<P> Following is a table of the approximate number of hours that media sources estimate were spent on the questioning of Supreme Court nominees: </P> <Table> Supreme Court Nominees: Hours Spent Being Questioned <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Nominee </Th> <Th> Hours </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1925 </Td> <Td> Harlan Fiske Stone </Td> <Td> 7000500000000000000 ♠ 5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1938 </Td> <Td> Felix Frankfurter </Td> <Td> * </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1955 </Td> <Td> John Marshall Harlan II </Td> <Td> * </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1957 </Td> <Td> William J. Brennan, Jr . </Td> <Td> 7000300000000000000 ♠ 3 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1967 </Td> <Td> Thurgood Marshall </Td> <Td> 7000700000000000000 ♠ 7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1971 </Td> <Td> William H. Rehnquist </Td> <Td> 7000700000000000000 ♠ 7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Paul Stevens </Td> <Td> 7000600000000000000 ♠ 6 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1981 </Td> <Td> Sandra Day O'Connor </Td> <Td> 7001120000000000000 ♠ 12 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Robert Bork (not confirmed) </Td> <Td> 7001300000000000000 ♠ 30 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Anthony Kennedy </Td> <Td> 7001110000000000000 ♠ 11 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> David H. Souter </Td> <Td> 7001200000000000000 ♠ 20 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1991 </Td> <Td> Clarence Thomas </Td> <Td> 7001250000000000000 ♠ 25 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ruth Bader Ginsburg </Td> <Td> 7001200000000000000 ♠ 20 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Stephen G. Breyer </Td> <Td> 7001200000000000000 ♠ 20 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2005 </Td> <Td> John G. Roberts, Jr . </Td> <Td> 7001200000000000000 ♠ 20 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2016 </Td> <Td> Merrick Garland (not confirmed) </Td> <Td> 5000000000000000000 ♠ 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2017 </Td> <Td> Neil Gorsuch </Td> <Td> 7001200000000000000 ♠ 20 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Year </Th> <Th> Nominee </Th> <Th> Hours </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1925 </Td> <Td> Harlan Fiske Stone </Td> <Td> 7000500000000000000 ♠ 5 </Td> </Tr>

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