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In reply to the discussion: Trump Travel Ban Upheld by SCOTUS 5-4 [View all]NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)13. Obama had made a bunch of recess appointments
and Republicans challenged his ability to do that. SCOTUS ruled that he could make recess appointments whenever the Senate was in recess, but that the Senate itself would decide when it was in recess. So, McTurtle decided to never let the Senate go into recess and ran proforma sessions so they would never meet the threshold of being in recess.
I believe Obama lost a few recess appointments with the SCOTUS decision as well.
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Memes aren't reliable ways to learn about our political system and processes...
NurseJackie
Jun 2018
#17
I know , personally know, dems that didnt im pretty sure they werent the only ones
Fullduplexxx
Jun 2018
#36