Recess appointments

[Tepker, Rick]

January 2003.  I believe the 20th amendment answers your question.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Tushnet [mailto:tushnet at LAW.GEORGETOWN.EDU
<mailto:tushnet at LAW.GEORGETOWN.EDU> ]
Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 1:34 PM
To: CONLAWPROF at listserv.ucla.edu
Subject: Recess appointments


I just received a press inquiry on the following question, and thought I
could confirm my judgment (which I'll conceal at this point, out of fear of
embarrassment) by inquiring of the list:  Art. II, sec. 2, cl. 3, says that
the president has the power to make recess appointments "which shall expire
at the End of their [the Senate's] next Session."  The question is, with
respect to a recess appointment made last week (the FEC appointment, the
Education Department appointment), when does "the next Session" end?
January 2003, January 2004, or January 2005?


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