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.
Arlen Scottish Law Specter starts grilling about Stare Decisis....abortion....
I thought Spectre wasn't going to ask Roberts about Roe v. Wade and although this isn't that case law specifically, Spectre seems to be closely skirting the issue.
Maybe he's trying to cut Feinstein off at the pass...
Just a few minutes into it and I am already very very impressed with John Roberts. Wow, he's a smart man.
Arlen lied again. Surprise surprise :(
I LOVE IT....SHUT YOUR PIE HOLE SPECTER.
"Senator Kennedy, Do you think Judge Roberts should be disqualified if we found out that he once drove off a bridge, while drunk, and then ran away leaving his female passenger to suffocate?"
Spectre has really misled us, imo, when he said and columns were written about how he wouldn't ask about abortion. And he's really pushing Roberts to answer some questions that so far Roberts has declined to answer.
Should be an interesting day!
Arlen shows his true colors..he is a pro-abortion zaelot..I wonder if Santorum has a warm feeling watching this..
OMG. I had to break from work to post sheer delight that John Roberts is taking the Ginsburg track in not answering issues that may come before him. Arlen is ashen. The determination to defend infanticide is pathological.
Spector should have been axed a year ago.
He's showing his true colors - pro-abortion colors.
Shame on the republicans for leaving him in this key position.
This will cost to GOP much much fundraising monies.
Got it. Thanks.
We need to get Ann Coulter press credentials for the hearings .. she would ask Teddy those questions..
The quotes Specter read from the Casey case are disgusting. What a travesty that decision.
Spectre is lower than a snakes belly.
And FGS, why doesn't he just "buzz" his hair?
Oh well..
yes, I don't have any faith in Specter as a conservative or as the ranking member of this committee. But, I'm still thinking it is a strategy...I may be wrong.
However, I'm loving how Specter keeps asking the same question and Roberts will not be cornered.
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