Political Quotes

“I appreciate the time. I don't know if you have seen the headlines yet, Mr. Speaker, you have been busy with votes all day long, but the Supreme Court, in a 9-0 decision, today struck down the National Labor Relations Board so- called recess appointments that the President made there over the Christmas season in 2011-2012--9-0. I hear a lot about the Supreme Court being a divided body, Mr. Speaker. 9-0, the Supreme Court said that the President of the United States had absolutely no constitutional authority to name members of the National Labor Relations Board without Senate approval. They said that the recess appointment power that is provided the President in the Constitution of the United States is not there, so that the President of the United States can avoid Senate approval. It is there, so that the Nation can continue to run in the absence of the Senate being in session, in order to give its approval. Mr. Speaker, the reason I bring that up is because that was yet another decision--in a long line of decisions the President has made-- to ignore this body, to ignore the United States Senate, and, in fact, to ignore all of article 1 of the Constitution; and that is not just a Republican from the State of Georgia saying that, Mr. Speaker. That is nine Supreme Court justices. Every single Supreme Court justice--the most liberal of the Supreme Court justices--said the President vastly overstepped his authority and his actions were unconstitutional.…”