Sentence examples for appoint not to from inspiring English sources

From the time of George Washington, presidents have understood Article II to grant them the authority to hire and fire all subordinate officers of the United States, and hence command their activities, even though the Constitution mentions only the power to appoint, not to remove.

"I was appointed not to be self-defense minister but defense minister," he said, as he tried to finesse the crisis.

If she does what she says she will do, religious freedom will be restricted in unprecedented ways, protections for the unborn will be rescinded, and Supreme Court justices will be appointed not to uphold the Constitution but to advocate liberal views on abortion and LGBT rights.

One man to buck the trend was Gerald Ford, but he was appointed not elected to office in 1974.What explains this curious fact?

They saw it as a mockery of democracy: a committee of professors who had been appointed, not elected, to rubber-stamp a set of decisions that had already been made.

She was appointed (not elected) by the Labour Party to the House of Lords, from where she was sent to Brussels as trade commissioner.

Mr. McGreevey has appointed not one but two people to newly created positions in the state's effort against terrorism.

Gigante was appointed, not elected.

Remember that the important thing in the training is to keep running for the appointed time, not to cover the longest distance in that time.

He also knows if he doesn't appoint Yellen, he will seem to have gone out of his way not to appoint the first woman in this crucial job.

Victoria objected when Gladstone proposed appointing the Radical MP Henry Labouchere to the Cabinet, so Gladstone agreed not to appoint him.