
May 2023
Cato Audio
The Problem With the Vacancies Act
The Constitution says that principal officers have to be confirmed by the Senate full stop. Matthew Whitaker was appointed acting attorney general, having never been confirmed before. Some people challenged various rules he'd issued; but a new attorney general had already been in office.
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