The Constitution clearly allows the president to temporarily fill vacancies in executive-branch positions when the Senate is in recess, as it often was for months during the early days of the ...

So you want to know about "recess appointments"? Well, recess is over and class is in session. Let’s start with four main sections in the Constitution: "[The President] shall nominate ...

Less than a week after his election, Trump began calling on congressional leaders to let him make recess appointments ... “advice and consent” over judges, ambassadors, and cabinet members.