AP Gov 2.5
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8 Terms
What is advice & consent?
the formal power of the Senate to check the Presidents executive authority
When is Advice & consent mainly applied?
Appointments:
Ambassadors
White House Staff
Cabinet
Federal Courts
What are ambassadors?
US diplomats that are assigned a foreign country to organize US presence
What are the White House Staff?
*Does not need Senate approval: Campaign people or friends of the president that work in executive office
What is the Cabinet
Heads of all the main executive departments
Why is the appointments of the Federal Courts the most contested?
because SC appointments are for life, not just for the presidents term
Who was Robert Bork & Why was he important?
Potential Supreme Court Judge during Reagan Presidency that had controversial views on civil rights and monopoly.
the most famous modern example of Senate rejecting SC judge appointment
What is borking?
when a SC judge appointment is went after by the senate