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BumRushDaShow

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21. It'll be a direct Constitutional argument
Sat Nov 25, 2017, 03:56 PM
Nov 2017

that even with an "acting", the President has the right to "fill up vacancies".

BUT of course Article II Sect. 2 has this provision -

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but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.

https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/articles/article-ii


which is apparently what was done in the law that established the CFPB.

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trump thinks he's a dictator mdbl Nov 2017 #1
That's exactly what he thinks he is. Baitball Blogger Nov 2017 #4
Never mind "thinks" - he IS one. n/t TheCowsCameHome Nov 2017 #12
Kick dalton99a Nov 2017 #2
Call a grand wizard a grand wizard truthisfreedom Nov 2017 #3
In the book "The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump" turbinetree Nov 2017 #5
A dictator can do what he wants. Who's gonna step up and stop him? Anyone?? Crickets?? Ferrets are Cool Nov 2017 #6
This whole thing will go straight to court BumRushDaShow Nov 2017 #7
The Shitler argument that a specific clear provision IN CSB law is overridden by a law of general Fred Sanders Nov 2017 #14
It'll be a direct Constitutional argument BumRushDaShow Nov 2017 #21
it probably will become moot before that onenote Nov 2017 #18
The Senate has a full plate BumRushDaShow Nov 2017 #22
He'll still try NastyRiffraff Nov 2017 #8
Go there... Grins Nov 2017 #9
Another constitutional crisis. Nitram Nov 2017 #10
Not really. Just a question of statutory interpretation. onenote Nov 2017 #17
Yes, really. Nitram Nov 2017 #19
No. Not really. onenote Nov 2017 #20
Maybe she hasn't heard. Congress is doing away with the Dodd-Frank Act. nt Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #11
I have heard they are doing away with the ACA but there it is, still the law. And working. Fred Sanders Nov 2017 #13
Unless Trump is impeached, it's a done deal. Far less complicated than healthcare. Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #15
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"Trump always seems to get whatever he wants. " BumRushDaShow Nov 2017 #23
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