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 ...

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.

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.

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

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some Capitol Hill Republicans are already starting to deliberate whether President-elect Trump has a constitutional pathway to adjourn Congress himself in order to clear any possible resistance to ...

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 ...

One of President-elect Donald Trump's first moves after winning another four years in the White House was to make a demand for "recess appointments." It's now clear why. His Cabinet picks of Fox ...

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — A group of parents is asking the Williamson County School Board for more recess time for students. The parents say their kids are only getting around 20 to 30 ...