Pete Domenici: “I just want to move, for a moment, to compare how certain other judges have been treated in terms of how long they had…”

“I just want to move, for a moment, to compare how certain other judges have been treated in terms of how long they had to wait while the Senate did nothing because we were in a filibuster mode in the Senate. I want to take two or three of our nominees and just go through with those who are listening the various qualifications and the like for various nominees. I will start with Miguel Estrada, and I will take three other nominees and talk about them versus Miguel Estrada. Nominee: Douglas H. Ginsburg: nominated by President Ronald Reagan; college, Cornell University; law school, University of Chicago Law School; circuit court clerkship, Carl McGowan of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals; Supreme Court clerkship, Thurgood Marshall; Federal Government service, Deputy Assistant AG. A. Raymond Randolph: nominated by President George Bush; college, Drexel University; law school, Pennsylvania Law School; circuit court clerkship, Henry J. Friendly, Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Federal Government service, Assistant to the Solicitor General. Merrick B. Garland: nominated by President Bill Clinton; college, Harvard, summa cum laude; law school, Harvard Law School; circuit court clerkship, Henry J. Friendly, Second Circuit Court of appeals; Supreme Court clerkship, William J. Brennan, Jr.; Federal Government service, Special Assistant to the AG. Now, for each of these: it took 15 days for one of them, 66 days for one of them, and 71 days for the third.…”