Charles Cooper: “I believe that President Obama has, indeed, violated the Constitution with these appointments.”

I would have advised the president to remain carefully and strictly within the bounds of his constitutional authority.

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.

The plain meaning of the recess appointments clause is obvious.

I think that the real factual circumstances behind some of these appointments are much more egregious than you have outlined.