the senate's role in advising and consenting to presidential appointments to the courts
Appointments Clause The Appointments Clause is part of Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution, which empowers the President of the United States to appoint certain public officials with the "advice and consent" of the United States Senate. This clause also allows lower-level officials to be appointed without the advice and consent process.
Appointment and confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States Article Two of the United States Constitution requires the President of the United States to nominate Supreme Court Justices and, with Senate confirmation, requires Justices to be appointed. This was for the division of power between the President and Senate by the founders, who wrote: