The clause gives the president the “Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate” without the usual Senate confirmation. Those appointed have all the same authority ...

Last month's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court rejecting President Obama's January 2012 recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board came at a delicate time, with a debate raging between ...

Obama should feel free to make appointments at any time when the Senate is not sitting as a deliberative body. Barack Obama won a modest summer victory. A select number of his long-blocked nominees ...