BUS 200: Legal & Regulatory Environment of Business: Presidential Appointment Process

Listed below is a small sample of resources (from the Library or free online) that may be useful for understanding the Presidential nomination and appointment process

• Search Worldwide Political Science Abstracts for articles related to current -- or historical -- presidential appointments.
• Search Hein Online or WestlawNext Campus Research for legal and political resources related to the presidential appointment process.
• FiveThirtyEight is a respected and often-quoted political blog run by political analyst Nate Silver. You can search the site (try Supreme Court or presidential appointments or Kavanaugh) for insight into current issues related to the presidential appointment process.
• Search CQ Researcher for analysis of issues related to presidential nominations, cabinet appointments, the role of the Senate in the nominations process, or appointments under specific presidents.  For example, a broad search for the phrase "supreme court" yields a large number of results; use the "search within results" feature to add a word such as "nomination" or "appointment." 
• Library of Congress: Results of search for two combined subjects: Presidential appointments and Advice and Consent of the Senate
• U.S. Senate Virtual Reference Desk: Nominations
• To find more, search the Senate site for phrases such as "presidential nominations and appointments"
• Congressional Research Service: the research arm of the Library of Congress. Searchable via the Federation of American Scientists (FAS.org); EveryCRSReport.com; and the University of North Texas digital library. Try search phrases such as Supreme Court Nomination or Supreme Court Appointment; or Brett Kavanaugh or Robert Bork.

• Position papers from think tanks and trade or professional associations include:
  • Brookings Institution research on presidential appointments.
  • The Cato Institute, see blog postings (tag: nominations) with links to related topics; or topics related to the Supreme Court
  • The Heritage Foundation
  • The Pew Research Center, review search results [mostly related to public opinion] for "presidential nominations"

• Also consider searching for news and opinions about "presidential nominations" or "presidential appointments" or "recess appointments", etc. from media organizations, including the following:
  • The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/
  • PBS.org: http://www.pbs.org/
  • Time: http://www.time.com/time/
  • The Weekly Standard: http://www.weeklystandard.com/

• Identify books about your topic, then find book reviews (favorable and critical) or additional information about the author(s).
  • In addition to the small sample of books listed on this page, you can find more relevant titles in the TCNJ Library by using the advanced search feature to search subject categories such as cabinet officers -- United States; government executives -- United States; and United States -- Officials and employees -- Selection and appointment
  • Library catalogs beyond TCNJ may have more titles.  For example, you can search the catalog of the Library of Congress for any of the subject headings noted above (or any of the book titles on this page, to find additional subject headings) 
  • If any of the results from the above search seem interesting, but are not available at TCNJ Library, you can request a copy via Interlibrary Loan. Or it may be sufficient to view the Amazon.com page for the book, which could includes book reviews and links to supplemental information.
  • Book reviews may provide sufficient insight about the book's content and focus.  To search for these, select "review" as a document type when doing an article search in one of the Library's article databases. The publisher's website or authors' personal web pages may also be a source of additional information.

Listed below is a selection of books available in TCNJ Library