...I thought Spectre said he wasn't going to ask about abortion. Am I wrong?...
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.
...I thought Spectre said he wasn't going to ask about abortion. Am I wrong?...
Arlen lied.
Does anyone know about transcripts from these hearings, where they are available? I might not have time to catch up with the threads, so I would greatly appreciate a PING if someone knows where I can find them.
Thanks, C4B
Unlike your baseball choices, you are truly wise to see the future of Roberts as CJ.
Hatch is rock-solid when it comes to the judiciary...none better!
LOL
Too much to wish for, though it would be nice.
Bravo! LOL.
"Roberts was going to face these questions anyway; better that he go through this "minuet" with Specter than with Leahy et al."
This is the same thing that defense lawyers use to get those questions out of the way so the prosecution cannot use them against the accused.
Roberts knew what Specter was going to ask him. Once answered, anytihng the RATS throw at him can be answered by a simple, "Senator Specter already asked it and it was answered."
LOL, Ouch.
Oops, welfare law... that just shut down some of the future downtrodden blacks, Bush doesn't care crowd questions.
Oh, Kennedy.........this is gonna be fun fun fun!
Nah these guys are out of their depth dealing with Roberts.
Only ones equal to the job are Hatch, Sessions, and Kyle and their on our side
Kennedy up. Time to walk the dog.
I hope they revisit many bad decisions....after the court gets two more confirmed.
Ugh... the swimmer is up...
Fat Teddy alert!
First "Katrina" reference of the day..
barf bag in hand
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