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A New Head of the World Bank

In the wake of Bush’s appointment of Josh Bolton (Mr. “There is no United Nations… When the United States leads, the United Nations will follow”) to the position of US…

Controlling the Supreme Court

…the requirement of Senate confirmation. Or is it? At least temporarily, the president can make a recess appointment, which doesn’t require Senate confirmation. Now consider the following scenario: the election’s…

…Post as Pioneers in the 2000 campaign, 104 — or slightly more than 40 percent — ended up in a job or an appointment. A study by The Washington Post,…