{"id":126149,"date":"2024-11-15T13:56:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T06:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126149"},"modified":"2024-11-15T13:56:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T06:56:44","slug":"what-are-recess-appointments-and-how-could-trump-use-them-to-fill-his-cabinet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126149","title":{"rendered":"What are recess appointments and how could Trump use them to fill his Cabinet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 As President-elect <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/span> moves to set up a more forceful presidency than in his first term, he is choosing loyalists for his Cabinet and considering a tool known as recess appointments to skip over Senate confirmations for even some of the most powerful positions in U.S. government.<\/p>\n<p>Trump over the weekend demanded that Republican leaders in the Senate, who will hold a majority in the chamber next year, agree to allow recess appointments. It would be a significant shift in power away from the Senate, but Trump is returning to Washington with almost total support from his party, including the more traditional Republicans who still hold sway in the chamber.<\/p>\n<p>Their commitment, however, is being tested now that Trump has turned to picked people outside the Republican Party mainstream like former Reps. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/matt-gaetz\">Matt Gaetz<\/a><\/span> of Florida and <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/tulsi-gabbard\">Tulsi Gabbard<\/a><\/span> of Hawaii for top positions.<\/p>\n<p>It quickly became apparent Wednesday that figures like Gaetz, who Trump announced as his choice for attorney general, may <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-attorney-general-matt-gaetz-justice-department-9d51501fb6ad5c04b5b4113d3a6a584b\">struggle to gain majority support<\/a><\/span> from the Senate, even though Republicans will enjoy <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/live\/senate-house-election-updates-11-5-2024\">a 53-seat majority<\/a><\/span>. But that may not matter if Trump is able to use recess appointments.<\/p>\n<h2>How do recess appointments work?<\/h2>\n<p>The Senate, as set up by the U.S. Constitution, holds an important role in confirming \u2014 or rejecting \u2014 high-level officials like Cabinet positions, judges and ambassadors. It\u2019s part of the government\u2019s checks and balances that ensures the president does not get to unilaterally rule. However, there is a clause in the Constitution that allows presidents to fill out their administrations while the Senate is in recess.<\/p>\n<p>During the nation\u2019s early history, Congress would take months-long breaks from Washington, and presidents could use recess appointments to avoid having an important job go unfilled. But more recently, the process of recess appointments has been featured in partisan fights with the president.<\/p>\n<p>President Bill Clinton made 139 recess appointments and President George W. Bush made 171, though neither used the process for top-level Cabinet positions, according to the Congressional Research Service. President Barack Obama tried to continue the practice, using it 32 times, but a <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/supreme-court-of-the-united-states-united-states-government-eaabd3d1926b453ba3a9f85b5a3b2b79\">2014 Supreme Court ruling<\/a><\/span> put a check on the president\u2019s power to make recess appointments.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the Senate has to recess or adjourn for 10 days before a president can make unilateral appointments. That\u2019s resulted in a practice where the Senate \u2014 even during weeks-long breaks from Washington \u2014 still holds pro-forma sessions where one senator opens and closes the chamber, but no legislative business is conducted.<\/p>\n<p>The House also holds some power over recess appointments by refusing to allow the Senate to adjourn.<\/p>\n<h2>Why is Trump demanding recess appointments?<\/h2>\n<p>Trump envisions becoming a president who is much stronger and forceful than perhaps any before him.<\/p>\n<p>While still president in 2020, Trump threatened to use recess appointments after Democrats had slowed the Senate from confirming his nominees. He threatened to use a presidential power in the Constitution to adjourn both chambers of Congress on \u201cextraordinary occasions\u201d and when there is a disagreement between the House and Senate on adjourning.<\/p>\n<p>When Trump becomes president again next year, he will be working with Republicans who hold a majority in the House and Senate and are promising to back his agenda. But the demand for recess appointments allows Trump to flex his political power and potentially ram through even the most controversial choices for his administration.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. John Thune, who was elected as the next Senate majority leader this week, is pledging to keep \u201can aggressive schedule until his nominees are confirmed.\u201d Thune, a South Dakota Republican, is also not taking recess appointments off the table.<\/p>\n<p>To allow Trump to make the appointments, Republican senators would have to pass a motion of adjournment with a simple majority vote, though Democrats would likely do everything in their power to prevent it. It is also not clear if such a move would be fully supported by GOP senators.<\/p>\n<h2>Would recess appointments work?<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear. The announcements of Gaetz and Gabbard this week sputtered the Senate into life, with some GOP senators issuing reminders of the importance of their \u201cadvise and consent\u201d role in choosing the president\u2019s Cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Sen. John Cornyn, who just days before suggested he may be open to allowing Trump to make recess appointments as he ran unsuccessfully for Senate leader, told reporters Thursday, \u201cObviously, I don\u2019t think we should be circumventing the Senate\u2019s responsibilities, but I think it\u2019s premature to be talking about recess appointments right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, there are very few, if any, Republicans remaining who dare openly defy Trump. 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