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.
Gracious Specter is even stepping in and telling Kennedy to let Roberts answer, so he is good for something!
And three times so far now, Kennedy had to be admonished and told: "Let him finish his answer, Senator Kennedy."!!!!!!!!!!!
He's doing MA proud, isn't he?
Thanks....I've been looking for that Lampoon ad!
Great. His law of the land, law of the land mantra was slapped down twice because he wasn't giving Roberts the chance to answer. Idiot is simply not listening but rather he's looking for soundbites for the 6:00 p.m. news!!
(three-martini) lunch break coming up soon, I would guess... ;-D
He just popped Kennedy balloon . . . lol
He has Teddy rattled.
Kennedy wants the Red Sox to have 4 outs every inning.
The Cape Cod Orca!
I know.
Let him answer... geez, dem tactics.
"He's doing MA proud, isn't he?"
Ouch, I'm a red man in the bluest state, and I cringe every time that clown opens his halitosis-breath mouth!
They don't want "no stinkin' answers!"
why is he asking questions about 1981? does fat butt think that civil rights are going to disintegrate with roberts on the SCOTUS? Can he do anything without a script?
I love to see proud Conservative schooling liberals.
Orca can't let him answer because he's in a hurry to get through so he can go back to his bottle.
I agree Fat Teddy is rattled.
Now he's reading again, prefacing every single question with a "gotcha" setup.
Nice that it isn't working. Heh- heh.
Fat Teddy sure is looking stupid.
Well said.
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