[StBernard] The Inconvenient Constitution

[Westley Annis]

Just a little bit of info on recess appointments:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recess_appointment

According to the Congressional Research Service
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Research_Service> , President
Bill Clinton <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton>  made 139 recess
appointments. President George W. Bush
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush>  made 171 recess appointments,
and as of January 5, 2012, President Barack Obama
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama>  had made 32 recess
appointments.[6]
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recess_appointment#cite_note-5> 





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	The Inconvenient Constitution
	
	Posted by Senator Mike Lee (Diary)
	Tuesday, January 31st at 2:00PM EST
	
	As a United States Senator, I have sworn an oath to support, defend,
and
	bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United
States.
	Complying with this Oath is not always convenient. Sometimes this
requires
	voting against legislation that embodies policies I agree with,
other times
	it requires taking a stand when doing so may not be popular.
	
	The Constitution itself is not a document of convenience. It
specifies an
	onerous process - bicameralism and presentment - with which the
government
	must comply to enact legislation. And it imposes separation of
government
	powers and a system of checks and balances between the different
branches.
	
	A