6. What has she done to suggest she'd be a good President?
That's a lot different from running an admin agency. If just being a liberal qualified somebody, Michael Dukakis would have been President. Or Dennis Kucinich.
9. Senate Republicans can't hold pro-forma sessions, Democrats have to agree to them
They also can't filibuster adjournment, they can only block the unanimous consent request so that Senators have to have a recorded vote on adjournment. They also can't simply have the House block an adjournment resolution because the Senate can recess for 3 days or less without consent of the House.
All of this is to say that if Senate Democrats are on board, Obama can appoint Elizabeth Warren with a recess appointment (and I think he will). I just don't see any reason to do it over Memorial Day when half the country is on vacation and not paying attention.
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