[William Tell]

"Think a huge slate of Judges getting appointed by PDJT when they are on Christmas Break ..."

Normally appointments for federal judge are for life. Aren't recess appointments only effective until the end of the next session of Congress? I don't see much value in such appointments; at least not for judges.

[mdmathis6]

We get them for three years and they can still be confirmed for permanent placement during that time. The judges can each hand down a few decisions and the Senate will have at least a true record as to how these judges will perform before permanent confirmation.

[David]

McConnell has already yielded on the Judges--we are confirming judges in record numbers. Grassley has eliminated the blue slip reservation and Judiciary is approving judges and is expected to continue.

The real issue is other appointments--Trump may have as many as several thousand non-judicial PAS (Presidential appointment Senate Confirmation) appointments on which the Senate is standing still to prevent him from implementing his agenda--those people all get in on recess appointments.

[PapaBear3625]

Normally appointments for federal judge are for life. Aren't recess appointments only effective until the end of the next session of Congress? I don't see much value in such appointments; at least not for judges.

Mainly it would be good to clear away the backlog of executive appointments. Appointing a bunch of judges via recess appointment gives us the advantage of having a whole bunch of conservative judges issuing decisions over the next year.