I was wondering about that - could McTurtle just adjourn the Senate and Trump does a recess appointment? Probably not.
I was wondering about that - could McTurtle just adjourn the Senate and Trump does a recess appointment? Probably not.
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I think they could, especially since the Reps control the Senate.
But, I’m pretty sure recess appointments only last until the end of the current Congress, so that would only fill the seat until early Jan 2019. And then the seat would be open for a new appointment process that we just went through with Gorsuch. And that will be after the next mid-term elections, so who knows what the make-up of the Senate will be then, if the Reps will still be in control, and by what margin?
No, they need to nuke/Reid the filibuster for SCOTUS now (which essentially returns it to where it had always been as there had NEVER been a SCOTUS filibuster before on political grounds) and get Gorsuch on the bench for the next 30-something years.
Yes, he could do that, but why? He still needs to get confirmed because he will need to step down at the end of next year. So, just confirm him now and he can stay on the court permanently.