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To: Oldpuppymax

Wrong.

If the Senate goes into recess for more than 10 days he can and he would serve until the end of the term of that Congress.


4 posted on 11/17/2016 9:05:46 AM PST by Az Joe (11-8-2016-----We are still here President Reagan!!)
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To: Az Joe
If the Senate goes into recess for more than 10 days he can and he would serve until the end of the term of that Congress.

With brain-dead McConnell anything is possible.

6 posted on 11/17/2016 9:19:07 AM PST by AU72
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To: Az Joe
If the Senate goes into recess for more than 10 days he can, and he would serve until the end of the term of that Congress.

Here is a synopsis provided by the website Scotusblog.

If a recess nominee were to make it through the screwy Senate rules, it appears he would serve only through the next session of the Senate, not a full term.

7 posted on 11/17/2016 9:19:56 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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