[BiggBob]

Can Trump make recess appointments to the courts or elsewhere during the shutdown?

[TXBubba]

Can Trump make recess appointments to the courts or elsewhere during the shutdown?

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Interesting question. I don’t know. Perhaps someone else can answer? And if he can doesn’t mean he will.

[mkmensinger]

My guess is yes, he can, since the Senate adjourned until Thursday.
“As talks dragged on between Congress and President Donald Trump over funding for his border wall, the U.S. Senate adjourned Saturday afternoon, with no plans to meet until Thursday.”
https://www.voanews.com/a/shutdown-to-continue-as-senate-adjourns-until-thursday/4712298.html

[greeneyes]

Can Trump make recess appointments to the courts or elsewhere during the shutdown?
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Not sure, but I would think that it would depend on whether Congress had recessed or not? If they officially recessed, then he should be able to do that-JMHO