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...never been considered advantageous for a President to create a recess appointment to the Court, that is, to appoint a Justice to fill a place on the Court before the Senate can give its assent in January. Such an act enables a Justice who may not be confirmed by the Senate to participate in vital decisions. The difficulty is compounded in an election year, for should Stevenson win, he is immediately subject to the obvious pressure of allowing Brennan to remain on the bench. Although Brennan is a Democrat, he was, according to legal sources, probably not Stevenson's first...
...professor also opposed Eisenhower's appointing Brennan while Congress is in recess, claiming that this would hamper the justice's independence in his first few months on the Court...
Since Braucher felt that Brennan would not arouse "much, if any controversy" and would be approved by Congress, he believed that this recess appointment was better than leaving one Supreme Court seat empty until January...
Robert Braucher, professor of Law, and Paul A. Freund, Charles Stebbins Fairchild Professor of Law, made the suggestion on the grounds that Hand's appointment would not be subject to review by Congress, as was Chief Justice Earl Warren's recess appointment...
...there were enough human bloopers to make up for the lack of old-fashioned fun. John Daly reported: "Mr. Rostrum stands in recess." Will Rogers Jr. (CBS) wound up a Stevenson interview with "Thank you very much, Governor Harriman" (Retorted Adlai: "Goodbye, Dave Garroway!"). Crooner Johnny Desmond muffed the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner, and NBC's Monitor introduced Mrs. Roosevelt as "Eleanor Stevenson...