Advice and Consent key to upholding the constitution and democracy.
Wolfe 99 (Christopher, Dr. Wolfe was President of the American Public Philosophy Institute, an interdisciplinary group of scholars from various universities, Ph.D. from Boston College, B.A. University of Notre Dame, University of Dallas, Distinguished Emeritus Affiliate Professor, Co-Director of the Thomas International Center , “The Senate's Power to Give "Advice and Consent" In Judicial Appointments”, Marquette Law Review, Winter 1999, https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1404&context=mulr, Accessed July 28 2023) // CD
What exactly is the role of the United States Senate in providing "advice and consent" to presidential judicial nominations? This Article argues that the Senate's power to advise and consent is indeed a broad one. At the same time, however, it will show that there are in the Constitution itself norms for the responsible use of that broad power.