nominations have been held within 16 days of the announcement of the nominee. 13, black, powell blackmun,erger, 13 -- 15, berger, 13. we are doing this constitutionally. that our democratic colleague subject to the process, i respect them all. they will have a chance to have their say. hopefully we will know more about how the law works, checks and balances, what the supreme court is all about, when this hearing is over. hearing is a chance for democrats to dig deep into her appropriately ask her about the law, how she would be different and what is on her mind and it gives republicans a chance to do the same thing, and most importantly it gives the chance toeople the find out about judge barrett. yourselves, is this person qualified? as justiceualified soto and justice kagan? i think so. they have a different legal philosophy than my own but i never doubted that they were not qualified. i thought that gorsuch and cavanaugh were qualified. the senate has looked at the qualifications more than anything else. pathve taken a different at times, bork, thomas, alito, and kavanaugh. i hope that we d