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Cake day: June 20th, 2023

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  • “But here’s the thing: there is a Kentucky constitutional provision that says that I appoint all state officers when there’s a vacancy,” he added. “The question is, does that apply to federal offices? Well, before there was ever a law in Kentucky on how this would work, multiple appointments were made by governors, assumably under that provision.”

    TL;DR this isn’t even a “nuclear option”. It’s just “the option that was SOP for a long fucking time”. It’s only in contention now because the fascists want to be the only ones who are allowed to use said SOP, and don’t want their political opponents to have any agency whatsoever.