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...harm than good. He contended that the real issue was whether the Senators wished "to substitute their own philosophy or their own subjective judgment for that of the one person entrusted by the Constitution with the power of appointment." Well aware of their own constitutional authority to "advise and consent" on appointments, many Senators resented the statement...
...best, the President's letter contained a dubious view of the Senate's constitutional role. The Constitution states that the President "shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint . . . judges of the Supreme Court." The responsibility to propose is the President's alone; the power to dispose is shared...
Anyone 18 or over can donate blood without parental consent. Donors can simply walk into Memorial Hall between 10:45 a. m. and 4:30 p. m. or call 868-7600, extension "Blood Drive," during the day to make an appointment...
Article II of the Constitution calls for presidential selection "with the advice and consent" of the Senate, but reformers have repeatedly sought specific criteria. Save for Earl Warren, President Eisenhower insisted on men who had served as lower-court judges, and in the mid-1950s, several Senators introduced a bill to make court experience mandatory. Yet this plan would have excluded from the Supreme Court nearly all previous Chief Justices, including the great John Marshall, plus many distinguished Associate Justices...
Denver v. Watson was an actual case, filmed with all the participants' consent last March in Colorado (the only state besides Texas that allows cameras in the courtroom). It was "a classic of the ritual drama of American justice," says Producer Robert Fresco. The trial involved a Black Panther arrested for "resisting and interfering with a police officer." The testimony, as might be expected, was contradictory. The defense lawyer claimed that the white cop was really at fault for "harassing" a black by bellowing out "White Power!" and "We need to kill this black bastard!" The prosecution argued that...