Woodrow Wilson, the first thoroughly progressive president and (hence) the first president to criticize the Founding, did so resoundingly. Hence today’s drama surrounding the Senate’s unshirkable duty to consent to, or reject, presidential nominees to high offices. The Senate’s power to reject presidential nominees is as plenary as is the president’s power to nominate. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place.” A senator’s interest is braided with the Senate’s powers. The one voters chose has inadvertently brought us a Madisonian moment he should be made to regret.

Source: Washington Post November 21, 2024 13:18 UTC