http://www.oyez.org/issues/civil-rights/residency-requirements-draftee/ U.S. Supreme Court Decisions, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) en-us <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1969/1969_65/ <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1968/1968_814/ <p>Has Congress authorized the Secretary of Transportation to appoint civilian members of the Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals? If so, is this authorization constitutional under the Appointments Clause of Article II?</p><p>Yes and yes. In an opinion delivered by Justice Antonin Scalia, the Court held that the judicial appointments were valid. The Court unanimously found that Congress has authorized the Secretary to appoint civilian members of the Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals. Accordingly, the Court also reasoned that the Secretary's 1993 appointments of the two civilian judges in question were valid under the Appointments Clause, since such judges were inferior officers within the clause's meaning, by reason of the supervision of the judges' work by the General Counsel and by the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. Justice Scalia noted that the Appointments Clause gives the President the exclusive power to select principal officers by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, but authorizes Congress to "vest the Appointment of...inferior Officers...in the Heads of Departments." Justice David H. Souter filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1996/1996_96_262/ <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1969/1969_71/ <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1968/1968_403/ <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1968/1968_46/ <p>No details yet.</p> http://www.oyez.org/cases/1960-1969/1969/1969_441/