Senator Schumer appeared Sunday on ABC’s This Week and responded to suggestions that the Senate might not confirm the lame-duck President’s nomination to replace the late Justice Scalia: “show me the clause [in the Constitution] that says [the] president’s only president for three years.”

True, Presidents serve four-year terms. But here’s a question for Senator Schumer: Can you show me the clause that says the Senate must vote on, let alone confirm, a President’s nominee?