Shoemaker v. United States

Shoemaker v. United States, 147 U.S. 282 (1893), was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of the United States on the United States Constitution's Appointments Clause. The Court declared Congress may expand the duties of an existing office without rendering it necessary that the incumbent again be nominated, confirmed and appointed as long as the new duties are "germane" to those already held by the office.[1]

Shoemaker v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 28–29, 1892 Decided January 18, 1893
Full case name	Shoemaker v. United States
Citations	147 U.S. 282 (more)
Holding
Congress may increase the duties of an existing office without rendering it necessary that the incumbent again be appointed as long as the new duties are germane to those the office already holds.
Court membership
Chief Justice Melville Fuller Associate Justices Stephen J. Field · John M. Harlan Horace Gray · Samuel Blatchford Lucius Q. C. Lamar II · David J. Brewer Henry B. Brown · George Shiras Jr.
Case opinion
Majority	Shiras, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
U.S. Const. art. II, § 2, cl. 2