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A president usually honors the principle of senatorial courtesy in appointing judges to District Courts. Why is this?

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Step-by-step explanation:

Senatorial courtesy is a long-standing unwritten, unofficial, and nonbinding political custom (or constitutional convention) in the United States describing the tendency of U.S. senators to support a Senate colleague when opposing the appointment to federal office of a nominee from that Senator's state.

The core message of the Supremacy Clause is simple: the Constitution and federal laws (of the types listed in the first part of the Clause) take priority over any conflicting rules of state law. The Supremacy Clause also establishes a noteworthy principle about treaties.

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