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Re:Did you know John Roberts is also chief justice of the NS... by wavefunction on Friday July 05, 2013 @02:38PM (#5996143)
The President merely nominates, it's Congress that appoints via confirmation.
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Re:Did you know John Roberts is also chief justice of the NS... by smsm42 on Friday July 05, 2013 @02:53PM (#5996216)
It's nowhere near "merely". The Congress traditionally has a lot of deference to Presidential nomination and cases where nominated judge is not confirmed are very rare and are considered exceptional.
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Re:Did you know John Roberts is also chief justice of the NS... by rayiner on Friday July 05, 2013 @05:29PM (#5996835)
The President appoints, Congress merely confirms or vetos the confirmation.
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