New thread: Circumventing the Constitution and undermining the democratic process and our republican form of government

I am starting a new thread that will address the attempts by Congress and the Obama Administration to circumvent and undermine the Constitution and our generally-accepted political processes. The most recent of these is the use of the recess option to approve the appointment of 15 candidates whose appointments had been held up by the Republicans. The appointees are for a number of agencies and departments including the National Labor Relations Board, the EEOC, and the Treasury Department. They all have fabulous resumes, for the most part, but who knows what their "real" backgrounds are (which I define as those actions, positions on the issues, etc. for which they have consistently advocated or taken in the past that define who the candidates really are) since the White House does a ridiculously poor job of vetting its potential appointees or, alternatively, purposefully ignores their radical connections and tax reporting faux pases. I guess we will have to wait until Glenn Beck exposes them. Regardless, getting appointees passed through while Congress is on recess, while technically legal and, I am sure, something other Presidents have done in the past, is still cheating, It is still doing something without following the standard accepted practices. It is still pulling a fast one. There are still ulterior motives. For example, there is a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the decision of the NLRB while it is not fully staffed (i.e. have all of its Board members). Now, that Obama has approved his own nominees, does that now make the case of the entity challenging the NLRB's decision moot? Regardless, Congress will be back in session after the Easter break - isn't that soon enough? What else does the Administration need to accomplish in the middle of the night when no one is standing watch?