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.
Agreed! Jealous as all get out.
Now, Lindsay, redeem yourself!
Oh, I do hope Lindsay doesn't make me mad.....he usually does.
I hear ya! IMHO he's good looking to boot! :-)
And each senator has his own and his staff's notes and each only covers two or three cases, and in almost all instances they are wrong!
And Roberts tells them how they are wrong - from memory.
Someone posted a link to the transcript from yesterday's hearings. Can someone repost it? Thanks.
Geeeeez, asking him to write a legacy of Rehnquist.
How stupid is THAT?
WHY IS HE TALKING SO FAST??????
it's an upper midwest thing, you either talk really slow or really fast.
I don't think he is. He's going through his second divorce. OTOH, I think our other Senator (Kohl) is gay.
Yes and the real puzzle is just how Roberts remained below the radar for the weeks prior to his being named as a candidate.
He wasn't invisible, but was really just a blip. So very many more names kept popping up. Now WOW, look what Bush gave us.
I'm very impressed.
"They have been at him for 8 hours now and he has at least another 1 1/2 to go. I see they saved Schumer for near the end when he is getting tired."
Nope, senators simply ask questions in order of their seniority on the committee. Schumer has the least seniority of all Dems so he is the last one to ask questions.
It pays to trust in the President's judgement in instances of the Court. I have stood with him on this nomination, and feel the more time advances it proves I was right to do so.
Judge Roberts is also confirming my initial instincts that this was a very solid pick correct.
Yeah, what's with the touchy-feely question?
Roberts is answering... but not to Lindsay's satisfaction.
Really stupid. Couldn't he think of anything relevant to ask?
He was on the tip of Hugh Hewitt's tongue for weeks before along with Luttig, check his blog.
*smiling* -- yep, he's a looker too.
The gutter snipe is last?
Lindsay is embarrassing himself. This line of questioning is not helpful! WTH is wrong with Lindsay?
Lindsay is failing my test of not making me mad....I'm sure he could care less. lol
Oh, wait, I get it. Lindsay's trying to get Roberts to say he'll rule like Rehnquist did.
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