Trump pressures candidates for #Senate #GOP leader to fill his Cabinet right away
US Senate has not allowed presidents to make recess appts since a 2014 #SCOTUS ruling limited the president’s power to do so.
He's not even been sworn in, so he's not even POTUS yet, but - true to form - Trump wants to break that rule. Big time.
Hm. Wonder why. arabnews.com/node/2578824
Trump pressures candidates for Senate GOP leader to fill his Cabinet right away
WASHINGTON: Days before Senate Republicans pick their new leader, President-elect Donald Trump is pressuring the candidates to change the rules and empower him to appoint some nominees without a Senate vote. Republican Sens.AP (Arabnews)
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in reply to Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴 • • •That's not quite what happened.
In NLRB v Canning the SCOTUS didn't limit the president's power to make recess appointments but rather it pointed out that Obama had made recess appointments without a recess.
Big difference.
Trump isn't wanting to break a rule here. Exactly the opposite: he's talking about applying the rule correctly.