If you could introduce a Constitutional Amendment What would it be

[The Mikado]

- Mandate supermajority votes in Senate for all judicial candidates

3/5ths or 2/3rds (like most Constitutional supermajorities)? If 2/3rds, you can pretty much guarantee that the federal judiciary will end up pretty much completely vacant.

[The Mikado]

This one cuts both ways, but I do think it'd be useful. Not going to dress this up in Constitutional language right now.

For any office subject to Senate Advise and Consent powers, including judges, Cabinet officials, and the various other executive appointments subject to Senate confirmation, if the Senate goes six months without holding a confirmation vote on an appointee, the Senate is considered to have tacitly consented and the official takes the office. This shall not apply if the appointment is made less than six months from the end of the current Congress.



Obviously, this could benefit Republican Presidents just like Democratic presidents, but the idea is that you can't just leave an office vacant forever by ignoring a Presidential appointment. If the Senate has an objection to a Presidential appointment, the way to resolve that is by a confirmation vote that ends up voting no. Refusing to have a confirmation vote indefinitely should resolve in automatic confirmation.