Charles Cooper: “The plain meaning of the recess appointments clause is obvious.”

the President's January 4 recess appointments, in truth, had nothing to do with whether the Senate was available to act, and everything to do with the Senate's unwillingness to confirm the President's nominees.

I believe that President Obama has, indeed, violated the Constitution with these appointments.

We shouldn't allow dysfunctional politics to justify dysfunctional constitutional measures.

It is Congress's responsibility, its constitutional responsibility, to resist this constitutional excess of his authority.