Obama could still force Garland onto court during ‘intersession recess’

The Washington Times ^ | January 1, 2017 | Stephen Dinan

[jazusamo]

President Obama will have one last chance to force Judge Merrick Garland onto the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday — but it’s a legal gamble and one that has so many pitfalls that even those who say he could get away with it believe it isn’t worth the fight.

Mr. Obama’s moment will come just before noon, in the five minutes that the Senate gavels the 114th Congress out of session and the time the 115th Congress begins.

In those few moments the Senate will go into what’s known as an “intersession recess,” creating one golden moment when the president could test his recess-appointment powers by sending Judge Garland to the high court.

[jazusamo]

Juvenile 0bama could try this just to make a point.

[Mercat]

Wouldn’t an interim appointment like this expire in one year?

[rottndog]

If that happens, McConnel should suspend the filibuster and confirm Trumps first nomination to SCOTUS.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Cloward-Piven dictates that he go for it.

It’s easy to succeed when chaos is your only goal.

[max americana]

doesn’t he have a golf course to go, or reggie love to molest and rape instead of pestering the American people?

[Az Joe]

I don’t think there is a gap of any time at all between the sessions.

[scooby321]

Plan on it

If the GOP screws this Hell will be coming for Mc Connell

[xzins]

Congress declares recesses. The new congress can just recess. Then this stupid move would be finished.

[jazusamo]

Yes it would or as said in article maybe sooner if a Trump nominee was confirmed.

[pas]

More like in those moments until the new congress is back.

[Arthur McGowan]

Yes! Anyone who thinks there are things that even Obama will not do—because of tradition, propriety, decency, etc.—is still asleep.

[jazusamo]

Go President-Elect Trump!

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[RetiredTexasVet]

The true definition of “bitter clingers”!

[RetiredTexasVet]

The true definition of “bitter clingers”!

[RetiredTexasVet]

Looks like Russia hacked my post.

[Palio di Siena]

Garland would also lose his current judge seat which trump would fill.
Even Obama isn’t stupid enough to try this. Well maybe he is.

[grumpygresh]

Why the 5 minute wait? If it’s a senate rule, the majority can change it.

[arthurus]

“It would exacerbate acute political tensions that have roiled the transition process and promise turbulence

This seems to be Hussein's goal, actually.

[Thibodeaux]

Garland would not dare risk his life on such a gambit

The solution to such an appointment is just too simple

[Jim Noble]

doesn’t he have a golf course to go to

You don't seriously think he plays golf do you?

Have you seen the videos of him bowling or throwing a baseball?

"Golf" is when he presides over the invisible revolutionary government which has been in power since 2009.