Everything You Wanted to Know About Supreme Court Appointments

For detailed, authoritative information on the selection, evaluation, and confirmation of Supreme Court Justices, take a look at the 53-page, PDF Congressional Research Service report entitled Supreme Court Appointment Process: Roles of the President, Judiciary Committee, and Senate.   This report, which was updated on July 6, 2005, is available  on  U.S. Department of State's Foreign Press Centers web site.

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