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.
OOOHHH! That is a great combo!! But Levin would wipe the floor every night with that little twerp!
He was just saying in that in reference to what Biden had just said and saying that Roberts should have a chance to respond - he was not saying he agreed with Biden.
Agreed. Roberts answered that question perfectly. POTUS could not have selected a better nominee.
I think he was just getting rattled at Biden and didn't realize what he was saying. I also won't be surprised to hear his words used by the enemy - they are that desperate.
Roberts mind and the things he knows and can answer right off the bat is just amazing
He is good!
Trying to find the schedule. Will get back to you.
This is strangely someone else they hate... hmmm.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4761497
I found one where he was indited in August. So this had nothing to do with the hurricane? Just typical Dem corruption I guess.
How many more today? Senators, I mean.
Where oh where did you hear that rumor about Hairball being GONE?????
tonk a bump!
Good for Cornyn.
And note Roberts doesn't decline to answer the question, because it's nothing less than the truth.
If the Robes can decide our property is up for grabs, no precedent is sacred. Certainly our Constitution is not accordingly honored.
This is why I've never understood.... uneasiness, from conservatives, over this acknowledgement. It's nothing less than how a Constitutionalist would think.
My gosh! Cornyn finally stopped rambling on and on and on....
Who is the tweety to whom they refer?
NO NOTES! He's familiar with all the cases they have addressed with NO NOTES!
The Turbaniferous one.
I think it's Tubin up now, followed by Brownback and Coburn.
No question this man is waaaaaay qualified. So smart that it leaves me in awe.
Great Dick is up.
Durbin up!
Oh boy, Durbin... the anti-Catholic catholic.
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