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The total number of Obama Article III judgeship nominees to be confirmed by the United States Senate is 329, including two justices to the Supreme Court of the United States, 55 judges to the United States Courts of Appeals, 268 judges to the United States district courts, and four judges to the United States Court of International Trade.
In the United States, a recess appointment is an appointment by the president of a federal official when the U.S. Senate is in recess.Under the U.S. Constitution's Appointments Clause, the president is empowered to nominate, and with the advice and consent (confirmation) of the Senate, make appointments to high-level policy-making positions in federal departments, agencies, boards, and ...
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Democrat Barack Obama made 32 recess appointments, while Bush made 171, according to the Congressional Research Service. Since 2007, Congress had increasingly used scheduling tricks to prevent ...
These are fairly uncommon and the last time a president used recess appointments, in 2012 under former president Barack Obama, the Supreme Court ruled they could not be made while Congress was in ...
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The most famous instance of such a post-appointment rejection is that of George Washington's recess appointment of John Rutledge as Chief Justice during a congressional recess in July, 1795. Because of Rutledge's political views and occasional mental illness, the Senate rejected his nomination in December of that year, and Rutledge subsequently ...
According to the Congressional Research Service, George W. Bush made 171 such appointments, while Bill Clinton made 139 and Barack Obama made at least 32 recess appointments.