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About Presidential Recess Appointments

Friday July 29, 2005
President Bush may bypass the U.S. Senate confirmation process by installing his nominee for U.S. ambassador to the U.N., John Bolton, through a process known as a "recess appointment." Is that constitutional? Has it ever been done before? Yes it is and yes it has. [Read more...]

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