Weiss v. United States

Weiss v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 3, 1993 Decided January 19, 1994
Full case name	Eric J. Weiss v. United States
Citations	510 U.S. 163 (more) 114 S. Ct. 752; 127 L. Ed. 2d 1
Case history
Prior	United States v. Weiss, 36 M.J. 224 (C.M.A. 1992); cert. granted, 508 U.S. 939 (1993).
Holding
1. The assignment by Congress of germane duties to an existing officer of the United States does not require the reappointment of the incumbent officer prior to exercising those duties. 2. Commissioned military officers may be assigned to duty as military judges without being reappointed under the Appointments Clause.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices Harry Blackmun · John P. Stevens Sandra Day O'Connor · Antonin Scalia Anthony Kennedy · David Souter Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Case opinion
Majority	Rehnquist, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
U.S. Const. art. II, § 2, cl. 2

Weiss v. United States, 510 U.S. 163 (1994), is a Supreme Court of the United States case which held that commissioned military officers, who are appointed by the president of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the United States Senate, may be assigned to act as military judges without the need to be confirmed a second time by the Senate.