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

C-span3

Senate Judiciary Committee webcast.

[bitt]

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

can you get this ?

[Chuck54]

Chuckie got his bitc*slapping earlier. Durbin is getting his now.

[nhoward14]

Schumer already bloviated today.

[onyx]

Schumer is done for the day.

Try C-Span3 on the Internet.

*one more thing* -- Roberts is not one of us (partisans) but he is truly a STRICT CONSTITUTIONALIST, just like POTUS promised.

[rwa265]

Jim Wright - Ex-Speaker forced to resign.

1987-1989

[jackv]

What did he do?

[Chuck54]

STOP the ACLU has live video of the hearings.

[bitt]

I assume Hannity will have some good highlights...

[rwa265]

"Justice KYL!!!!"

Sounds good to me!!!!

[nhoward14]

Next time, tell the family to order a pizza?

[JustaCowgirl]

Yes. He reminds me of myself when I was at the top of my game. That was a while back.

I'm sure you're still quite a force to be reckoned with. LOL!

[StarFan]

Darn they're ending without Coburn and Brownback. See yah tomorrow at 9:30 a.m.

[WoodstockCat]

the circus is over until 9:00 am tomorrow, starts with Senator Brownback from Kansas.

[nhoward14]

You sure it's not just a dinner break?

[onyx]

Agreed! Roberts could not have been more articulate!

Whooopie. Over for today.
Now I can go HAPPILY to the art show.


See y'all at 9:00AM Eastern tomorrow...lol.

[bitt]

[ShowMeMom]

I got here late for hearing news after it went off the TV and don't want to search thru 2,800+ posts to find out where these hints that Matthews may be in trouble with MSNBC came from? Any info???