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Originally Posted by photon
A few new pieces of information for me in here, I didn't know so many non-SCOTUS judge appointments were being blocked, didn't know 'judicial emergency' was a thing, and also didn't know about the Recess Clause.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...al-crisis.html |
I could be wrong, but I believe the Republicans have been using a loophole where even when they're in recess for practical terms, all they need to do is have one senator come in every 3 days, gavel congress into session and then out of session, and technically never actually enter a recess.
http://www.rollcall.com/news/politic...ss-senate-year