OLC Nominee Johnsen Not Among Recess Appointments

On Saturday, President Obama announced that he would use his constitutional authority to bypass the Senate and use recess appointments to fill 15 vacant federal positions, although “in a sign that [he] did not want to go too far in inflaming partisan passions,” he declined to appoint Department of Justice nominee Dawn Johnsen, the New York Times reports…

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