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He not only enjoys Zio-cock, but now wants Obama's black member also.
U.S. Sen. Scott Brown said he supports President Barack Obama's decision to name Richard Cordray as the nation's chief consumer watchdog despite the objections of Brown's fellow Senate Republicans.The Massachusetts Republican said in a statement Wednesday that while he would have preferred that the appointment go through the normal confirmation process, the political system is "completely broken" in Washington.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/mas...onsumer_chief/

You should have heard the nonsense being peddled on a local MSM talk show a couple days ago.
he is just doing this for the election, but after the election he will be "one of us", so vote for him. Ron Paul's take on the issue
“It is disappointing that a former constitutional law professor does not understand that the president is not a dictator or a king who can simply ignore the Constitution whenever he feels frustrated by the system of checks and balances wisely put in place by our Founders,” Paul said in a statement. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...cMdP_blog.html

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Uh, Congress Is NOT In Recess
Ah now, where is Congress' balls?President Obama will appoint Richard Cordray to be head of a controversial consumer consumer financial protection agency despite the fact that Congress is not officially in recess.
White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer tweeted the widely expected announcement on Wednesday before the president headed out on a campaign-style event to Ohio.
"We Can't Wait: Today in Ohio, President Obama will announce the recess appointment of Consumer Watchdog Richard Cordray," he tweeted. Cordray was to appear with Obama during the official announcement in Cordray's home state.
The Constitution does not expressly forbid such an appointment, which would technically come as an intrasession posting. But the defiant move is sure to raise questions of executive power and whether the administration is overstepping its authority.Oh yes it does.The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States; he may require the Opinion, in writing, of the principal Officer in each of the executive Departments, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their respective Offices, and he shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.
He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.The problem is that The Senate is not in recess. It is being held open with pro-forma sessions and not gaveled "sin die" for the specific purpose of preventing recess appointments.According to the Constitution, no chamber can take a break longer than three days without the consent of the other chamber. To avoid recess appointments, Republicans objected to an official recess and the Legislature went into pro-forma sessions where one lawmaker gavels in and gavels out every third day.
The belief was that this keeps the president from making recess appointments. But the White House concluded it had the authority, and is getting its biggest bang for the buck by doing it between the sessions. That way, Cordray appointment won't expire until Jan. 3, 2014.
The White House does not have the authority; the Senate session is open.
This appointment is thus illegitimate under The Constitution -- it is an expressly unlawful act and a violation of Obama's oath of office.
Without a lawfully-appointed chair the agency has no right to meet, to spend money, or to promulgate regulations of any sort. It is legally a non-entity.
So now the obvious question is this: Does Congress have the balls to either (1) impeach or (2) de-fund the agency entirely by zeroing its funding, either of which it can do when it reconvenes, or will Congress confirm Obama's status as dictator of The United States through it's failure to so act?