The Nation - News from Dec. 6, 1985
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The Senate Judiciary Committee, responding to Democrats’ complaints that the Reagan Administration is trying to pack the U.S. court system with conservative zealots, agreed to slow down the process for reviewing judicial nominees. Mark Goodin, spokesman for committee Chairman Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.), said the panel decided in closed session to establish a minimum four-week period for reviewing the qualifications of nominees--three weeks for study before a public hearing and one week between the hearing and a vote.
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