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Judge Samuel A. Alito Answered A Higher Percentage (95%) Of Questions On His Opening Day Of Questioning Than Justices John Roberts (89%) Or Ruth Bader Ginsburg (79%) Did During Their Full Confirmation Hearings.
Judge Samuel A. Alito Breakdown:
On The First Day Of Questioning, Judge Samuel A. Alito Was Asked At Least 346 Questions By Members Of The Judiciary Committee. (Transcript Of Hearings On The Nomination Of Judge Samuel Alito, Committee On The Judiciary, U.S. Senate, Hearing, 1/10/06)
* Of Those 346 Questions, Judge Alito Answered At Least 328 Of Those Questions (95%). (Transcript Of Hearings On The Nomination Of Judge Samuel Alito, Committee On The Judiciary, U.S. Senate, Hearing, 1/10/06)
* Of Those 346 Questions, Judge Alito Declined To Answer Only 18 Of Those Questions (5%). (Transcript Of Hearings On The Nomination Of Judge Samuel Alito, Committee On The Judiciary, U.S. Senate, Hearing, 1/10/06)
Judge John Roberts Breakdown:
Throughout His Supreme Court Nomination Hearings, Judge John G. Roberts Was Asked At Least 574 Questions By Members Of The Judiciary Committee. (Transcript Of Fourth Day Of Hearings On The Nomination Of Judge John Roberts, Committee On The Judiciary, U.S. Senate, Hearing, 9/15/05)
* Of Those 574 Questions, Judge Roberts Only Answered 510 Of Those Questions (89%). (Transcript Of Fourth Day Of Hearings On The Nomination Of Judge John Roberts, Committee On The Judiciary, U.S. Senate, Hearing, 9/15/05)
* Of Those 574 Questions, Judge Roberts Declined To Answer 64 Of Those Questions (11%). (Transcript Of Fourth Day Of Hearings On The Nomination Of Judge John Roberts, Committee On The Judiciary, U.S. Senate, Hearing, 9/15/05)
Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg Breakdown:
Throughout Her Supreme Court Nomination Hearings, Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was Asked At Least 275 Questions By Members Of The Judiciary Committee. (Transcript Of Hearings On The Nomination Of Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Committee On The Judiciary, U.S. Senate, Hearing, 7/20/93 – 7/22/93)
* Of Those 275 Questions, Judge Ginsburg Only Answered 216 Of Those Questions (79%). (Transcript Of Hearings On The Nomination Of Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Committee On The Judiciary, U.S. Senate, Hearing, 7/20/93 – 7/22/93)
* Of Those 275 Questions, Judge Ginsburg Declined To Answer 59 Of Those Questions (21%). (Transcript Of Hearings On The Nomination Of Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Committee On The Judiciary, U.S. Senate, Hearing, 7/20/93 – 7/22/93)





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