US Navy joins Army, Marine Corps in having no Senate-confirmed leader, in historic first
US Navy joins Army, Marine Corps in having no Senate-confirmed leader, in historic first
The U.S. Navy on Monday became the third branch of the military to no longer have a Senate-confirmed leader for the first time in history, as a Republican senator continues to block military nominations.
WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy on Monday became the third branch of the military to no longer have a Senate-confirmed leader for the first time in history, as a Republican senator continues to block military nominations.
Retiring Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Mike Gilday gave up command on Monday. The Navy, Army and Marine Corps are now all without a confirmed leader.
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In one way, this can actually be seen as a good thing for Biden. It is the duty of the Senate to advise and consent. The Senate has effectively abdicated that duty. The job of doing appointments for the military now rests solely in the hands of the executive branch, President Biden.
Obama should have done that with the Supreme Court.
There is this legal theory that refusal to take a vote on something you're constitutional obligated to do is equivalent to accepting by unanimous consent. Obama wouldn't test it... unfortunately.
This should be grounds to dismiss the senate and call new elections
I sure love it when the President can dissolve legislative branches until he gets the party that he wants.😐
You have a point in that, if that worked, a bad president could just throw insane nominations out and when none of them got confirmed go "oh look, guess you don't like my nominations, this is my power now."