They talk about it in a committee, then vote 'No'. This is a part of the checks and balances in the US Constitution that prevent the Executive branch from gaining too much power.
Congress must approve all appointments.
The legislative branch
The US Senate (Legislative Branch) has the power to approve or disapprove Supreme Court appointments.
The US Senate (Legislative Branch) has the power to approve or disapprove Supreme Court appointments.
The president nominates supreme court judges, and the legislative branch chooses from those nominees. The Legislative branch can write laws, but the President can veto them.
The Congress gets to approve or disapprove of who gets to be on the Supreme court.
For example - - by refusing to approve the nominees of the Executive Branch (The Presiednt) to the federal bench - and/or legislating new/updated laws to circumvent the finding of the old ones unconstitutional.
It has the power to approve new supreme court justices.
Its the legislative branch.
the judicial branch is the branch in which the Supreme Court derives its authority. However, the executive branch reserves the right to appoint judges, and the legislative branch has the right to approve or disapprove of the president's choices.
The Legislative branch but more specifically the Senate. The president proposes but the Senate must approve by 2/3 of the vote.
Today's government is made up of three branches-- the Legislative (Congress), Executive (President), and Judicial (Courts). Each of these branches holds different checks over the other branches. There are actually several checks that each branch holds, but here are a few examples: The President can veto a bill passed by Congress. This is a check that the Executive Branch holds over the Legislative. The US Supreme Court can declare an act passed by Congress unconstitutional. This is an example of a check the Judicial Branch holds over the Legislative. The President nominates federal judges for the Supreme Court and also for the other federal courts. Then, the Senate has to approve these nominees. This is actually an example of a couple of checks. The first is one that both the Executive and Legislative hold over the Judicial-- since they both have a say in who becomes a judge, they both check the judges in the US Supreme Court and in other federal courts. The second is one held by the Legislative over the Executive. This is that they must approve all nominees.