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7:30 AM, Jan 16, 2012 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

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11:44 AM, Jan 10, 2012 • By ADAM J. WHITE

President Obama’s recent recess appointments have sparked no shortage of legal commentary. Does the president have the power to declare that the Senate is in "recess" in the middle of a session, and then to use his constitutional "recess appointment" power to install disfavored personnel at federal agencies?

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