Denis Steven Rutkus' "Supreme Court Appointment Process: Roles of the President, Judiciary Committee, and Senate"
Read this report on the Supreme Court nomination process. Read pages 1-16 carefully, and skim the remainder of the report. Pages 1-16 of the report give a detailed account of the president's role in the filling vacancies on the Supreme Court. The rest of the report explains the Congressional process.
Click http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/50146.pdf link to open resource.