[VRWC_minion]

However, Wilson was NOT appointed to a 6 year term, she was appointed to fill the unexpired appointment of someone else.

The president had no authority to appoint her to anything less than a 6 year term.

[tacticalogic]

The president had no authority to appoint her to anything less than a 6 year term.

Apparently Clinton did just that. If that was beyond his authority, then the original appointment was made illegally, and that would leave us back where we started - with the position vacant, and available to be filled by an appointee of GW's choosing.

[billva]

The president had no authority to appoint her to anything less than a 6 year term.

So Clinton broke the law when he made the appointment?

[Whilom]

If the president had no authority to appoint Wilson to less than a six-year term, and the president appointed Wilson to less than a 6-year term, then there was no appointment at all since the president had no authority to make an appointment of less than six years. If the president could only appoint Wilson to a six-year term, then he didn't appoint her at all because his letter of appointment designated an expiration of the appointment in less than six years.

[liliana]

in fact clinton put a date final on his appointment of wilson , that date is nov 21 or 25 2001. so neither berry nor wilson have a leg to stand on.