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3, that since their meeting their recess was still on and lasted more than 3 days, it was a violation of that adjournment clause of the constitution. Now, thats one way to interpret it. Over a long period of time, they have apparently met pro forma on those days. Or we could try to make them mean the same thing, which would mean it was up to the senate. They consider that a meeting, its a meeting. What do we do . Or there is another option, Justice Breyer. Would you write that opinion, saying the senate of the United States has violated two provisions of the constitution . No, no. I dont think...

The executive was by rejecting the notion that the appointment power should reside with the senate. The framers considered that and they rejected it. And the reason they rejected it, as this court noted in its edmund opinion, was to protect the executive against encroachment by the legislature. But the compromise they settled on in moving away from that is that the president will nominate and the senate, if it so chooses, can confirm a nominee. You spoke of the intransigence of the senate. Well, they have an absolute right not to confirm nominees that the president submits. And it seems to me,...

The 20th amendment. You know, the date was a much different date in the original constitution. But to answer your question, it is usually the case that a recess is going to be longer than three days. If the sent finish all of this legislative business, for example in this year on december 30, then voted to a german, and and im again me onto the beginning of the second session of the congress on january 3, that will be in intrasession recess even though it would not be the one that would require consent of the house. But and that a usual case in which a recess is taken, it will be the type of b...