The letter hints at the pandora's box that's been opened by last week's decision, as any competent lawyer will use it to question unfavorable decisions made under similar recess appointments.
But now some people are going to question whether the guy can hire competent people to surround him.
You are right to question the idea that the "experts" close to power are competent to make decisions.
Stewart Wallis, director of the New Economics Foundation, professed only to having a couple of pensions knocking around somewhere, and though Oliver James, whose book Affluenza sold over 75,000 copies in its first edition, considered himself "not competent to answer" the question of whether he himself had any stocks or shares.
These are typically people who have studied their subject, are experienced or are intellectually competent to answer the question.
This is often more important than being able to produce accurate and competent answers to questions.
Inclusion was restricted to adult residents of Rio de Janeiro aged 60 and above who had participated in the 2006 influenza vaccination campaign and who were competent to answer the interview questions.
He was tasered by a guard a few hours after being booked, and his combativeness kept a mental-health expert from even completing her assessment of whether he is competent to stand trial — a question that remains.
Martinet did not consider any of the black lawyers in New Orleans competent to raise a constitutional question, since, as he explained, they practiced almost entirely in the police courts.
The specific so-called minor illnesses and complaints which students 'mastered' in general practice contributed to their sense of professional identity as they became increasingly competent to answer the various questions patients asked them.
The prosecutor, Eric Seidel, asked the most direct question: Was Vincent Velella competent to stand trial?
