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Nomination Hearings for Supreme Court Justices

Here are the complete transcripts of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on selected Supreme Court justice nominations since 1971. (File sizes are extremely large and may be slow to open. All files are in PDF.)

Sonia Sotomayor

S.Hrg. 111-503,  Jul 13, 14, 15, 16, 2009

Samuel Alito

S.Hrg. 109-277,  Jan. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 2006

John Roberts

S.Hrg. 109-158,   Sept. 12, 13, 14, 15, 2005

Stephen Breyer

S.Hrg. 103-715,   July 12, 13, 14, 15, 1994                                  

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

S.Hrg. 103-482,   July 20, 21, 22, 23, 1993      

Clarence Thomas

S.Hrg. 102-1084, parts 1-4

Part 1, Sept. 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 1991

Part 2, Sept. 17 and 19, 1991    

Part 3, Sept. 20, 1991    

Part 4, Oct. 11, 12, 13, 1991

Part 4 Errata

David Souter

S.Hrg. 101-1263,  Sept. 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 1990

Anthony Kennedy

S.Hrg. 100-1037,  Dec. 14, 15, 16, 1987

William Rehnquist (to be Chief Justice)

S.Hrg. 99-1067,  July 29, 30, 31 and Aug. 1, 1986

Antonin Scalia

S.Hrg. 99-1064,  Aug. 5 and 6, 1986

Sandra Day O'Connor

No. 87-101,  Sept. 9, 10, 11, 1981

John Paul Stevens

No. 63-774,  Dec. 8, 9, 10, 1975

William Rehnquist (to be Associate Justice)

No. 69-267,  Nov. 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 1971

Lewis F. Powell Jr. (to be Associate Justice)

No. 69-267,  Nov. 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 1971

 

 
 
  

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Supreme Court Nominations is a list of nominees to the Court since 1789.


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