Effects Quote by Arlen Specter

The hearings are just like a snake about to devour people.

— Pat Nixon

If you think about the way the hearings were structured, the hearings were really about Thomas' race and my gender.

— Anita Hill

It now becomes clear why the Bush Administration has been vigorously opposing congressional hearings. The Bush Administration has been engaged in a conspiracy of…

— Cynthia McKinney

We must remember that judicial nominees are constrained in what they may discuss and how they may discuss it.

— Orrin Hatch

How much trouble did the Democrats cause for a particular nominee on the way to actually being confirmed.And usually it's very little.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

Even Merrick Garland can't get up and give a press conference in which he says, "Give me a damn vote." We just hear silence.

— Dahlia Lithwick

The question for the Republicans running the confirmation hearings in the United States Senate is whose rules are they going to use?

— Lawrence O'Donnell

Debates are set up for nothing more than to tear down the candidates. It's pretty hard to be able to sit and lay out…

— Rick Perry

While the president is to nominate that individual [to Supreme Court], we in the Senate must provide our advice and consent. This function is…

— Mike DeWine

Democratic Rep. Charles Schumer of New York made a plea to Livingston, the incoming speaker. These new hearings, these new subpoenas wave a red…

— Charles Schumer

Holding Congressional hearings is the purview of the majority, and during the first years of the Obama administration, Democrats could not be bothered.

— Matt Gaetz

No matter how badly senators want to know things, judicial nominees are limited in what they may discuss. That limitation is real, and it…

— Orrin Hatch