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 ...

Republicans are grappling with the idea that President-elect Trump could test the limits of his constitutional authority by appointing controversial picks to his Cabinet with recess appointments.

Republican senators are pouring cold water on the idea that President-elect Trump could force the Senate into an extended recess next year so he would be able to fill key positions in his Cabinet ...

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 ...

A recess appointment is a temporary appointment made by the President of the United States to fill a vacant federal position while the United States Senate is in recess. Article II, Section 2 of the U ...

(Allison Robbert/Reuters) I’ve already explained that a president’s blanket recess appointments of Cabinet officials at the start of a presidential term would eviscerate the Senate’s ...

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 ...

THE MOVE SHOCKIN As President-elect Donald Trump moves to set up a more forceful presidency than in his first term, he is choosing loyalists for his Cabinet and considering a tool known as recess ...

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 ...