Statement
of Senate Judiciary Committee Members Vary in Direct Proportion to
Allotted Time?
JANUARY
15, 2006 --
Senators
were given 20 minutes to ask questions of Justice Rehnquist
at the 1986 hearing on his nomination to be Chief Justice of
the United States.
The
time for questions at the Alito hearing was increased by 50 percent
-- to 30 minutes. LPR takes no position whether this is an argument
against televising Senate judiciary Committee hearings on Supreme
Court nominations.