President Barack Obama used his constitutional power of recess appointments to name former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray as the chief of a new consumer watchdog agency created by Congress.
Associated Press reported Senate Republicans have been blocking Cordray's nomination because of differences they have over the role of the agency, not Cordray's qualifications.
Here are other controversial presidential recess appointments:
Judge Charles Pickering
President George W. Bush twice appointed U.S. District Judge Charles Pickering to a seat on the Fifth Court of Appeals. After successfully being approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee, Democrats chose to filibuster his nomination to prevent it from being voted on by the full Senate. According to the Federal Judicial Center, Bush used a recess appointment in January 2004 to seat Pickering on the appeals court. The appointment ended two years later and Pickering was not renominated.
John R. Bolton
Bush also used a recess appointment in 2005 to install Bolton as the ambassador to the United Nations after a protracted nomination process in the Senate. The New York Times reported Bush made the appointment to fill a six-month vacancy at the U.N. Bolton received the support of a majority of senators but was unable to muster enough to overcome a filibuster, including the vocal opposition of Ohio Republican Sen. George Voinovich. Bolton served just two years as ambassador and Bush did not resubmit his nomination to the next Senate.
Bill Lan Lee
President Bill Clinton appointed Lee as assistant attorney general for civil rights in 1997 but was unable to win confirmation from Senate Republicans who opposed Lee's stand on affirmative action. According to New York Times, Lee served in as acting assistant attorney general for two years before Clinton used a recess appointment in 2000 to install him in the position. Lee was not renominated when the Clinton presidency ended.
Walter Meheula Heen
Heen served just less than one year as a District Court judge after receiving a recess appointment by President Jimmy Carter in 1981 just days before his presidency ended. President Ronald Reagan did not renominate him to the position and, according to the Federal Judicial Center, his appointment expired in December of the same year when the Senate failed to confirm him.
Thurgood Marshall
President John F. Kennedy appointment Marshall to a new seat on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, but his nomination was blocked by a group of southern Democrat senators, The Week reported. In 1961, Kennedy used a recess appointment to seat Marshall, who later was nominated by President Lyndon Johnson and confirmed by the Senate to serve as U.S. Solicitor General and then, in 1967, he was confirmed as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Dan McGinnis is a freelance writer, published author and former newspaper publisher. He has been a candidate, campaign manager and press secretary for state and local political campaigns for more than 30 years.
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