end-run

“It’s an end run around the normal legislative process.”

The article criticizes the administrative maneuvering used to extend Chattah’s tenure, describing the interim-to-acting appointment process as an “end run” around normal Senate confirmation procedures.

“What they can’t do democratically they are now trying to do via illegal executive fiat and do an end run around Congress.”

“This is an end run,” said Shira Scheindlin, the former federal judge who issued the ruling that led to the federal consent decree.

But the proposal garnered fierce early opposition from some local leaders, concerned the group was making an end run around the planning process, as well as environmental groups concerned about the loss of natural habitat.