When presidents would send handwritten lists of their nominees to the Senate, things were a lot different

Peter Kastor, Washington University in St. Louis, The Conversation

Posted 1/13/25

The US now faces the likelihood of a bruising and raucous set of confirmation hearings − a clear break from the cooperative system the founders established.

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