President Elect Trump’s Tweet About Recess Appointments
We are only a few days removed from Trump’s victory in the 2024 election, and his social media is already causing consternation about constitutional clauses.
Today, Trump tweeted:
Any Republican Senator seeking the coveted LEADERSHIP position in the United States Senate must agree to Recess Appointments (in the Senate!), without which we will not be able to get people confirmed in a timely manner. Sometimes the votes can take two years, or more. This is what they did four years ago, and we cannot let it happen again. We need positions filled IMMEDIATELY! Additionally, no Judges should be approved during this period of time because the Democrats are looking to ram through their Judges as the Republicans fight over Leadership. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. THANK YOU!
As could be expected, the Washington Post completely misconstrued the argument here:
Trump, who last year promised that he will be dictator “for Day One” of his presidency and has repeatedly expressed admiration for authoritarian leaders, insisted that the next Senate Republican leader make it possible for him to fast-track his nominations over any opposition.
Writing on Truth Social on Sunday, Trump said: “Any Republican Senator seeking the coveted LEADERSHIP position in the United States Senate must agree to Recess Appointments (in the Senate!), without which we will not be able to get people confirmed in a timely manner.”
In April 2020, frustrated with the Senate’s speed in confirming his nominees, then-President Trump threated [sic] to take the unprecedented step of unilaterally adjourning Congress to make recess appointments. Next year, Republicans are on track to have at least 53 senators, a comfortable majority to approve nominations, but Trump seemed to indicate that wasn’t sufficient for his choices for federal jobs and judicial vacancies.
There are so many things wrong with this reporting.
First, there is no longer a judicial filibuster for executive branch appointments. Nothing would stop the majority party from confirming Trump’s nominees with at least fifty votes, plus Vice President Vance’s tie-breaking vote if needed. The reason why there may be delays would be due to Senate Democrats. As always, the minority party can use a range of procedural
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