re: #99 Dread Pirate

The US will soon have an Acting Labor Sec, an Acting DHS Sec and no Dep Sec, an Acting Defense Sec and no Dep Sec, an Acting White House Chief of Staff, an Acting CBP Commiss., an Acting ICE Dir, an Acting USCIS Dir, an Acting UN Ambassador, an Acting FDA Commiss.,….

An Acting OMB Director, an Acting Secretary of the Army, an Acting Secretary of the Air Force, an Acting DHS Under Secretary for Management, no DHS Under Secretary for Science & Tech, no DHS Under Secretary for Strategy, and an Acting FEMA Director. (PS: it’s hurricane season!)

while it may not be spelled out anywhere as required (debatable)
and it may not be explicitly ‘illegal’
and there may not be much that can be done about it at the moment

no one, and i mean not one person, ever contemplated, planned or intended that the president could, would, and should simply ignore the entire nominating, advise and consent process