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Opinion: Advise And Consent Is A Constitutional Duty, Not Multiple Choice
The Senate would be fundamentally weakened and profoundly diminished if it were to recess the Senate and allow the incoming president to make interim appointments unilaterally and unchallenged, as Trump has requested.
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