[NTLK] SOPA Legislation

Tue Jan 17 20:17:05 EST 2012

Like I said, it's all over the news. If a given news site covers United States politics at all, a search for "recess" and "justice" would find you a link. Since you're apparently too lazy to do that, here are the first ten I found on DuckDuckGo.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/203853-department-of-justice-defends-obamas-controversial-recess-appointments
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/12/justice-department-issues-opinion-on-legality-recess-appointments/
http://www.rollcall.com/news/DOJ-Releases-Legal-Justification-for-Recess-Appointments-211465-1.html
http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2012/01/12/justice-releases-legal-memos-backing-obama-recess-appointments/
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/240218-US-Justice-Department-Defends-Obama-Recess-Appointments
http://news.yahoo.com/aclj-doj-memo-backing-obamas-recess-appointments-two-174609791.html
http://www.mainjustice.com/2012/01/12/office-of-legal-counsel-authorized-recess-appointments/
http://abovethelaw.com/2012/01/recess-appointments-how-do-you-stop-a-legal-sham/
http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=489&sid=2705714
http://www.multichannel.com/article/479037-DOJ_President_s_Recess_Appointments_Are_OK.php

Also, really classy taking a private reply back to the list. 

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Robert D. Stewart
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On Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Dennis Swaney wrote:

> You mean the DOJ run by Eric Holder? BTW, to what "legal opinion" are you
> referring? Please post a link. Thank you.
> 
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 15:39, Robert Stewart
> <robertdylanstewart at gmail.com (mailto:robertdylanstewart at gmail.com)>wrote:
> 
> > The U.S. Department of Justice says you're wrong. It's all over the news.
> > Until that legal opinion gets challenged in an actual court, it is
> > inarguably more valid than your opinion that the appointments were
> > unconstitutional. The SCOTUS decides whether something is unconstitutional,
> > not senators, not representatives, and certainly not the public.
> > 
> > Deal with it and STFU, like the Republicans told me to do for eight years.
> > 
> > --
> > 
> > Robert D. Stewart - AC5ZH
> > Sent from my phone
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Jan 17, 2012, at 17:09, Dennis Swaney <romad at aol.com (mailto:romad at aol.com)> wrote:
> > 
> > > Doesn't matter what Congress does as Our Dear And Glorious Leader has
> > > started ruling by fiat because "we can't wait". An example is his spate
> > > 
> > 
> > of
> > > "recess" appointments when Congress is NOT in recess. So the passage of
> > > SOPA and PIPA is moot. Our Dear And Glorious Leader will implement the
> > > policies only if they give him more power.
> > > 
> > > --
> > > Sincerely,
> > > Dennis B. Swaney
> > > California People's Republic
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 14:16, Lloyd Conway <doc_retro at juno.com (mailto:doc_retro at juno.com)> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I'd like to think that you're right, Jon, but he threatened to veto the
> > > > 2011 NDAA, the new law that gives him the power to arrest and imprison
> > > > Americans within our borders on his own authority w/o any check or
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > balance,
> > > > if he deems them to be 'threats' and he's declared the USA to be a
> > > > 'battlefield' in the war on terror, so i do not hold out hope that he'll
> > > > refuse to sign such a bill. It may not empower him directly, but it
> > > > empowers those with power.
> > > > Regards,
> > > > -Lloyd Conway
> > > > Charlotte, Michigan
> > > > 
> > > > "Except apparently, today, Obama threatened to veto it, and Congress
> > > > has supposedly dropped the bill. We'll see how this goes in the
> > > > future, but I'd like to think that many congressmen are currently
> > > > breathing a sigh of relief--this thing kind of grew a life of its own,
> > > > and nobody seemed willing to try to seriously stop it. (my theory for
> > > > why, once word came from the WH threatening the veto, that Congress
> > > > was so quick to drop that potato)
> > > > 
> > > > --
> > > > ?-Jon Glass
> > > > Krakow, Poland
> > > > <jonglass at usa.net (mailto:jonglass at usa.net)>"
> > > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> 
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