Washington—Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today issued the following statement on today’s nominations hearing: “Before last week, the Judiciary Committee had never held a nominations hearing during an extended recess without the minority’s consent. In fact, the Judiciary Committee is the only committee holding hearings before the election. To be clear, Democrats did not agree to hold hearings when the Senate was adjourned.“Today’s hearing is the eighth held this Congress with two circuit court nominees—each held over the objection of Democrats. This happened just three times during the entire eight years of the Obama administration—each time in...