Quote of the day

"The ordinary power of appointment is confined to the President and Senate JOINTLY, and can therefore only be exercised during the session of the Senate; but as it would have been improper to oblige this body to be continually in session for the appointment of officers and as vacancies might happen IN THEIR RECESS, which it might be necessary for the public service to fill without delay, the succeeding clause is evidently intended to authorize the President, SINGLY, to make temporary appointments 'during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session.'"

Alexander Hamilton, Federalist Paper No. 67