User:SashiRolls/US Senate confirmation hearings

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The US Senate confirmation hearings are the result of the "advice and consent" role given to the Senate in Presidential appointments by Article II of the US Constitution,[1] ratified in 1787.[2]

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  1. John O. McGinnis; Peter M. Shane. "Article II, Section 2: Treaty Power and Appointments". National Constitution Center. Retrieved 15 October 2020. (not simple reading)
  2. NCC staff (21 June 2020). "The day the Constitution was ratified". National Constitution Center blog. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Catherine Fisk; Erwin Chemerinsky. "In Defense of Filibustering Judicial Nominations". Cardozo Law Review. 26 (2): 331–352.