"If enuf R's suddenly decide to go along, and he's kicked out next week, who will name his replacement?"
"Probably the same people who are naming the replacement for Virginia's lieutenant governor."
How did you manage to pass your citizenship test?
Article II, Section 2, Clause 2...
He shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments. |
