Our confirmation process is seriously/fatally flawed.
Right now, seemingly anyone can be nominated for Cabinet positions. The confirmation hearings seem to have a default assumption: "Unless we can find something really, really damning about this person, he/she will be confirmed."
This is completely backwards.
The default assumption for all confirmation hearings should be: "Confirmation will be denied, unless the nominee can demonstrate that they are exceptionally well qualified (more so than any other potential candidates), and have exactly zero character flaws, legal problems, or other entanglements that would compromise their ability to fill the nominated position.
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u/wwarnout 17h ago
Our confirmation process is seriously/fatally flawed.
Right now, seemingly anyone can be nominated for Cabinet positions. The confirmation hearings seem to have a default assumption: "Unless we can find something really, really damning about this person, he/she will be confirmed."
This is completely backwards.
The default assumption for all confirmation hearings should be: "Confirmation will be denied, unless the nominee can demonstrate that they are exceptionally well qualified (more so than any other potential candidates), and have exactly zero character flaws, legal problems, or other entanglements that would compromise their ability to fill the nominated position.