Though the Senate is tasked with an advice and consent role in the confirmation process, the Constitution's Recess Appointment Clause affords the president the ability to temporarily fill ...

As President-elect Donald Trump begins to assemble his second administration, he’s made it clear he wants his selections to be installed through a Constitutional procedure known as recess ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) left open the possibility of enabling President-elect Trump to appoint his Cabinet by recess appointment, bypassing the need for approval from the Senate.

The Constitution allows the president to circumvent the Senate and put appointees in place while the chamber is in recess, a loophole created back when Capitol commutes involved long treks by horse.

"There will be no recess appointments," outgoing Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell reportedly told president-elect Donald Trump of his new cabinet choices, some of whom may face difficulty in ...

GOP senator weighs in on recess appointments for Cabinet picks ...

The Supreme Court could easily strike down President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks if he tries to kneecap the Senate confirmation process with recess appointments. Knowing that some of his ...

Noel Canning (2014)—namely, that the president has no power to make intrasession recess appointments. Here I want to emphasize some radical consequences of an immediate Senate recess that I don ...

told “Fox News Sunday” in response to a question about whether he’d be willing to let Trump use the recess appointment process, rather than the traditional Senate confirmation process for ...

National Review’s Andrew McCarthy dumps on talk of an “outrageous recess-appointment scheme” to let President Trump “install any unconfirmable nominees, such as Matt Gaetz.” First ...

Prickly, Grotke, and Finster head home during a snowstorm and remember the times with T.J. and the gang. When they get stuck in a snowbank, Prickly blames it on T.J. and the gang, although Grotke says ...

The first episode begins with the Recess gang starting the fifth grade. At first, they thought it to be the best year ever, but they soon discovered otherwise. First, Ms. Finster becomes the ...