Posted on 09/13/2005 5:01:31 AM PDT by OXENinFLA
Q&A with Roberts to Start
On Tuesday, the eighteen members of the Senate Judiciary Cmte. begin questioning Chief Justice nominee John Roberts. This will take all day, with the senators asking their questions, up to a half-hour for each member, in order of seniority, alternating by party.
The Schedule (media advisory)
Tentative Schedule for the Hearing: Schedule is subject to change
Tuesday, Sept. 13
9:30 am Chairman Specter begins 30 minute round of questioning (Round 1)
1:00 pm Break for lunch
2:00 pm Resume questioning
6:00 pm Break for dinner
7:00 pm Resume questioning
8:30 pm Round 1 questioning ends
The Dem playbook
The Hill newspaper gives us a peek at the Democratic playbook for the Roberts hearings. Below are the attack assignments for the Democratic members of the Committee:
Kennedy -- civil rights
Leahy -- Bybee torture memo
Biden -- privacy, personal autonomyand the 9th Amendment
Kohl -- Property rights and civil liberties
Feinstein -- "judicial activism" and Roe vs. Wade
Feingold -- limits of executive powers
Schumer and Durbin have wisely refused to show their hand.
Via FromTheBleachers
LIVE LINKS
Senate Judiciary Committee webcast.
But I don't think Kennedy was there to hear it, was he?
The horror!!!!
LOL! That thing should have given out long ago.
Wish all states would turn RED and hire people like Sessions. Our country would be a much better place!
Your state done good.
Are you really this obtuse?
Of course, you do realize, don't you, that if a judge can DEFEND life, then another judge can ATTACK life, right?
A judge is not an ADVOCATE of anything.
Unless of course you want an activist judge -- but I was under the impression that conservatives were against that.
Are you at the wrong forum?
Speaking of leaving this wonderful school lesson of Judge Roberts teaching our hapless representatives about the Constitution, does anyone know whether you can listen to the hearings on radio (not XM or Sirius). About to begin the long commute home and do not want to miss my wonderful senator from NY learning a thing or two from Judge Roberts.
Yes he would. And I'll bet that the DemocRATS, more than once, have wished that they hadn't blocked his appointment.
But I'm glad that they did. He's a joy to watch in the Senate and a burr under the RATs' saddle.
Why did the toad cross the road?
To get to the other tide.
* * *
What do you get if you cross a toad with a galaxy?
Star warts!
You really are just as bad as a liberal. You just want Roberts to be a "judicial activist" for your position. Again, it's not his job to "defend babies." It's his job to apply the law, not to decide what he thinks the law should be. Of course, he may ultimately vote to overturn R v. W. So why would you criticize him for not voicing an opinion on future cases, when voicing that opinion would most likely lead to his non-confirmation?
Did the toad take an elevator (Rice V. Santa Fe Elevator Corp.)
Am I the only one who hates her politics but think she's an attractive woman (before she opens her mouth)?
Fox is playing it on XM
Her questions don't insult this Catholic. They make me pity her. Sad little creature.
Not to worry- his staff is furiously scribbling notes for rebuttal:)
Sessions is terrific..
Who are you talking about?
groan....
C-SPAN has a radio channel -- but I don't know it.
Anyone?
Please help find a radio station so deputac can listen to hearing on the commute home.
Feinstein.
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