unsuccessfully, minority sought to postpone these 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 vetti vetti vetting supreme court nominees. based on personal experiences with the confirmation of william reinquist in studying the confirmation of clarence thomas, it's clear there was an across the board failure to fully vet the nominees and it has haunted their careers on the court. it's hurt the court and the american people. because of the with holding of documents, judge kavanagh may be traveling the same path as reinquist and thomas. when writing a book that i did several years ago, the reinquist choice, i explained how reinquist was selected by nixon as one of the two for two openings that occurred in 1971.