Senate finally starts defying Trump

At the start of Donald Trump’s second term, the Senate had a very important job: provide advice and consent on the newly elected president’s Cabinet picks, as enumerated in Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution. These hearings don’t always come with fireworks, controversy and drama — in 2017, for example, all but one of Trump’s nominations were confirmed. In 2021, all but one of Joe Biden’s picks were confirmed. But in all fairness, neither 2017 nor 2021 was the wild and…