SincereturningtoWashingtoninJanuaryasthejuniorsenatorfromMassachusetts,ElizabethWarrenhasresumedhercampaignofmakinghigh-profilecommentsthatresonatewithprovocativeverbiage.
Whetherdismissingthesequestrationcutsas"justplaindumb"orusingaSenatehearingtomakeFedChairmanBenBernankesquirmordemandingthatthecreditunionmobilizetolegitimizeRichardCordray'sroleasdirectoroftheConsumerFinancialProtectionBureau(CFPB),Warrenisraisinghervisibilitywithhertrademarktough-talkandin-your-facepersonality.
BecauseWarrenisapoliticianwhodoesnotseemtobeatalossforopinionsandobservations,Iwouldliketotakethisopportunitytopose10questionsonsubjectsnearanddeartothegoodsenator'sheart.IfshecantakeafewminutesfromherCapitolHillmediablitz,perhapsshecanofferinsightonthefollowingqueries.
1.InJanuary,aU.S.DistrictCourtrulingstatedthatPresidentObamaviolatedtheconstitutionwithaseriesofrecessappointmentsthatweremadewhileCongresswasinso-calledproformasessions.OneoftheseappointmentsinvolvedputtingRichardCordrayintothedirector'schairattheCFPB.AsaformerHarvardlawprofessor,canyoupleaseofferlegaljustificationonwhyCordrayshouldremaininofficewhenacourtruledthatthistypeofrecessappointmentwasunconstitutional?
2.Todate,theU.S.DepartmentofJusticeunderthedirectionofU.S.AttorneyGeneralEricHolderhasfailedtosuccessfullyprosecuteanyoftheWallStreetexecutiveswhowereatthecenterofthe2008economiccrash.HowwouldyoudefinethecompetencyofHolderandhisdepartmentinthismatter?
3.Sincetakingofficein2009,theObamaadministrationhasneverproducedanyplantoresolvetheconservatorshipofthegovernment-sponsoredenterprises.Whyhaveyouyettoofferanypubliccriticismaboutthisabsenceofpresidentialleadershipregardingthisissue?
