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 just tuned in. Roberts is eating Kennedy's lunch!
He's shaking and pointing his hand at Roberts "It's the lawr of the land." Teddy needs a drink in the worst way.
why is he rehashing the voting rights act? is it relevant to current society?
UhOh Teddy got spanked by Spector...
He's such an ass. Does he even know what he is saying?
What goes through the minds of fat swimmers voters? I would guess...nothing. Now he won't let him answer.
The chairman just told Teddy Kennedy to let Roberts finish his answer!!! BWAAAAAAAAHAAHA!!
Kennedy is a bumbling fool and Roberts know WAAAAAAAYYYY more about this stuff than Kennedy does.
Roberts doesn't even check notes or anything.
Arloon finally regains control of Drunk Ted. Tells him to shut up...
Okay, Arlen, good for you for jumping in and telling Fatso to shut up.
Get Teddy. Get Teddy. Finish him off. Get Teddy. Mary Jo help him out. Get Teddy. Get Teddy. Get Teddy.
Kennedy has been told twice to let Roberts finish his answer. Good Lord I can not stand the swimmer.
GO ARLEN
Kennedy was told to shut up AGAIN!!! "Let him finish his answer Senator!"
Good on Specter.
Slapdown of Kennedy. "Let him finish, Senator Kennedy."
...and that's one BIG lunch!
Let him finish his question, you fat, drunken, murderer!
Kennedy DOESN'T WANT an answer, he wants to sloganeer, and create a sound bite....
Luckily, he's not getting by with it...
And now three times...unreal.
Kennedy is shameful.
Teddy keeps interrupting and Uncle Arlen keeps slapping him down, just to look chairmanish.
Specter has had to admonish Kennedy THREE times to let Roberts finish answering Kennedy's own question!
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