Recess Appointments Issues

The following memorandum reviews a number of legal and constitutional issues relating to the President’s power to make appointments during a recess of the Senate, concluding that there have been no developments which call into question the conclusions of a 1960 Attorney General opinion, 41 Op. Att’y Gen. 463. It also contrasts the language, effects and purposes of the Pocket Veto and Recess Appointments Clauses.