<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> The Appointments Clause is part of Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution, which empowers the President of the United States to appoint certain public officials with the "advice and consent" of the United States Senate . This clause also allows lower - level officials to be appointed without the advice and consent process . </P> <P> The relevant provision of the Appointments Clause is: </P>

The senate's role in advising and consenting to presidential appointments to the courts