner moved forward he would move forward with a lawsuit against mr. obama for abusing his executive powers accusing the president of, quote, ignoring some statutes completely, selectively enforcing others and p at times creating laws of his own. joining the panel this week, wall street journal columnist dan henninger, kim straus elle and joe rago. joe, let s start with this recess appointment decision. very rare for a president to lose 9-0 on a case like this. including the liberals and including two of his own appointees. how big was this decision? this was pretty big under any conceivable theory of
dan, is it a good idea for congress to go to the courts to seek essentially adjudication here? or should it being asserting its own power as kim suggested they have in the past, the power of the purse? this raises the constitutional issue at the heart of this. basically, what the president has been doing is stripping congress of its legislative powers. and what john boehner is going to do is cite article 1 of the constitution. you can t be more the first sentence of the constitution reads, we the people. the second sentence says, powers to legislate shall be vested in congress. it could not be clearer. so the courts i think what john boehner is saying are going to have to arbitrate this incredible tension obama has created between the executive and the congress. and there was another case this week, joe, the epa was slapped down on its carbon regulation. that s right. and for kind of the same reasons. the executive branch can t make its own laws. just to your earlier question
obama, the supreme court unanimously overturned his recess appointment, ruling he overstepped his authority when he declared the senate in recess and installed his nominees in 2012. the decision came a day after house speaker john boehner moved forward he would move forward with a lawsuit against mr. obama for abusing his executive powers accusing the president of, quote, ignoring some statutes completely, selectively enforcing others and p at times creating laws of his own. joining the panel this week, wall street journal columnist dan henninger, kim straus elle and joe rago. joe, let s start with this recess appointment decision. very rare for a president to lose 9-0 on a case like this. including the liberals and including two of his own appointees. how big was this decision? this was pretty big under any conceivable theory of constitutional interpretation. these recess appointments were thrown out. so in terms of vindicating the constitution separation of powers this