Conservative Legal Analyst: Trump Has “Bonkers Plan” To Bypass Senate Confirmation Hearings For Nominees

“Hope it’s wrong, but I’m hearing through the grapevine about this bonkers plan: Trump would adjourn both Houses of Congress under Article II, section 3, and then recess-appoint his Cabinet.

“As predicate for Trump’s exercise of adjournment power, one House of Congress would seek other House’s consent to adjourn and be denied. So Speaker of House would need to be complicit in evisceration of Senate’s advice-and-consent role.

“House Speaker Mike Johnson needs to say NO to this right away.” – Ed Whelan, National Review columnist and former president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

Hope it’s wrong, but I’m hearing through the grapevine about this bonkers plan: Trump would adjourn both Houses of Congress under Article II, section 3, and then recess-appoint his Cabinet.

— Ed

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