Just read that Trump might adjourn Congress using Article II, Section 3, and then make recess appointments

[highplainsdem]

This is from Ed Whelan, a RWer, who is opposed to this:

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Ed Whelan
@EdWhelanEPPC

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.

[Irish_Dem]

1. Mike Johnson saying no. That is hilarious.

[Deep State Witch]

2. Little Secret

This was the "little secret" that TCF alluded to.

[bluestarone]

4. Here we go!!

I'm betting YOU are right on the money.

[tanyev]

8. My first thought, too.

[GreenWave]

3. Come on Dark Brandon, make him shut up until he gets "installed"

[BeyondGeography]

5. Like this plan stands a chance against Susan Collins's concern-o-meter

[Solly Mack]

6. ...

[doc03]

7. How can he do anything, he hasn't even been officially elected yet?

[haele]

9. That would be after the inauguration.

People are gaming what *rump might do once he gets power.
That he's announcing already a bunch of goons and Johnson is going to be the next speaker, it's a good chance he's going to try to bypass the Senate process.

Haele

[sarisataka]

10. The President's power to adjourn is only in one specific case:

in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he may adjourn them to such Time as he shall think proper

He can't just tell them "Go home" on a whim. Although if they lack the backbone, they could adjourn themselves when he demands.

[obamanut2012]

12. And, he never has to bring them back

[sarisataka]

13. Article 1 require Congress meet every year

So they would have to at least show up, if only to turn around and go home. I don't think Congress will be that obviously subservient, but I don't expect them to put up any effective resistance to his decrees.

[Emrys]

17. Well, yeah, they do have to get re-elected at some point. As things stand, anyway.

Total no-shows might not look good on the stump.

Plus there's all that pork barrel grease that needs spreading. It's not going to spread itself.

[highplainsdem]

14. See the second tweet in the OP.

[Shrek]

11. Why would that even be necessary?

Is there any question that the Senate will rubber-stamp the confirmations?

[speak easy]

15. Not Gaetz.

[Buckeyeblue]

16. Just read it. It's very vague

Seems like more presidents would do it if it was that simple. And I thought there was some sort of restrictions on recess appointments.

But if you were a president facing impeachment, why couldn't you adjourn both chambers and avoid further precedings?