confirmation hearings

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1. Meetings held by the Senate to gather information about candidates for federal office nominated by the president of the United States. Under the Constitution, the president has the right to appoint whomever he wants to various government offices, including members of the cabinet and federal judges, but each appointment must be approved by the Senate as part of the separation of powers.

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confirmation hearings

And during Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch’s 2017 confirmation hearings, some media outlets claimed that President Donald Trump’s nominee had plagiarized parts of his 2006 book about assisted suicide.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

“I believe that the Constitution is fixed in its meaning,” Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said during her 2022 confirmation hearings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

The billionaire entrepreneur referenced high costs at the La Cañada Flintridge institution in a memo prepared in advance of his confirmation hearings on his priorities for the space agency.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026

I started working in legal journalism right as Trump took office, which meant that one of the first major news stories I covered was Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court and his confirmation hearings.

From Slate ● May 13, 2026

John Bolton, undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, admitted, during his confirmation hearings, to having received $30,000 to cover the costs of writing 3 research papers.

From Crime and Corruption by Samuel Vaknin