Power to appoint

• 25 CFR 140.1 - Sole power to appoint.

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 25: Indians

• Skelos v. Paterson: the surprisingly strong case for the governor's surprising power to appoint a lieutenant governor.

On July 8, 2009, Governor David Paterson surprised New York's legal and political world by announcing his intention to appoint Richard Ravitch to fill...

• Albany Law Review
• Vol. 73 Nbr. 3, March 2010

• Showdown Over Schools / Views Differ On Unified Board -- Pickler and Commissioners at Odds On Size, Power to Appoint

Some Shelby County commissioners said this week it's time to prepare for a unified city and county school system and proposed quickly adding members to the county school board to ensure fair representation. But county school board chairman David Pickler said it'll be up to his board to decide whether to add seats if Memphis voters approve a merger of the systems on March 8.

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• January 24, 2011

• 28 USC 756 - Sec. 756. Power to appoint

• US Code - Title 28: Judiciary and Judicial Procedure

• Doyle Vetoes Transfer of Power to Appoint Dnr Secretary Bill Would Cancel; Governor's Authority

By LEE BERGQUIST and PATRICK MARLEY Gov. Jim Doyle vetoed a bill Friday that would strip future governors of the power to name the secretary of the Department of Natural Resources.

• The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• November 14, 2009

• 25 USC 261 - Sec. 261. Power to appoint traders with Indians

• US Code - Title 25: Indians

• Blagojevich Gets 14 Years in Prison

CHICAGO - Rod Blagojevich, the ousted Illinois governor whose three-year battle against criminal charges became a national spectacle, was sentenced to 14 years in prison Wednesday, one of the stiffest penalties imposed for corruption in a state with a history of crooked politics. Among his 18 convictions is the explosive charge that he tried to leverage his power to appoint someone to President Barack Obama's vacated Senate seat in exchange for campaign cash or land a high- paying job.

• Charleston Daily Mail
• December 08, 2011

• Critics of; Politics in Dnr Fill Hearing Power to Appoint Secretary at Issue

Current and former Department of Natural Resources employees told lawmakers on Tuesday that morale has plummeted and the department has become more political since 1995, when the governor assumed authority to appoint the secretary. The overwhelming majority who testified in Madison before the Assembly Natural Resources Committee said they backed a bill to give power to the seven-member Natural Resources Board.

• The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• July 29, 2009

• Counsels, councils and lunch: preventing abuse of the power to appoint independent counsels.

The Judicial Conduct Act should govern judges serving in the Special Division of the D.C. Circuit who make independent counsel appointments. That approach would be simpler than amending the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to cover cases in which the appointment power is abused. Complaints against Judge David B. Sentelle were dismissed by Judge Harry T. Edwards in In re Charge of Judicial Misconduct or Disability, as a result of an overly formalistic interpretation of the Judicial Conduct Act.

• University of Pennsylvania Law Review
• Vol. 144 Nbr. 6, June 1996

• Ex-Governor Gets Long Term in Federal Prison

CHICAGO - Rod Blagojevich, the ousted Illinois governor whose three-year battle against criminal charges became a national spectacle, was sentenced to 14 years in prison Wednesday, one of the stiffest penalties imposed for corruption in a state with a history of crooked politics. Among his 18 convictions is the explosive charge that he tried to leverage his power to appoint someone to President Obama's vacated Senate seat in exchange for campaign cash or land a high-paying job.

• Charleston Gazette
• December 08, 2011