The Federal Appointments Process
Subtitle: A Constitutional and Historical Analysis (Constitutional Conflicts)
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: October 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780822325284
Subjects: Central government; Constitution: government & the state; Selection and appointment; Political Process - Leadership; Employment Of Special Groups; U.S. Federal Government; United States; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Public Affairs & Administration; Politics/International Relations; USA; Constitutional; Government - U.S. Government; History, U.S.; Legal Studies; Political Science/European Pol; Labor; History; 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."