[EL] Can President withdraw a Supreme Court nominee?

[Douglas Johnson]

A process question for those who know more than me about this process (which is just about anyone subscribing to this list):

 

Can the President stop the Senate from approving a nominee by withdrawing that nominee? Or if he tries to do so, could the Senate approve his appointment anyways?

 

Obviously Presidents have withdrawn nominees in the past, but I wonder if that was constitutional or simply both the White House and the Senate allowed to happen, since I believe it’s only happened when the Senate was refusing to act.

 

Douglas Johnson

Fellow, Rose Institute of State and Local Government

Claremont McKenna College

Douglas.johnson at cmc.edu

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