[justlurking]

Just for argument’s sake...why were recess appointments fine for earlier Presidents but not for Obama?

It's not whether recess appointments are acceptable.

It's about what constitutes a recess. The Senate never officially recessed, but Obama basically declared they were in recess and made the appointments.

[hattend]

Thanks for the clarification

I had forgotten the details.

[ClayinVA]

I think this is going to fail into one of those “the Senate can make it’s own rules” decisions and rule that they were illegal appointments.