Panel Sets Hearings on Rehnquist, Scalia

Confirmation hearings on President Reagan’s nomination of Supreme Court Justice William H. Rehnquist to be chief justice are scheduled for July 22, the Senate Judiciary Committee announced Wednesday.

The announcement by Chairman Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) said that the panel had also scheduled a July 29 hearing on the nomination of federal appellate Judge Antonin Scalia to replace Rehnquist as an associate justice. A committee spokesman said Thurmond hopes the Senate can vote on the nominations before a two-week recess, beginning Aug. 14.