judicial appointment
Judge selection process
A judicial appointment is the selection and installation of a judge to serve on a court.
In the United States, federal judges receive judicial appointments from the president with Senate confirmation, while state systems vary—some appoint, others elect.
The term often appears in political contexts where such appointments carry ideological significance: The president's judicial appointments reshaped the federal bench for a generation.
- nominationFormal candidate selection
- short listCulled selection of finalists
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- confirmation voteApproval of an appointee
- benchShared seating surface
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Removal from position
impeachment · at-will employment · removal from office · termination · forced resignation
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