annechen-melo:

“There may be some debate over how punctual the Senate needs to be in presidential advice and consent. There may be furious debate over the newly invented rule that presidents may not make certain appointments during election years because reasons. But it should be a fairly standard-issue bit of bipartisan common sense that, say, presidents who are under active investigation for acts of potential treason should not be granted unilateral power to make lifetime federal appointments–not until they are cleared of wrongdoing.”

— Presidents under active criminal investigation do not get to make lifetime court picks
(via wilwheaton)