Chamber, p. 11 The Governor can influence the courts by using his appointment power.

The President of the United States has several different appointment powers.

These schemes would have stood the appointment power on its head and were narrowly rejected by other Republicans.

As more agencies were introduced, the Governor's appointment power extended to them all, granting him greater indirect influence over the government.

Time, and the Presidential appointment power, have been on his side.

By this time, the President of the Philippines had appointment powers to the office.

One of their first acts was to revoke all of the governor's appointment powers.

In the second half of the 20th century, attempts were made to curb the use of the governor's appointment power for political patronage.

Despite the presence of the merit system, many governors have been criticized for abusing their appointment power.

The state courts were also reorganized, and a level of appointment power was also returned to the governor.