The phrase "a given nominee" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific nominee that has been mentioned or is understood in the context.
Example: "The committee will review the qualifications of a given nominee before making a final decision."
Alternatives: "a specific nominee" or "an identified nominee".
Whether Republican or Democrat, a president should get a vote on executive appointments, giving nominees a chance to make a case to a simple majority that they are fit for office.
But both of those arguments gloss over the fact that the president, any president, has a constitutional duty to fill empty court seats, and barring extraordinary circumstances, the Senate is supposed to give nominees a vote.
With peace a given, the Democratic nominee's message will be "Don't let them take prosperity away".
But the monthslong season is what gives nominees time to lobby Academy voters, which is often what wins awards.
There were certainly moments when Democrats gave nominees grief.
Nonetheless, he said the Senate's job is to give nominees hearings and votes, and they should be doing it with Garland's nomination.
The number of best picture nominees in a given year will not be disclosed until about a month before the ceremony, presumably keeping the largest possible number of Oscar campaigners on tenterhooks until the last minute.
Some historians wondered whether Supreme Court nominees had ever separated themselves in such a way from the president who nominated them; others tried to recall whether a president had ever given a nominee reason to do so.
Davis did not respond Monday to Johnson's charge of a political payoff, but said he was grateful that the Senate had given his nominee a "vote of confidence". Davis' spokesman Steve Maviglio dismissed the charge as "poppycock". Johannessen, 68, a native of Norway who served in the U.S. Army after jumping ship in Los Angeles in the early 1950s, retired from the Senate in November.
