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The effects of this power of the President on the independence of the Turkish judiciary will be examined below. For the sake of comparison, it should be noted that the President of the United States does not have the power to unilaterally appoint Supreme Court or other federal judges. All Supreme Court justices, and indeed all judges of the federal judiciary, must be nominated by the President and approved with the advice and consent of the U.S. Senate. (U.S. Const., art. II, sec. 2, cl. 2). Under current Senate debate rules, this in practice means that approval of a supermajority of at least 60 members of the U.S. Senate is required.