Posted on 12/28/2017 1:17:44 PM PST by detective
Is this for real? While it's obviously ridiculous, some have shown they have no bounds in what they're willing to believe. I said last night the next thing they will be claiming is that Hillary is contemplating just turning herself in LOL.
Hey dickweed....you started this. I never posted to you, to begin with, poser.
Suck my dick and never post here ever again on one of my posts.
This is the last time I am warning you. Stay out of my LZ.
Ha!
Poor sod. I'm sure this is the way all your debates end up. You, sitting there in your dirty, soiled underwear, with bloodshot, drunken eyes, raging at phantom windmills.
Perhaps it's time to find solace and peace in the Lord, friend.
No thanks I don’t need advice from losers like you.
Or what? Are you going to get me banned? Are you going to track me down and hurt me? What exactly are you going to do to me, homie?
Maybe we should bring the site owner in on this. Whaddya think?
Hey Jim, what do you think of this ridiculous exchange? Not worth your time? I didnt think so.
Knock off the person attacks.
Thanks for stepping in on that exchange. It really did need to end.
Sure, sure, keep telling yourself that.
Not quite. The statute lays out a process where the President can appoint someone who has already been approved by the Senate for another executive branch position that requires Senate consent in an "acting" capacity. Yes, this person must still be submitted to the Senate for approval, but as they have already been confirmed by the Senate for another position, they begin serving in an "acting" capacity immediately for up to 210 days.
"This would clearly come under Paragraph (1) of the same statute:"
No, that is the default circumstance, but as paragraph (2) says:
"(2) notwithstanding paragraph (1), the President (and only the President) may direct..."
Clearly, if the President exercises his power under paragraph (2) it overrides the default succession in paragraph (1), as it says "notwithstanding paragraph (1)".
"I'm not a lawyer, but it seems to me that the provision you cited isn't intended to apply to a real vacancy caused by a resignation or termination. Why bother with a Senate confirmation for an interim appointment when the President could just as easily appoint someone to a permanent role, even if his intention is to have the nominee serve for a short period of time?"
Because if the President submits an appointment for the permanent role through the normal means, then paragraph (1) would come into play and the nominee would have to await Senate confirmation before they could serve. Under this method, the President bypasses the normal succession and appoints an "acting" director of his choice that can serve immediately.
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