while I'm glad the dems filibustered grossitch it wont stop the cons they can always recess appoint

[Ohioblue22]

him. not voting for your party's nom has consequences

[Justice]

1. No they cannot recess appoint. No real recess anymore.

[unblock]

3. if the senate and white house are of the same party, they may recess.

presumably mcturtle doesn't mind a donnie recess appointment.

[tritsofme]

11. I believe Senate Democrats could filibuster the resolution to recess

And force Republicans to agree to pro-forma sessions.

Both the House and Senate must agree before they can recess.

As I recall, McConnell started doing did this sometime in 2010 before Republicans took the House, to thwart Obama recess appointments.

[unblock]

12. Not sure we can filibuster a motion to recess.

Interesting question, though!

[Ohioblue22]

7. they will only pull that stunt if there is a dem potus

mcturtle may not go nuclear but there's nothing to stop him from a recess . Congress decides when it is in recess

[vlyons]

2. I believe that recess appointments only last to the end of a congress

n/t

[unblock]

4. until the end of the next session; in practice this means the end of the calendar year:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recess_appointment

To remain in effect, a recess appointment must be approved by the Senate by the end of the next session of Congress, or the position becomes vacant again; in current practice this means that a recess appointment must be approved by roughly the end of the next calendar year. Recess appointments are authorized by Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution, which states:


The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session.

[HoneyBadger]

5. You have to believe that Gorsuch would take a recess appointment

I suspect that he would withdraw. You would probably get someone a lot less likely to pass a confirmation, maybe Melania for example.

[sharp_stick]

6. There going to use the nuclear option

They don't need to recess appoint him.

[Ohioblue22]

8. well the turtle has already said he wouldn't but cons are liars so you never know

[sharp_stick]

10. Turtle has already scheduled the

nuclear option vote for Thursday. It's on CNN.com now.

I'd love to see him stroke out live on CSPAN as they count the votes.

[Alice11111]

9. That is what I suspect he has up his sleeve if all else fails

I just wish Obama would have used it when he had a chance. Yes. All hell would have broken loose, but we had
A better chance then than now...and hell was eventually going to break loose anyway.