Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told Hugh Hewitt Thursday night that the Supreme Court decision striking down recess appointments would not humble "the imperial President Obama." McConnell added, "I wouldn’t bet on it. I think the only thing that’ll humble Barack Obama is the American people giving us a Republican Senate so we can, for the first time, actually challenge him."

McConnell appeared on the Hugh Hewitt to celebrate the Supreme Court decision regarding Obama's "recess" appointments. The conversation broadened into a discussion about Obama's tendency to expand his own power:

McConnell: Yeah, I mean, I think, Hugh, today it’s pretty clear this President’s behavior with regard to recess appointments was so egregious that it produced a 9-0 Supreme Court decision, Justice Breyer, of all people, writing, in which the Court basically said the Senate gets to decide when it’s in session, not the President. The President had, in really an audacious move, decided that he got to determine when the Senate was in session when we were in fact following a procedure that we had followed for many years of coming in every three days in order to prevent recess appointments. And he, the imperial President Obama, decided he knew more than we did, and just, he tried to establish that he got to decide when we were in session. It was particularly maddening, Hugh. I would just add one other thing, it was particularly maddening because at the same time he decided we were not in session for purposes of the recess appointments, in other words, giving him the opportunity to make the recess appointments, he was more than happy to sign a bill that we passed on a voice vote during that same period that he was in favor of.

Hewitt: And he was also happy to pass you by on notice of the transfer of the prisoners, when many of you were in town, including the leadership of the Senate. So he is pretty astonishing, but he has now assembled twelve 9-0 decisions against him, which makes him the equivalent of the manager of the 1962 Mets when it comes to the Department of Justice. Do you think this will humble him a little bit going into the last two years of his presidency?

McConnell: I wouldn’t bet on it. I think the only thing that’ll humble Barack Obama is the American people giving us a Republican Senate so we can, for the first time, actually challenge him. You know, he’s not vetoed a single bill in six years, and the reason for it is he never gets anything he doesn’t like, because of the United States Senate and Harry Reid and the Democratic majority. So I think the best way to push back against this president is for the American people to change the Senate, to make me the offensive coordinator instead of the defensive coordinator, give us an opportunity to pass a budget, to pass appropriation bills, to actually restrict the funding of some of this outrageous behavior not only on his part, but on the part of the various agencies, EPA, for example, that are causing this persistent joblessness in the country.

Hewitt, who grew up in Cleveland, couldn't let the interview end without putting in a pitch for his hometown, which along with Dallas, Texas was named as a finalist to host the 2016 GOP convention:

Hewitt: Now we have a minute left, Senator, and I know you’re a diplomat, but if the RNC is down to Cleveland and Dallas for the 2016 Republican Convention, since I hail from Northeastern Ohio, I’ve had on both [Attorney General] Abbott and Governor Kasich today. Is the leader of the Republicans in the senior chamber about to make a prediction of where that convention is going to land?

McConnell: No, I have no idea. I mean, you’re the same guy who was predicting Teddy Bridgewater was going to be in Cleveland. And he ended up in Minnesota. So you’re probably not any better a predictor of these things than I am.