More Than One

You didn't think the White House would stop with just one, single, recess appointment, did you?  Silly person.  More is always better!

The other recess appointments

As Nicole noted yesterday, Bush's recess appointment for Sam Fox is pretty offensive. But as ridiculous as the Fox stunt is, let’s also not overlook the other two recess appointments the president made, which were just as bad. For example, the president appointed Andrew Biggs to serve as the next deputy commissioner of Social Security, despite [...]

Oh, as for the original Fox appointment?  Some very big questions are being raised about it -

Democrats: Fox recess appointment illegal

This one appears headed to the courts First of all, there's a question whether a recess appointment can be made with someone who doesn't even have a pending confirmation in the Senate. Sam Fox's nomination had been pulled from the Senate by Bush. But that's not the only legal problem with the recess appointment: [...]

Tags: recess Appointments, Sam Fox, Andrew Biggs, Susan Dudley

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