Fox News has scheduled two Republican presidential debates for August 6. The top ten debate each other in the evening. Others debate each other at 5 pm on the same day. Until July 29, the second-tier debaters had to be at 1% or more in national polls. Now the 1% poll requirement has been waived. This helps former New York Governor George Pataki, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, and Carly Fiorina. See this story.
The 2nd tier debate is still limited to candidates whom pollsters include, so effectively entry into the 2nd tier debate has now been turned over to the discretion of polling companies. That is not an objective standard, and anyone who is excluded has grounds for a lawsuit.
10 is too many. 90 minutes –
10 min for questions leaves 8 minutes each.