Supreme Court reigns in Obama’s power

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously to overturn President Obama’s “non-recess recess appointments as an unconstitutional abuse of power.”  The Court’s decision marks the “13^th unanimous loss in two years…” The Wall Street Journal,

“Over nearly 238 years of American history, the Supreme Court has never had to review the President’s authority to temporarily fill vacant executive offices when Congress is adjourned. Mr. Obama’s 2012 maneuver to void the Senate’s advice and consent role triggered a judicial intercession, and defeats at the High Court are seldom as total as this one…

“The Framers did not vest the executive with the unilateral appointment authority that Mr. Obama thinks he is entitled to. They wanted to diffuse power across the federal government to protect individual liberty. Wilfully bypassing advice and consent also subverts political accountability, which a former constitutional law professor ought to know.”