Samuel Alito ~ Senate Judiciary Hearing [LIVE THREAD] (Day-1)

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[OXENinFLA]

Alito Hearings Set to Begin

Today the multi-day confirmation hearings for Samuel Alito begin. They are expected to last all week, possibly into Saturday. First up will be a series of opening statements by the eighteen members of the Senate Judiciary Cmte. After that comes the introduction of Samuel Alito and his opening statement.

C-SPAN 1 ~ MON., STARTS AT 11:30AM ET

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NOTICE OF COMMITTEE HEARING

The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing on the nomination of Samuel A. Alito, Jr. to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States for Monday, January 9, 2006 at 12:00 p.m. in the Senate Hart Office Building Room 216.

Chairman Specter will preside.

Witness List

Hearing before the

Senate Judiciary Committee

on

The Nomination of Samuel A. Alito, Jr.

to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

Monday, January 9, 2006

Hart Senate Office Building Room 216

12:00 p.m.

PANEL I

The Honorable Frank R. Lautenberg

United States Senator [D-NJ]

The Honorable Christine Todd Whitman

Former Governor of New Jersey

Former Administrator

Environmental Protection Agency

PANEL II

The Honorable Samuel A. Alito, Jr.

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[OXENinFLA]

I think this is going to be either a really boring day or a really boring day where Senators make 15 minute speeches on how Judge Alito will turn back time and destroy not only our Country and Constitution, but the very fabric of space/time itself and at the very instance he is sworn in the universe will cease to exist.

[OXENinFLA]

Yeah I'm way early.......

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[Jemian]

Good morning. I'm not expecting much today either. The committee had to spend time preaching and bloviating at Robert's hearing. Nothing done that first day was pertinent to Robert's. It was all about the RATS and RINOS.

[Peach]

I'll be joining you at noon; thanks for the thread.

[tiredoflaundry]

Thanks Oxen!

[saveliberty]

Committee member Joe Biden. Graduated 76th out of 85 at Syracuse University :-)

[OXENinFLA]

I expect we'll all be asleep by 12:05.............Lautenberg is up first.

[publiusF27]

I can't wait to see what is said about Rybar.

[Cboldt]

I think this is going to be either a really boring day or a really boring day where Senators make 15 minute speeches on how Judge Alito will turn back time and destroy not only our Country and Constitution, but the very fabric of space/time itself and at the very instance he is sworn in the universe will cease to exist.

Intro day - nothing much going to happen. It will be useful as a matter of ascertaining the presentation skill and style of Judge Alito, and not much more.

http://judiciary.senate.gov/pdf/Alito_Questionnaire.pdf
http://volokh.com/posts/1133370600.shtml

[Peach]

Didn't I hear yesterday that there's an outside chance Spectre will grant a delay in the hearings this week?

[MNJohnnie]

3 hours of blather before Alito even gets introduced! And they do not even start until Noon! We have to wait, what 40 days to hear THIS? And NOW Democrats are going to try and stall some more? Amazing this body gets ANYTHING done?

So assuming, (yes, I know how reckless that is with this bunch) that they actually go on with the hearings, how long before this circus closes down and Alito's nomination can actually move to the Senate Floor?

[BigSkyFreeper]

I probably won't bother torturing myself. Maybe just opt for the encapsulated version on Brit's show.

[IamConservative]

Upchuck Schumer was threatening a filibuster yesterday if Alito hides behind the "it may come before the court" position. Seems clear the moonbats are itching for a fight, but I think they spent their powder on the lower court nominees.

[Cboldt]

I can't wait to see what is said about Rybar.

Alito was applying Lopez - gist of discussion.

[Cboldt]

Didn't I hear yesterday that there's an outside chance Spectre will grant a delay in the hearings this week?

Perhaps you did hear that. Did you? I heard that the Committee vote stands to be delayed a week from its present schedule. Specter and Leahy talked about this on whatver Sunday show they were on, yesterday.

[OldFriend]

The dems were hoping Sharon would die so they could use that as an excuse to delay the hearing.

[WSGilcrest]

Bush with Alito from the Rose Garden. Hopes Senate will conduct dignified hearings.

[prairiebreeze]

Hopes Senate will conduct dignified hearings.

Dignity requires integrity. The Democrats have neither. Only transparence and arrogance.

[mc5cents]

Didn't I hear yesterday that there's an outside chance Spectre will grant a delay in the hearings this week?

SPECTRE - the Special Executive for Counterintelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion? What are they doing getting involved in this? ;)

[Carolinamom]

I expect the dems to affect their version of gravitas today. Tomorrow? All bets are off and verbal fangs appear.