About the new AG appt...it just occurred to me....

[drthais]

I heard on one of the MSNBC shows - maybe Olbermann
to paraphrase...
well, they're having a hard time finding anybody to thnk of nominating...
...well, you know, JFK just got his BROTHER TO BE AG
and I thought OMIGOD! his BROTHER!
guess who's not very busy about now>

you think he'd do that?

[benddem]

1. arghhhhh

:puke: :puke:

[MountainLaurel]

2. Oh heavens

That's a scary thought, no matter which brother it is.

[MadMaddie]

3. Is * brother a lawyer?

[Eric J in MN]

5. No mention of a law degree at wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeb_Bush

[kcass1954]

7. junior hasn't appointed anyone who's qualified anyway, so Jebbie

would probably fit right in!

[MadMaddie]

16. Thanks for looking.

[Eric J in MN]

4. Congress passed a law against a pres. appointing family to a paid govt

...position after JFK appointed RFK to US Attorney General.

[berni_mccoy]

8. Do you have a reference for that law?

Just curious.. Unless there is a sunset on that law or some other provision, I would wonder if that would require a Constitutional Ammendment. Not that Jeb would be qualified to be A.G.

[Eric J in MN]

9. Here is a reference to it.

http://imdb.com/name/nm0448123/bio

"Appointed his brother, Robert F. Kennedy, as his Attorney General. Since RFK's appointment, laws have been enacted preventing family members from serving in the President's cabinet."

[karlrschneider]

12. I'm offering 10 to 1 odds there's no law against it.

(There probably should be, though)

[berni_mccoy]

14. Thanks. I'd never seen that biography. I'll have to rent it.

[WinkyDink]

15. I don't believe that. I'd like to see chapter and verse of such "laws".

(And who would have passed them? The Democratic-controlled Congresses?)

[Art_from_Ark]

6. The thing with RFK is, he actually took the job seriously

and relentlessly hounded some truly bad guys

http://www.carpenoctem.tv/mafia/kennedy.html

[Marr]

10. You know, I was about to say, "no way- that'd look terrible"... but...

these are the same people who hired Kissinger and Poindexter.

[karlrschneider]

11. I thought about that earlier this evening. After eating bad mushrooms, apparently.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=451355&mesg_id=451711

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

13. I don't know about Jeb, but I wouldn't put it past Bush to make a recess appointment

The Senate only has to be in temporary recess for 3 days and the President can make an interim appointment if the position is vacant during the recess. The interim appointment is valid to the end of the Senate's current session and until the end of the next one, meaning that someone could be appointed without Senate approval for the next year and a half. Easter break might be on the schedule for Bush. At least, I think that's what the Executive Branch's recess appointment power would allow. And of course Bush would try to push the law right up to the limit, as he's been doing since day 1.

Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution: "The President shall have Power to fill up all Vacancies that may happen during the Recess of the Senate, by granting Commissions which shall expire at the End of their next Session."