Recess Appointments

[minionofmidas]

In my opinion this is a bunch of cotton-candy logic that will not withstand scrutiny.  I will agree with one thing that is said there:

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The thing is, the Senate had been able to, it just has chosen not to.

Clearly, the solution is a judicial clarification that that's a distinction that makes no difference. If the Senate cannot, within its rules, agree on what advice and consent (or lack thereof) to give, it is unable ot give its advice and consent.