georgephillip
Diamond Member
Most conservatives don't know the difference between right and wrong, witness their rancid reverence for a racist pussy grabber.I know most liberals aren't man enough to admit when they're wrong so they'll find anyone, even Conways husband, to say they are right. And you're reading the clause wrong, yes an acting principal officer must be approved by the Senate, but the appointment clause clearly states that they can be appointed for 90 days without senate approval.
Matthew Whitaker's Appointment as Acting Attorney General: Three Lingering Questions
"A 19th-century Supreme Court opinion does hold that a statute that permitted a diplomatic vice counsel to serve 'for a limited time, and under special and temporary conditions' as counsel during the temporary absence of the counsel (a principal officer) did not somehow transform the vice counsel “into the superior and permanent official” in violation of the Appointments Clause.
"Here, of course, Whitaker has been appointed only to act temporarily as attorney general until a new attorney general is appointed (by confirmation or during a recess), not to permanently serve as attorney general.
"But there are no limitations on his ability to exercise the full statutory powers and authorities of the attorney general, and practically speaking, Whitaker could serve as acting attorney general for most of the remainder of the president’s first term—although the FVRA typically limits acting appointments to 210 days, that time period can be extended if the president sends a nomination for another person to be attorney general to the Senate."