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1 Lori A. Ringhand & Paul M. Collins, Jr., May It Please the Senate: An Empirical Analysis of the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings of Supreme Court Nominees, 1939-2009 589 (2011)

handle is hein.supcourt/mayitpl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: MAY IT PLEASE THE SENATE: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HEARINGS OF SUPREME COURT NOMINEES, 1939-2009 LORI A. RINGHAND PAUL M. COLLINSJR.t TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction .................................... ..... 590 I. The Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings Database....... 594 II. D ata A nalysis............................................................................. 597 A. The Quantity of Comments Over Time ........................... 598 B. Issues and Subissues ...................... ..... 600 1. Hearing administration and chatter ...... ........ 603 2. Civil rights ........................... ..... 603 a. Race and gender/sexual orientation discrimination ..................... ..... 608 b. Speech and religious freedoms ....... ....... 612 c. The right to privacy ............... .......... 614 3. Judicial philosophy ............................... 617 4. Criminal justice .................... ........ 620 C. Issue Areas and Partisan Affiliation ................ 620 1. The effect of partisan affiliation ....................... 622 2. The interaction of the partisanship of senators and nominees .................................... 624 D. Nominee Race and Gender ......................... 628 III. Conclusions: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same ................................... 631 Appendix A ........................ .................. 635 Appendix B ..................................... ..... 636 Appendix C .......................................... 639 589

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