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 ...

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 ...

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 last recess appointment was Richard Griffin Jr. to the National Labor Relations Board on Jan. 4, 2012. He was part of four recess appointments by Obama on that day.

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, ...

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 ...

It is unclear how long Mr. Trump would recess Congress, given that a possible government shutdown looms in mid-March and Republican leaders have set an April goal of passing massive economic, tax ...

Republican Senator Kevin Cramer has publicly rejected the possibility of a recess appointment for controversial Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, calling the move "unwise.". Cramer made the remarks ...

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.

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump pushed the envelope on presidential powers in his first term, but now there are concerns he could go even further in an attempt to install highly controversial nominees ...

They are outlined in the Constitution’s Recess Appointment Clause, which states that “the president shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate.” ...