Senatorial courtesy refers to the ______.

a. practice of allowing presidential appointees to serve up to one year without Senate approval
b. tradition of granting senators considerable power over federal judicial appointments in their home states
c. common-law practice of senators not asking questions of presidential appointees to the federal courts but approving them on the basis of their records
d. tradition of opposing no more than two appointments per term
e. willingness to allow presidents to make all judicial appointments from within their political parties


b. tradition of granting senators considerable power over federal judicial appointments in their home states

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The Declaration of Independence was drafted by________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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