-National Review Online, January 5, by John Yoo
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/287264/richard-cordray-use-and-abuse-executive-power-john-yoo
It is up to the Senate to decide when it is in session or not, and whether it feels like conducting any real business or just having senators sitting around on the floor reading the papers. The president cannot decide the legitimacy of the activities of the Senate any more than he could for the other branches, and vice versa.
-San Francisco Chronicle, January 8, 2012 by Debra J. Saunders
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2012/01/06/INU21MK95E.DTL
The Constitution, of course, gives the president the power to make appointments during Senate recesses. Technically, however, the Senate was in session…. “He’s poisoning the well,” observed John Yoo, UC Berkeley law school professor and former Bush administration attorney. Worse: “This is going on when his party is in charge.”
-National Review, January 9, 2012 by John Yoo
http://aei.org/article/politics-and-public-opinion/judicial/how-to-end-judicial-supremacy/
Conservatives should agree that the power of judicial review does not confer a bonus of judicial supremacy.