Interesting article (USERNAME: downeastblog@gwi.net; PASSWORD: downeastblog) on past judicial recess appointments (of which there have been more than 300).

"Some of the more famous cases include Earl Warren's 1953 appointment by President Eisenhower to be chief justice of the United States and Thurgood Marshall's 1961 appointment by President Kennedy to the 2nd District Court of Appeals."

Hat tip to NRO's Corner.