Nomination

W. Bush nominated an individual to replace a retiring justice that, "the Senate Judiciary Committee should seriously consider not scheduling confirmation hearings on the nomination until after the political campaign season is over." (Emery, C. 2016) Republicans, mainly Mitch McConnell point to this as evidence that nominations should not be considered during an election year. Mitch McConnell was quoted saying, "The Senate will continue to observe the Biden…

into power. In the past year Trump ran a very controversial campaign which cause concern to the general public not only in the United States but all over the world. Now people are more concern about the President nominations for several positions in his office especially his nomination for Besty DeVos for education secretary. This past week during DeVos had a hearing with the senate health, labor, education, and pensions committee. This hearing only raise more concern among the committee.…

changed with the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. At the beginning of the decade in office was vice President Harry S Truman, however due to him not rerunning so it was two new candidates in the running for the presidency. As the democratic nomination there was Adlai Stevenson; he was the Illinois governor from 1948-1952. He was born in Los Angeles. He was raised in Illinois where his family was important politically, economically, and even socially. He campaigned using a promise for…

examine the nomination and appointment process and how it differs from Supreme Court Justices. Then, we’ll analyze how the selection judges and justices and length of terms differ between Supreme Court Justices and members of Congress. Lastly, we’ll take a look at ways that Judges and Justice may be removed from office. Overall, the constitution lays out the framework for a complicated justice system, which differs greatly from the other branches of government. First, let’s discuss the…

For the second year in a row, not a single black actor received a nomination this year for the Academy Awards ceremony. Are white actors any better than black actors or is the Academy racist? What is keeping perfectly qualified black entertainers from getting any recognition? This deeply cut into the long going conversation about opportunities in entertainment for people of color and inequalities between white and black actors in the entertainment industry. Actress Jada Pinkett-Smith, actor Will…

President Reagan. (President Obama’s Supreme Court Nomination) This denounces conservative claims that a new justice should not be appointed in an election year, because it has successfully been done in the past. According to the White House, “the President of the United States has had the responsibility to appoint a justice to the Supreme Court every time- and any time- there is a vacancy on the bench.” (President Obama’s Supreme Court Nomination) There is no reason to wait for the people to…

Obama nominated Merrick Garland to take his place. Congress has yet to meet to approve or not to approve this nomination and this has led to many debates across the country, as to weather or not Congress has the right to hold off meeting until after the election of the new president.…

the process of winning a party’s nomination, they also have to win the most votes from a group of 538 electors that most people have never seen before. The Electoral College is unfair because it doesn’t fairly represent the country’s states…

appointed judges concerning federal legislation and constitutional rights of citizens. Therefore, it is an important duty when officials go through the selection of Justices and Judges. The following paragraphs will discuss the differences in the nomination and appointed procedures for each level of the federal courts system. The Supreme Court is the highest court of the Nation as well as the only court that the United States is constitutionally…

rare occasion occurs, per article 2 of the constitution, this gives the president the power to nominate a justice the supreme court. This nomination is subject to advice and consent from the senate. We saw earlier last year that the senate rejected the nomination from president Obama. We will have to wait and see what the senate decided regarding the nomination for Judge Gorsuch.…