Constitutional Minute

We have been told for ages that the President is permitted to make a “recess” appointment of someone whose nomination has already been blocked by the Senate (Article II, Sec. 2, clause 3); that once the Senate goes into recess, the President may slip in there and make a “recess” appointment of his rejected nominee! Rubbish. The constitutional plan (Article II, Sec. 2, clause 2) is that the…