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Government,
Constitutional Law

Jun. 5, 2018

The president’s power to keep Congress at work

Nearly a year and a half in to his first term as president, the Senate still has not acted on more than 100 of Donald Trump’s nominees to top positions across the executive branch of government.

John C. Eastman

Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence c/o Chapman Law School

1 University Dr
Orange , CA 92866

Phone: (714) 628-2587

Email: jeastman@chapman.edu

Univ of Chicago Law School

Dr. John C. Eastman is the Henry Salvatori Professor of Law & Community Service at Chapman University's Fowler School of Law, and founding director of the Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence.

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The president’s power to keep Congress at work
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House in Washington, June 1, 2018. (New York Times News Service)

FIRST PRINCIPLES

Nearly a year and a half in to his first term as president, the Senate still has not acted on more than 100 of Donald Trump's nominees to top positions across the executive branch of government.

Particularly troubling are the president's nominees to the Department of Justice. The heads of all four of the department's major divisions still have not been confirmed, so those key policy position...

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