Bye Bye, Odd Clauses Watch

Well, this has been a nice run.  About exactly one year, 100 posts, and a little over 27,000 page visits.  This seems like an appropriate time to say good bye to this puppy.  Bye bye, puppy.  If you’re curious about what I’m up to, check out my permanent personal website.  Thanks for visiting,  Jay

OLC Releases Legal Opinion Justifying Recess Appointments

The opinion is here.

BookTV Airings Announced

I’m happy to say that BookTV has announced its first set (maybe only set) of showings of my Brookline Booksmith Odd Clauses reading/discussion event.  It will air on Sunday, January 22, at 3 pm and 8:15 pm, and then if you are an insomniac, at 1 in the morning on Monday.  Details are here. So make sure to tune in and watch me sweat like Richard Nixon!

My Commentary on the Recess Appointments Clause

over at the blog of the American Constitution Society, here

The Recess Appointment is On, Baby

He’s going to do it.  Here’s the breaking story.

Obama Does Not Make Rooseveltesque Intersession Recess Appointment, but is Still Under Pressure to Make Recess Appointment of Cordray

Details here.  Hopefully I’ll have some commentary up about whether he can/should do this soon.

Happy New Year!

Hello, and happy new year from all your friends at Odd Clauses Headquarters.  As the new year begins, here’s a pretty detailed and nice piece about the Cordray recess appointment controversy from the Columbus Examiner.

Reynolds Holding Reviews Odd Clauses for Reuters/Breakingviews

The review, which is pretty good, is here.  Holding used to work as a producer for the law and justice  unit at ABC News and as a senior editor for Time.

 

Nice Little Review of Odd Clauses

up over at a site called PhiloBiblos–the reviewer recommends the book to “anyone interested in a quirky overview of American constitutionalism,” which really is, let’s face it, everybody, right?

Senate Adjourns, Plans Pro-Forma Sessions to Block Recess Appointments

The news story is here.  No surprise there.  Now the question is whether Obama will do the Teddy Roosevelt thing and appoint Cordray on January 3.