First:
The family of Justice Scalia has my sympathies in their time of loss.
Second:
Refresh my memory, please: Does the President get to name an appointee all on his own, or does the appointment need to be confirmed by Congress?
If it's the latter, what's to keep Congress from dragging their heels for a year and then saying the proposed appointee is unacceptable? (Other than the weight of public opinion, that is.)
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
The family of Justice Scalia has my sympathies in their time of loss.
Second:
Refresh my memory, please: Does the President get to name an appointee all on his own, or does the appointment need to be confirmed by Congress?
If it's the latter, what's to keep Congress from dragging their heels for a year and then saying the proposed appointee is unacceptable? (Other than the weight of public opinion, that is.)
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012