The president-elect is calling on the Senate to step aside so he can install some appointees without confirmation. Here’s a ...
Even though President-elect Donald Trump won’t be sworn into office for a couple of more months, he's already moving full ...
He is reportedly considering triggering an obscure constitutional provision that would allow him to force a recess over the ...
As Alexander Hamilton wrote in Federalist 67, the clause was adopted "as it would have been improper to oblige [the Senate] to be continually in session for the appointment of officers and as ...
As stated in the Constitution, recess appointments are only temporary and expire at the end of the Senate's next session.
Hence, Mr. Trump’s interest in bypassing them. Because the Founders had to travel to and from the national capital by horse, ...
President-elect Trump has urged the next leader of Senate Republicans to support him in making recess appointments as three ...
Mr Trump made none in his first term. Joe Biden hasn’t made any either. Mr Trump has previously threatened to oblige the ...
The once and future president is pushing Republicans to systematically abdicate the Senate’s constitutional role in vetting ...