While the president decides whom to choose for the senior roles in his administration, there’s no getting around the Senate’s role in confirming Cabinet nominees, as President-elect Donald Trump and his now-former choice for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, have learned.
The president, according to Article II of the Constitution, is in charge of the executive branch, and that means choosing who serves in senior posts.
Andy Smarick is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. He writes regularly for his Substack “Governing Right.”
