The president "shall nominate". Not "shall" unless some unwritten nominate-by date has passed.
The Constitution provides that the president shall nominate federal judges.
Section 2—Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.
The final version of Article II, which defined the powers of the judiciary, stated that the President "shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint" members of the federal judiciary.
Pursuant to Article II of the U.S. Constitution, the president "shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint..
Where we have ended up in 2018 is actually where the framers began when they declared in Article II, Section 2 that the president "shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint. . .
The President of the National Academy of Sciences shall nominate for each Panel a number of individuals equal to three times the number of members to be appointed to the Panel.
The President, after consultation with the Senior Fellow, shall nominate, and the Corporation shall elect, the members of each committee and the Chairs of committees other than the Prudential Committee.
The Constitution provides that the President "shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall appoint" Supreme Court Justices and, as established by Congress, other federal judges.
Article Two, Section 2 of the Constitution provides that the president "shall nominate and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint…judges of the Supreme Court". If this question came up after a new president was elected in November and before taking office in January, sure you would delay the process.
The text says the president "shall nominate" and "shall appoint" Supreme Court justices.
