So is it possible to do a recess appointment to SCOTUS?
If so, GW could threaten it in order to get these lardbutts
moving.
So is it possible to do a recess appointment to SCOTUS?
Not in this case, because O'Connor hasn't actually left the Court yet. She is waiting until her replacement is confirmed.
"So is it possible to do a recess appointment to SCOTUS?"
I wish Bush would do that. Call O'Connor to the white house and ask if she'll step down for a recess appointment. If she says yes, then recess appoint Alito so he can be on the court until his hearings start on January 9.
How do I know this won't happen?
Sorry guys and gals. . . .
For your educational benefit, there is not a "recess appointment" available to the Pres when it comes to the Courts. The Judiciary is a 3rd and totally separate branch of our government. Per the Constitution the Pres nominates candidates for the bench(s) and the Senate provides advice and consent. The Pres can perform recess appointments for Executive Branch personel that require Constitutional approval - ONLY.
O'Conner's only impact might be that an 8 justice court might choose to wait to hear a case.
tuck
Inasmuch as O'Connor resigned effective only on the confirmation of her replacement, not in this case.Unfortunately. Part of me wants that to happen - and have the president name Thomas Sowell to a vacancy. That would be "extrodinary circumstances" to the lefties; Ted Kennedy would have a seizure. But who more wise than Sowell, to cut to the heart of a matter to the principled result?