judicial nominee
Court appointment candidate
A judicial nominee is a person formally proposed for appointment to a judgeship, typically by a president or governor.
In the United States, federal judicial nominees—especially those for the Supreme Court—undergo Senate confirmation hearings that often become politically charged: The judicial nominee faced tough questioning about her views on abortion.
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- Senate hearingLegislative investigative proceeding
- confirmation voteApproval of an appointee
- SenateLegislative body, often bicameral's elder
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
appointment · lifetime appointment · gavel · robes · bench · vetting · background check · paper trail · oath · sworn in · testimony · scrutiny · partisan · filibuster · vote · committee · qualifications · lifetime
- candidatescandidate, candidates, contender, contenders, hopeful
- Judicial Appointmentsconfirmation hearing, confirmation vote, lifetime appointment, appointee, shortlist
- judiciaryjustices, magistrates, chief justice, supreme courts