Listed below are the dates of selected Supreme Court nominees’ hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee since 1971. When available, links to full hearing transcripts are provided. (File sizes are extremely large and may be slow to open. All files are in PDF.)
Ketanji Brown Jackson
S. Hrg. held Mar 21, 22, 23, 24, 2022
Amy Coney Barrett
S. Hrg. held Oct 12, 13, 14, 15, 2020
Brett M. Kavanaugh
Neil M. Gorsuch
Elena Kagan
Sonia Sotomayor
Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
John G. Roberts, Jr.
Stephen G. Breyer
Clarence Thomas
S.Hrg. 102-1084, parts 1-4
Part 1, Sep 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 1991
Part 2, Sep 17 and 19, 1991
Part 3, Sep 20, 1991
Part 4, Oct 11, 12, 13, 1991
Part 4 Errata
David H. Souter
Anthony M. Kennedy
William H. Rehnquist (to be Chief Justice)
Antonin Scalia
Sandra Day O'Connor
John Paul Stevens
William H. Rehnquist (to be Associate Justice)
Lewis F. Powell Jr.
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