“”A recess appointment is about the most constitutional thing he’s done yet, and as you said — it’s not even clear that he’s bypassing confirmation anymore.””
Not quite - Article 2, Section 2 of the Constitution states that a vacancy has to happen DURING a recess!!
Look it up. Someone in Congress should be pointing that out - they are a bunch of lawyers, are they not?
Suppose it won’t matter now if he submits his name - possibly to avoid controversy over the appointment being unconstitutional???? Probably not - that doesn’t seem to bother him in the least.
OK, and when they were on recess, that’s when hte recess appointment was announced. Now that they are back, there’s a new report about a confirmation hearing. But maybe you’re right — changing reports so fast that it’s difficult to keep up with reality.