Great Idea for Supreme Court!

[FBaggins]

6. Sorry... that's an awful idea

1 - Recess appointments are not for life. They last only until the end of the next Congressional session (usually in the Fall)

2 -There isn't any need for Republicans to accept it in order for her to be out of the Senate. Once she takes her seat on the court, she has to resign from the senate. They don't need to vote to confirm her (in fact couldn't in a recess appointment)

3 - Massachusetts has a Republican governor who gets to pick the date of the special election to replace her... gets to pick a temporary replacement... and might decide to run himself.

4 - The part most seem to misunderstand. Recess appointments end and the end of the next session of Congress. Some people think "session" is the same thing as "term" and thus it would be a 2-year appointment... and some think it's the end of the current legislative year... but Congress decides when their sessions begin and end and Republicans control both houses. They could easily set a session to end one day after the special election for her seat... so she's off the court and out of the Senate. Lost/lose.