The Federal Appointments Process
Subtitle: A Constitutional and Historical Analysis (Constitutional Conflicts)
Edition: Rev. and Expanded, Pbk. Ed edition
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: September 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780822331995
Subjects: Central government; Constitutional & administrative law; Political structure & processes; United States; Political Process - Elections; History; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Selection and appointment; Politics/International Relations; USA; Government - Executive Branch; Government - U.S. Government; History, U.S.; Legal Studies; Political Science/U.S. Politic; Government - National; History & Theory - General; Officials and employees
First sentence: IT IS CUSTOMARY to gloss over the original understanding of the federal appointments process because the relevant portion of the Constitution-the Appointments Clause-is relatively succinct and straightforward: "[The president] shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law."