as in the current proceedings. unsuccessfully the minority sou sought to postpone the hearings until all the requested documents were provided. the chair declined to consider the motion that would make review possible. this committee is deeply involved in the final phase of vetting supreme court nominees. based on personal experiences with the confirmation for example of william rehnquist and studying the confirmation of clarence thomas, it is clear there was an across the board failure to fully vet the nomine nominees. and it has hurt the court and the american people. because of the withholding of documents, judge kavanaugh may be traveling the same path as rehnquist and thomas. when writing a book that i did several years ago, the rehnquist choice, i explained how rehnquist was selected by nixon