How do recess appointments, the capability Trump is seeking, work? 02:49 Washington — President-elect Donald Trump has selected for some of the top roles in his administration controversial ...

What is a recess appointment, and is it a feasible option for Trump if Sessions goes? Trump's criticism of Sessions has many wondering if the AG will be replaced.

But the process was uprooted by the Supreme Court in 2014, when justices ruled against former President Obama, calling multiple of his recess appointments unconstitutional and ruling recess ...

The Recess Appointment Clause to the Constitution “authorizes the President to make temporary appointments when the Senate is not in session,” during a recess, or break, and was created by the ...

Presidents have used recess appointments to circumvent the Senate-confirmation process throughout U.S. history, ... who died in 2016, wrote of the recess-appointment power, ...

What is a recess appointment? Article II, section two of the Constitution stipulates that a U.S. president "shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the ...

UPDATED Sunday 8:48 a.m. The Senate is currently in recess until February 22. The recess began on Friday. Whether this opens an opportunity for a recess appointment depends upon how Senate leaders ...

The Biden Justice Department, joined by the Senate, should make it clear that this recess-appointment ploy is as unconstitutional as it is unwise and should end before it begins.

The recess appointment is meant to last until the end of the current session of the Senate—in this case, until the end of the calendar year. The Supreme Court ruled in 2014 (National Labor Relations ...

On the Center for Renewing America’s website, Jeff Clark and Anthony Licata have published today an extended defense of President-elect Trump’s proposal to use recess appointments to fill his ...

The court also ruled that even during an inter-session recess, the president cannot use his recess appointment power to fill a vacancy that already existed before the recess. Instead, he can only make ...