Nomination of John G. Roberts [LIVE Thread 9-13]~Day Two

Senate Judiciary ^ | 9-13-05 | Senate Judiciary Committee

[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

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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

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LIVE LINKS

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[jackv]

Oh that's right!! How could I forget that tearful torch goodbye!!! I don't know who Jim Wright is tho.

[BigEdLB]

Now he is into 'Dirty Bomb' Padilla?

[rwa265]

"I've NEVER heard of a democrat who has the decency to resign or step down."

Unless they line up another Democrat to replace them, like in New Jersey.

[onyx]

Speechifying now. Roberts cannot answer questions about war time executive powers.

[StarFan]

Justice Kyle. Freudian slip that brought music to my ears.

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[onyx]

Justice KYL!!!!

[ShowMeMom]

Her Catholic baiting was ugly, but not quite as bad as her reference to the shoes along the Danube yesterday as an example of religion run amok. She is just plain stupid.

[AliVeritas]

Kool aid needs sugar.
Oops, all the sugar is right here.

[BigEdLB]

Jim Wright - Ex-Speaker forced to resign.
After Tip, before Foley.

[LisaFab]

Good to see our side fighting back.

Durbin does seem unusually subdued today. They know they were soundly beaten.

[BigEdLB]

Jim Wright had wierd eyebrows, too

[bitt]

http://www.cspan.org/watch/cspan3_wm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS3

streaming live video and audio on-line!!

[msnimje]

John Roberts knows more about the cases Durbin is bringing up than does Durbin. HAHA

[GoLightly]

He does wear contacts.

Reuters photo of John Roberts (EXTREME CLOSEUP)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1483762/posts

[jackv]

Why did he leave? That was before my time as a political junkie and of the time when democrats weren't so crazy!

[Bush gal in LA]

I just think its weird that MSNBC would shell out the money to send him down to N.O. to report if they were just getting ready to fire his a-s! But nothing would really surprise me about that network. Its run by Clinton lovers. Maybe they figured if they sent him down there he'd breath in enough fumes from the poisoned water and just keel over and croak!

[onyx]

Mine too.

Roberts has slayed turbin, but turbin doesn't yet realize he's dead.

I have to go... darn it.

Please ping me to the highlights.

[StarFan]

Will do sweetie. I'm sure Coburn will hit it out of the park.