Airing his frustrations that the Senate has not confirmed a number of judicial and administrative vacancies, President Donald Trump on Wednesday night threatened to use his executive power to adjourn both bodies of Congress. https://wp.me/p7VhVF-2mLf 
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So while the Senate is technically in session, Trump is barred, by pro forma rules, from making recess appointments, thereby thwarting the regular conf. process. Trump referred to pro forma sessions as “phony” and a “dereliction of duty” by Democrats during Tuesday’s briefing.

For Trump to intervene and adjourn both bodies, he would need the Republican-controlled Senate to agree to adjourn from business. Under the rules, it would also require the Democrat-controlled House to object.

Leslie Jacobs, director of the Capital Center for Law and Policy at the Uni. of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, told me tonight that since the bodies are controlled by different parties, it’s possible they could decide to disagree on how to proceed.

Jacobs continued:

Professor @JonathanTurley, a George Washington University law professor who, during Trump’s impeachment, argued that the proceedings against Trump were flawed, told me tonight he found Trump’s proposal “curious."
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