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According to reports from the Congressional Research Service, during their time in office President Ronald Reagan made 240 recess appointments, President George H. W. Bush made 77 recess appointments, President Bill Clinton made 140 recess appointments, and George W. Bush made 171. Obama's first term has seen a paltry 28.
Although there is a robust debate in the scholarly literature aboutthe meaning of the Recess Appointments Clause, 251 every circuit that hasconsidered the question has held that Presidents possess the power to recessappoint federal judges to Article III courts, including during intrasession re-cesses of the Congress.
Although there is a robust debate in the scholarly literature aboutthe meaning of the Recess Appointments Clause, 251 every circuit that hasconsidered the question has held that Presidents possess the power to recessappoint federal judges to Article III courts, including during intrasession re-cesses of the Congress.
Mr. McConnell, a former federal judge, is a professor of law and director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School, and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution.
