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.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh .... thanks for the info
That crying man is under indictment himself and his crying jag and story has now been proven to be a complete LIE.
Every answer that Roberts gives is so articulate. He just had a question about precedent and the difference between commenting on cases that are not likely as opposed to are likely to come before the court. He hit it out of the ballpark and down the street.
Drudge: Robert's Abortion Balk (BA)
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/09/13/D8CJENHO1.html
Geraldo's too busy on Fox trying to look like hes fair and balanced or a conservative,,,,,, Oh ,I don't know what Geraldo's doing .He's such a ham........Heres what I think would be a funny combination for MSNBC for a talk show. James Carvile and Michael Savage...............Hubby just told me they already fired Savage from that station but Carvile and somebody..........
Kennedy's lies (misreadings attributed to Roberts) were summarliy exposed later on. Kennedy is without shame or conscience. He is a pig.
He lost face big time and deservedly so.
LA Lt. Gov. is Mary Landrieu's BROTHER.
Cornyn is kicking ass pointing out how often SCOTUS throws out stare decisis and over rules itself.
Gotta be after that last videotaped snafu.
I loved it when Schumer finally got up and every TV outlet left. C-SPAN went back to House coverage, FNC went to Special Report, etc., etc.. Schumer lost his cameras.
Exactly - out of the ballpark and down the street!
I have never been so impressed or taken with ny other nominee.
How many more today?
Senators, I mean?
I have to go to an art show. I HATE to leave.
I believe it's Landrieu's brother.
That was Broussard, president of Jefferson Parish right? Do you have a link to the indictment story?
Really? Thats great if true. I guess she realizes she's in over her head. Now just get rid of Nagin and LANDREIU!!!
Cornyn just got Roberts to say that by saying that Roe v Wade is settled law, is not neccessarily saying that it can't be overtuned, to which Roberts agreed.
Way to go Cornyn! I feel better now about that issue.
Biden obviously thinks he is playing to a circus crowd. But of course his voter base (the circus) thought he was ever so clever in doing that.
Maybe you can google it.
It's over in breaking news.
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