Show courtesy of the senate senatorial courtesy Is som something e well understood but difficult to d define Z one authority defined it as indu indulged i gen cles extended by one senator to another another suggests that the tern term senatorial courtesy is one applied to a custom in the united states senate by which the procedure of that body Is based chiefly on the honor of senators rather than upon strict rules for example it Is customary usually when a former senators name Is sent in for the nomination for some appointive position to confirm lim him as a matter of course without going through the regular routine it Is also customary for the senate to refuse to confirm the nomination of an appointment to office in any state whose senator or senators objects to the person nominated on the ground that the nomination la is personally objectionable 0 |