Joe Steel
DP Veteran
- Joined
- Sep 30, 2007
- Messages
- 3,054
- Reaction score
- 560
- Location
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Gender
- Undisclosed
- Political Leaning
- Very Liberal
"He who is silent is taken to agree."
Has the Senate already agreed to the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court?
Matthew C. Stephenson writhing in the Yale Law Journal suggests they may have: Can the President Appoint Principal Executive Officers Without a Senate Confirmation Vote?
http://www.yalelawjournal.org/essay/can-the-president-appoint-principal-executive-officers-without-a-senate-confirmation-vote
To be clear, he's not arguing in favor using this "loophole" in the Constitution for Supreme Court vacancies. He's proposing it as a way of filling vacancies in Executive Branch positions; but there's no reason why it couldn't be used for vacancies on the Court. Charles P. Pierce discusses the idea in How We Can Sort Out This Supreme Court Mess.
Here's How to Get the Supreme Court Vacancy Filled
Dahlia Lithwick discusses the idea in The Reverse Bartleby
How Merrick Garland can outfox Republican obstructionists.
Has the Senate already agreed to the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court?
Matthew C. Stephenson writhing in the Yale Law Journal suggests they may have: Can the President Appoint Principal Executive Officers Without a Senate Confirmation Vote?
http://www.yalelawjournal.org/essay/can-the-president-appoint-principal-executive-officers-without-a-senate-confirmation-vote
To be clear, he's not arguing in favor using this "loophole" in the Constitution for Supreme Court vacancies. He's proposing it as a way of filling vacancies in Executive Branch positions; but there's no reason why it couldn't be used for vacancies on the Court. Charles P. Pierce discusses the idea in How We Can Sort Out This Supreme Court Mess.
Here's How to Get the Supreme Court Vacancy Filled
Dahlia Lithwick discusses the idea in The Reverse Bartleby
How Merrick Garland can outfox Republican obstructionists.