Once a Republican is President again.

I think it ridiculous for any President to recess appointments. And forget about one Senator and Rep going in for 5 minutes and say they are in session. That is the worst. President Bush did that all the time. No more!

When a Koch appointee is in the White House.

This was a 9-0 because the Constitution is very specific on this. Obama tried an end run and got slapped down for it.

appointments when congress is partially out of session. It still allows for recess appointments if Congress is out of session as I understand it

All the Senate need do is hold Pro Forma sessions and there is never a recess, ergo, never a recess appointment.

act together and do what the repukes have been doing.

That was one of the reasons why they removed the filibuster option for these appointments

And Senate (D) really popularized the practice. People on DU cheered it at the time. Now, between old-timers with failing memories and new-comers with no memories that's been forgotten.

Deader than a doornail. Gone.

The SCOTUS effectively amended the constitution via majority opinion.

Only 3 appointments were invalidated.

So all the Senate ever needs to do is hold pro forma sessions and no recess ever occurs.

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Bush made several recess appointments during pro forma sessions.

Edited: I was wrong.

be another recess. republicans have figured out yet another way to make sure absolutely NOTHING gets done.

or use proxies to challenge him, as happened here. That's the real lesson.

Could you please provide some information on this? The name of a candidate, the position that was open, the year that it happened, or anything else to help me narrow my search.

he's completely wrong.

But I can't find any indication that he made any during a recess less than 10 days long or any when there were pro-forma sessions.

http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL33310_20081103.pdf

If I remember, * had to wait until the senate went on an actual recess, and Reid didn't let the senate out of session for more than 3 days in *'s last 2 years.

And they didn't amend the Constitution, they upheld the Constitution.

If he was going to nuclear anyways, he shouldn't have forced the president's hand in such a way that would so clearly be overturned.