White House ‘Deeply Disappointed’ By SCOTUS Recess Appointments Ruling

President Barack Obama speaks about the situation in Iraq, Thursday, June 19, 2014, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Obama said the US will send up to 300 military advisers to Iraq, ... President Barack Obama speaks about the situation in Iraq, Thursday, June 19, 2014, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Obama said the US will send up to 300 military advisers to Iraq, set up joint operation centers. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) MORE LESS

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest on Thursday said that the administration was “deeply disappointed” by the Supreme Court ruling, in which the judges scaled back the president’s ability to temporarily appoint individuals to government posts.

“We’re of course deeply disappointed in today’s decision,” Earnest told reporters. “We are, however, pleased that the court recognized the president’s executive authority as exercised by presidents going all the way back to George Washington.”

Earnest noted that the ruling does keep much of the president’s executive authority in tact, and that President Obama intends to use it.

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  1. I’m disappointed too.

  2. go forward mr. pres and do not back down, cause the enemy is at the gate.

  3. anybody else miss the disquis way of posting comments? do not like this format.

  4. The Senate is in session when it says it is.

    But what the Senate does in order to be in session is comparable to sitting shiva minus the ritual garments…

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