Advice Quote by John Jay Hooker

Under the Constitution, the president, not the Senate, nominates and appoints judges. The Senate has a different role. We must give our advice .

— Orrin Hatch

The Constitution gives the president the power to appoint, upon the advice and consent of a majority of the Senate, and it plainly does…

— John Jay Hooker

The Constitution entrusts the Senate with the duty to provide to the President the 'advice and consent' for a lifetime appointment on the United…

— Cindy Hyde-Smith

Presidents have the right to nominate their own cabinet secretaries. But their nominees don't have a right to confirmation. Senators have a constitutional duty…

— Gary Bauer

No matter how badly senators want to know things, judicial nominees are limited in what they may discuss. That limitation is real, and it…

— Orrin Hatch

The Senate should refuse to confirm nominees who do not take Congressional power seriously.

— Adam Cohen

“The Senate shall choose their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice-President, or when he shall exercise…

— United States

Seats on the [Court] bench are not reserved for causes or interests. They're given to those who will uphold the rule of law so…

— Sam Brownback

Nominees [to Supreme Court] shouldn't be expected to pre-commit to ruling on certain issues in a certain way. Nor should senators ask nominees to…

— Chuck Grassley

While the president is to nominate that individual [to Supreme Court], we in the Senate must provide our advice and consent. This function is…

— Mike DeWine

The Constitution says the President shall nominate, not maybe he could, maybe he can't, he shall nominate. Implicit in the Constitution is that the…

— Joe Biden

Sen. Frist has every right, and indeed the duty, to see that every presidential nominee for the Federal bench at every level gets an…

— John Jay Hooker