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.
Plugz the poser up now.
Biden with the dramatic pauses and basball anaolgies...zzzzzzzzzzz
Pass the Ibuprofen bottle please. :/
Biden is just too cute, and is WAY overmatched... This will be fun! this is the match I see as Roberts best chance to put a pompass a$$hole into his place!
ROFL
LOL!! First time anyone has ever called Ted Kennedy a lightweight!!
I have a High School buddy (Known him 35 years-back to Jr High) who lives in Delaware, and is a Dem. He even laughs at Biden...
placid flatulence.... what?
Has Biden asked a question yet??
yeah right - Biden doesn't believe it is true for a minute -he clearly thinks he is the smartest man in the room...and thinks he can lull Roberts into a false sense of security with his flattery...from what we have seen so far, I would wager he is instead correct in his false flattery and dead wrong in thinking that it will put Roberts off his guard.
Has Plugs asked a question yet?
"Biden lecturing instead of questioning.....probably doesn't know enough to ask one."
Indeed. CSpan had a special on the life of John Roberts a couple weeks ago in which Roberts' school teacher, a law school colleage, and a law partner were interviewed. This guy clearly has a calling to be on the high court.
So what is the question?
How does he keep getting re-elected? I feel sorry for your buddy.
Said 5 minutes ago he will get to it but hasn't yet.
Yep, as I said, his ego can't be tamed.
No!
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