True or False: The Constitution requires Senate confirmation for all advisers who can influence federal policy, preventing billionaires from installing unvetted ideologues in government.

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False. The Constitution only requires Senate confirmation for formal appointees to specific offices. Informal advisers, consultants, and "friends" of officials face no confirmation process, financial disclosure requirements, or ethics oversight—despite potentially having enormous policy influence. This constitutional gap allows people like Curtis Yarvin to attend Trump's inauguration as an honored guest and influence policy through J.D. Vance without any democratic vetting. Similarly, Marc Andreessen can serve as Trump's informal tech adviser while his venture capital firm has billions invested in companies that benefit from favorable regulations. The Founders didn't anticipate how modern billionaire networks could capture policy-making through unofficial channels that bypass constitutional safeguards.

True or False: The Constitution requires Senate confirmation for all advisers who can influence federal policy, preventing billionaires from installing unvetted ideologues in government.

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