#nominees

No matter how badly senators want to know things, judicial nominees are limited in what they may discuss. That limitation is real, and it comes from the very nature of what judges do. ↗

— Orrin Hatch

#comes #discuss #how #judges #judicial

It is plain that, when it comes to inferior officers, Congress itself can pass a law sending these nominees to the President with him having the authority to put them on the bench without the advice and consent of the Senate. ↗

— John Jay Hooker

#authority #bench #comes #congress #consent

In general, any incoming administration must carefully examine ('vet') its nominees for high public office. ↗

— Richard V. Allen

#any #carefully #examine #general #high

Far be it from me to denigrate Senator McCain's advice on vice presidential nominees. ↗

— David Axelrod

#denigrate #far #mccain #me #nominees

If there is a nuclear tactic being used here, I submit it is the use of that obstruction where a willful minority blocks a bipartisan majority from voting on the President's judicial nominees. ↗

— John Cornyn

#being used #bipartisan #blocks #here #i

I challenge the Republican nominees and all Republicans to not just be the anti-illegal immigration party. That's not who we are and that's not who we should be we should be the pro-legal immigration party. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#i #illegal immigration #immigration #just #just be

To my fellow nominees, whoever they are - I'm not that familiar with their work - I just want to say, there's always next year - except, you know, for Ray Romano . ↗

— Tony Shalhoub

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As parties began to develop around the turn of the 19th century, you had party nominees for President nominated in caucuses made up of party members in Congress. ↗

— Michael Beschloss

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Well, let me just say - I mean, I'm not a person who's going to vote for any of the potential Republican nominees for the presidency of the United States. ↗

— Gloria Allred

#going #i #just #me #mean

'Favoritism' is always a factor, and pressure always build for the appointment of friends of influential supporters of the President, or for the nominees of powerful Member of Congress from the incoming President's party. ↗

— Richard V. Allen

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