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To: Political Junkie Too

Trump already learned how to go around the whole senate approval thing by appointing people “temporarily” without confirmation. He did it almost exclusively near the end of his term.


475 posted on 09/28/2023 6:08:00 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: TexasFreeper2009
He got away with it at the end of the term because he was following the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998 which allows a temporary "acting" appointment for 210 days after a vacancy begins. The "acting" appointment is extended by another 210 if the Senate fails to confirm the actual nominee.

The constitutional issue is using the Act to appoint Cabinet positions, not lower-level department positions. This has not been tested in the courts. One "acting" appointment was overturned by a District Court Judge (Obama-appointed) when President Trump appointed Ken Cucinelli to a newly-created position, ruling that the position, being new, never had a subordinate in place who could be upgraded to "acting."

-PJ

482 posted on 09/28/2023 11:43:49 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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