Is Trump asking to make recess appointments before he's sworn in as president?

[dlk]

If so, his shredding the Constitution didn’t take long. More shredding to come, no doubt.

[Dennis Donovan]

1. If so, none will have any sort of power until Jan 20 n/t

[In It to Win It]

3. He doesn't have the power to make appointments until he's President. It literally can't happen before he's sworn in

[Dennis Donovan]

4. He can name people to positions but it's just an announcement

not an appointment.

[In It to Win It]

6. Yes, exactly.

[SCantiGOP]

2. No

He has no authority until he’s sworn in.

[tirebiter]

5. He's not asking, he's spelling it out.

[Igel]

8. And yet it doesn't matter since he won't have any authority.

Except to say who he wants appointed.

Note that appointments go through the Senate, right? Who controls the Senate?

Oh, wait, Democrats. Until the beginning of January. Note that Congress will be in recess for a few days, almost certainly, to let some Congressfolk pack up and leave and the new kids on the block move in and unpack.

At most the (R) in the Senate can start the official vetting process Congress-side so that the reports can be approved and out of committee on or by inauguration day and the nominations formally submitted and scheduled for a vote, en masse or singleton votes.

[Cartoonist]

7. He thinks he's president now.

He swore himself in on Nov. 6