You guys are being trolled. Anyone with an open mind can see that these hearings are no different from other congressional hearings, with closed-door factfinding (especially important, so that witnesses can't in some cases "get their stories to match" in advance, and in some cases protect witnesses from tampering and intimidation) and members of both parties given equal time to question witnesses. This idiot troll has gotten nearly every one here to point out the same things, post citations, quote constitutional scholars, quote Republicans of hearings past, and then point it out again. The troll strategy is to wear you down until you just don't fucking care any more. And why should you - you're trying to establish contact with a closed mind.