the President's January 4 recess appointments, in truth, had nothing to do with whether the Senate was available to act, and everything to do with the Senate's unwillingness to confirm the President's nominees.
Cooper argues the President's appointments were due to Senate's refusal to confirm nominees.
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This idea that it is the President that has to be satisfied that you are in session is a very dangerous notion.
We shouldn't allow dysfunctional politics to justify dysfunctional constitutional measures.
It is Congress's responsibility, its constitutional responsibility, to resist this constitutional excess of his authority.
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