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.
AH, there's the popcorn.
The dims left their posts earlier. FNC saying Schummer has not been seen at all.
:-)
Lisa what prediction?
Birth year - 1946... too old?
Born on Christmas Eve, 1946
Roberts can't be beaten, they know it. The next nominee is in for a bloodbath though.
I suspect that Schumer is trying to find out how many ways he can mention himself in every sentence.
They need to come up with some Zinger-type sound bites, or this comes off as DEM defeat and surrender....
The DU crowd is already screaming for some of these DEMS heads, because they aren't "Partisan" enough as it is!!!
Yeah he went on a rant there.
Not if the White House plays it right.. everyone thought this would be a bloodbath....but the White House neutered the DEMS.
"The dims left their posts earlier. FNC saying Schummer has not been seen at all."
Hmmm. What do you make of this? My take is that, as I expected, Roberts is just too much for them. Too much intellect, too much integrity of character, too much honesty, too much man.
Delicious, indeed. And best served cold.
Here's a test question, which comes first and where
Life,
Liberty,
The Persuit of Happiness?
Not the Liberty to take life to make you happy.
Geez, those words sound familiar...hmmm, where could those have come from?
In case you're not a citizen (and haven't yet internalized the wonderful history of this country), or went to UC Berkeley, let me give you a quicker route:
http://thewideawakes.org/archives/category/founding-fathers/
Thank you. I'll read his bio during the break. I can't tell you in words how utterly magnificently Sessions used his time. WOW! Totally impressed.
And just what was Roberts' position on Romer? He neither argued the case nor adjudicated it. He played Scalia in a moot court situation.
I think it's tough to infer his position from the role he played.
I found a copy of Schumers questions...give me a mintue and I'll post them.
I'm afraid the dummies are hardely noticing the Roberts confirmation hearings, or anything else. They are still wrapped up in TAKING CHIMP DOWN over Katrina.
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