Word: consent
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UNDER the U.S. Constitution, the President appoints Government officials "by and with the advice and consent of the Senate " In the case of Cabinet members, the Senate has almost always confirmed nominations. It may yet remain for Lewis L. Strauss, up for Secretary of Commerce, to be the first Cabinet nominee turned down for reasons of personality alone. In a long career of public service, Strauss has distinguished himself. But he has a thorny, give-and-ask-no-quarter personality; he also has an implacable opponent of great talent and resolve. The result is Washington's highest drama - played...
...voted for a civil rights bill that Morse had dismissed as meaningless. Later, Neuberger committed the sin of sponsoring a trivial bill to turn over some public lands to the town of Roseburg, Ore.-without consulting Wayne Morse. That did it. Morse killed the bill, which required unanimous Senate consent. There followed a truly remarkable exchange of letters, begun by Neuberger in an attempt at reconciliation and answered by Morse in these words: "You have a lot of guts to write me ... The cowardly attempt in your letter to pass the buck to me for your failure . . . to consult with...
...Award for his doctoral dissertation, "Modern Egypt in Search of an Ideology;" the Sumner Award goes to Stafford G.W. Johnston 7G for "The Primacy of Justice: A Study of Liberalism and its Role in World Politics;" and the Toppan Prize to Paul E. Sigmund, Jr. 6G for "Hierarchy and Consent: The Political Theory of Nicholas of Cusa...
...permission. Ironically enough, it is that old target of Kremlin abuse, Marshal Tito, who has to give the permission-to fly across the Yugoslav territory that separates Albania from the other satellites. Last week, as Khrushchev's jet TU-104 streaked toward Tirana with Tito's consent, the Soviet leader wired: "As I am flying over your territory, I send you warmest congratulations on your [67th] birthday...
...constitutional provision that the President is to make treaties "by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate" is evaded by presidential "executive agreements...