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The Legislative Branch of the United States government is the one that can confirm Presidential appointments. The Senate can sometimes hold a hearing to debate the issue and ask questions of the appointees before making a decision.
The Senate confirms both federal judges and Supreme Court justices.
In a presidential form of government, the legislative branch typically approves the appointments of members of the judicial branch. For example, in the United States, the President nominates judges, including Supreme Court justices, but these nominations must be confirmed by the Senate. This system of checks and balances ensures that no single branch has unchecked power over judicial appointments.
Appointments to the Supreme Court are nominated by the President and approved by the United States Senate. There is a hearing, and one more than half of the Senate must approve in the affirmative for the appointment to be valid.
The US President. Congress however has to ratify the Presidential appointments.
In the United States the Congress, or legislative branch confirms federal judicial appointments. It is the Senate as upper house of the Congress that has the Constitutional power to confirm federal judges, and Supreme Court nominees.
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Congress can check the executive branch in a number of ways. It can override a presidential veto with a 2/3 majority. It also reviews (and subsequently confirms or denies) presidential appointments (e.g. to the Supreme Court). It also controls the national budget, and - perhaps most importantly - it has the power of impeachment, through which it can remove the President from office.
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