The Chair isn't king.
Republicans will have a bigger majority on Judiciary. And hearings WILL be scheduled. Before Freepers have a seizure, let's remember NOTHING would have happened had Leahy been in charge.
Don't bet on it. He selects the committee staff and can stack it against every one of the president's agenda items. And you won't even know it because it will be done behind closed doors.
Specter has to go - PERIOD.