Legal Newsline - Senators write DOJ over Cordray appointment; 35K sign petition

By John O'Brien, LegalNewsline.com

Obama announced the recess appointment of Cordray, the former Ohio Attorney General, last week, to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, even as Senate Republicans claimed it was unconstitutional. The American Center for Law and Justice took its petition to the people....

ACLJ chief counsel Jay Sekulow says the issue struck a chord with the American people and members of Congress.

"The move by President Obama is unprecedented and unconstitutional," he said. "No one is questioning the President's authority to make recess appointments, but those must occur when the Senate is in recess, which is clearly not the case here.

"We are calling on President Obama to abide by the Constitution and respect the separation of powers."...

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