the Senate. The Senate has thirty (30) days within which to choose one of the candidates. If the Senate does not decide within that period, the President chooses one of the nominees. If the Senate rejects all three nominees, the President is required to submit a new list of three. If the Senate rejects the second list, the President chooses one of the nominees on the second list. See also Judicial nominating commission Missouri Plan References Bibliography James W. Ely and Theodore Brown (2002), A history of the Tennessee Supreme Court, University of Tennessee Press, , Tennessee state courts Selection of judges in the United States