Beating, into existence or ocher . Happened does not need ocher it means continues to exist or happens to exist when the president looks around to see a vacancy that is happening at that moment is the governments dairy. The plane language is Crystal Clear actually and on this point though the government has 1. In its favor. From 1789 every blind assume what i am offering the plane meeting but the attorney general wrote the opinion that have been means hatpins to exist the executive branch has taken that position pretty consistently from now. At least we have that mitt argument more or less the executive branch has taken this position to raise an interesting method. If you take as true how much do you care . If you thought the plain meaning answer was right for the first generation if the attorney general was wrong doesnt matter that wrong interpretation has been the executive branch view . There is the interesting question see your probably inclined to to the original meeting even thou
Being held up for no reason other than they want to make sure that if we have somebody is going to be a Circuit Court judge we have to file cloture, thats two hours, i mean two days and then we have 30 hours and then and then we have on a simply moving to a piece of legislation we waste a week getting on that because of their obstruction and delay. So, madam president , its unfortunate that my friends talk about all the great things theyve done. Ill tell you the great things theyve done. This is i could give you lots of examples. We tried to do a highway bill. A highway bill. Important for this country. We have a deficit in infrastructure of 3 trillion. It wasnt much better a couple years ago. So what we brought believe that to that bill to the floor and this great amendment process, they want, what they wanted to stop women from getting contraceptives. That held things up a month, a month, before they got some sense and withdrew that. So, madam president , the republicans made a decis
Cost our country 600,000 jobs . Yes. Moving discretionary funding backed up to the original cast and not having the sequester take effect. And that would take a half a point away from gross to mustek product . By the end of 2014. Florida, thein types of jobs we are talking about, we have seen some very harmful impact. Our premier Cancer Research center in tampa, before the sequester, they had 120 researchers working to find a cure for cancer. They are down to 100. The air force base is one of our Largest Community economic drivers. They are furloughing Mental Health counselors among others. That part of the budget is shrinking, but the sequester does not give us a lot of room to maneuver on where we want those cuts to take place. Law enforcement, job losses from cuts to the court, very significant cut accident education. Adopted republicans this cr last week, it became Crystal Clear that they intend to march forward with those sequester cuts. Report and at your those kind of expenditur
Of the world. President obama though, this is unprecedented, he said that is not a real session. You say you are in session but i say you are not. I say that is not a real session but actually you are at recess thus i feel i have the power to make recess appointments that is what was going on during these particular three says appointments this is the first time a president has ever done that the firstever recess appointment during the time of the senate itself believed it was in session. The president claims the power to decide whether the senate is in session or not to override its own judgment whether or not it is in session despite clear contextual command that the senate is the master of its own rules with the constitution. I would say it is hard to imagine the government will win on that point. I would be very surprised. But for canning to win it has to be only one of these points but anyone of these points can persuade any of the justices. You could get the votes from any of the
A. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. Welcome to the Cato Institute i am director of the decade of center for constitutional studies and your host this afternoon. I am pleased to note cosponsoring our debate today on behalf of the Federalist Society flinty extend a welcome also to those watching us streusel Live Streaming and through the offices of cspan tv as well. On monday, january 13, the Supreme Court will hear an argument called the nlrb defers is standing with the most important constitutional cases is expected to decide this term at issue is the recess appointments power to make recess appointments to federal office is that otherwise requires confirmation and it has never decided said nature or scope but for todays debate it is worth it to begin to the constitutional text at issue if you pull out your handy kato pocket constitution article ii of sexual back to you can see that it says the president ial have power to tell all vacancies that could happen through the recess