Re: oppose nomination of John Ashcroft

[Mac Norton]

On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Tim May wrote:
> 
> As for Ashcroft, we'll see. Bush won, so Bush gets to appoint his 
> staff. The whole "review by the Senate" thing is a relic of the 
> McCarthy era, actually, and should be done away with.

Advice and consent of the Senate as to federal officers has been in the
Constitution from the outset, and the only time an appointee to an 
incoming President's cabinet was rejected was John Tower, long after
the McCarthy era. 
MacN