advice and consent

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   a legal expression in the United States Constitution that allows the Senate to constrain the President's powers of appointment and treaty-making

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   Part ofUnited States Constitution

   law

Questions about advice and consent

What does advice and consent mean?

advice and consent means "a legal expression in the United States Constitution that allows the Senate to constrain the President's powers of appointment and treaty-making".

Is advice and consent a common word?

advice and consent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.