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Read Ed Whelan on Recess-Appointment Scheme to Circumvent Senate Confirmation

The great Ed Whelan has an important op-ed in the Washington Post, on which he has posted at Bench Memos, regarding what appears to be a scheme to exploit a never-before-used constitutional provision to manufacture a disagreement between the two congressional chambers, which would purportedly allow President Trump to make recess appointments of Matt Gaetz and other controversial nominees.

You should read it.

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