Mike Johanns, Republican Senator, Demands Resignation Of 'Unconstitutional' Obama Appointees

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2. Mike Johanns, Stop Being Such A Jerk

The DC Circuit is perhaps the most conservative in the nation. All three of the justices were appointed by Republicans. To fire these NLRB members would be to nullify the Board because they would lack a quorum and could not operate. And that is the whole point, isn't it. You don't have the votes to abolish the Board so you want to go in the back door and deny them the ability to function in accordance with the law and if that isn't chickensh*t, I don't know what is.

While I am not a fan of the practice of recess appointments it is a practice that has been widely used for 150 years -- 50 years longer than the filibuster rule has been in effect. Bush made 171 such appointments in his 8 years compared to Obama with 32 in 4 years -- even while filibusters have skyrocketed.