Re: oppose nomination of John Ashcroft

On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Tim May wrote:

As for Ashcroft, we'll see. Bush won, so Bush gets to appoint his staff. The whole "review by the Senate" thing is a relic of the McCarthy era, actually, and should be done away with.

Advice and consent of the Senate as to federal officers has been in the Constitution from the outset, and the only time an appointee to an incoming President's cabinet was rejected was John Tower, long after the McCarthy era. MacN