The practice known as senatorial courtesy

a. requires the Senate to confirm the president’s appointments to the district courts.
b. allows senators of the president’s political party who object to a candidate whom the president wishes to appoint to a district judgeship in their home state to have a virtual veto over the nomination.
c. requires the president to use the blue slip procedure when asking a senator to recommend judges for the federal bench.
d. allows the Senate an opportunity to override a presidential veto of a Supreme Court appointment.

b. allows senators of the president’s political party who object to a candidate whom the president wishes to appoint to a district judgeship in their home state to have a virtual veto over the nomination.

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Because Texas did not suffer the physical destruction that burdened the other Confederate states, economic recovery and development came quickly after the Civil War

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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In comparison with other highly developed industrial countries, the agricultural sector of France

A. remains important economically but not politically. B. remains important politically but not economically. C. remains important both economically and politically. D. is of very little importance.

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