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

Let there be no reservation or doubt that I believe the Senate should vote on each and every judicial appointment made by the President…

— Johnny Isakson

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

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 United States Senate wasn't designed to be a majority-rule institution. It was designed to include and accommodate the rights of the minority in…

— Olympia Snowe

The Senate is allowed to work the way it was designed to - meaning a place where nothing is decided without a good dose…

— Mitch McConnell

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

It is plain that, when it comes to inferior officers, Congress itself can pass a law sending these nominees to the President with him…

— John Jay Hooker

A majority of senators should be able to adopt rules at the beginning of each Congress.

— Tom Udall

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

— Adam Cohen

The majority in the Senate is prepared to restore the Senate's traditions and precedents to ensure that regardless of party, any president's judicial nominees,…

— Mitch McConnell

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