Conscientiousness and Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings in the Senate Judiciary Committee

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The Conditional Impact of Supreme Court Nominee Conscientiousness and Senator Party Affiliation on Forthcomingness to Hearing Questions_

Predictor	Nominee Forthcomingness
Percentage Questions on Views	−.007* (.003)
Percentage Questions on Civil Liberties	−.008* (.003)
Ideological Distance: Senator-Nominee	−.489* (.287)
Time Trend	.085* (.037)
Time Trend Squared	−.002* (.001)
Number of Questions	−.002+ (.002)
Divided Government	.688* (.189)
Qualifications	.660* (.271)
Nominee different party than senator	−.563* (.193)
Conscientiousness	.255* (.109)
Conscientiousness X Nominee different party	−.315* (.135)
Openness to Experience	−.117* (.070)
Extraversion	.009 (.072)
Agreeableness	−.241* (.129)
Neuroticism	−.040 (.105)
Constant	.850* (.430)

The Conditional Impact of Nominee Conscientiousness with Senator Party Affiliation and Nominee Qualifications on Senators’ Votes in Committee_

Predictor	Senator Vote
Nominee Responsiveness	.043* (.009)
Number of questions	−.036* (.008)
Ideological Distance: Senator-Nominee	−4.047* (1.382)
Divided Government	1.025* (.482)
Television Era	2.138* (.891)
Interest group support	.085* (.027)
Conscientiousness	3.921* (1.541)
Nominee Different Party	−5.604+ (3.599)
Conscientiousness X Nominee Different Party	−1.835 (1.626)
Qualifications	4.398* (1.7049)
Conscientiousness X Qualifications	−3.113* (1.163)
Openness to Experience	−.016 (.285)
Extraversion	.115 (.287)
Agreeableness	.279 (.278)
Neuroticism	.762* (.286)
Constant	1.348 (3.712)