Nomination of John G. Roberts [LIVE Thread 9-13]~Day Two

Senate Judiciary ^ | 9-13-05 | Senate Judiciary Committee

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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

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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

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LIVE LINKS

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Senate Judiciary Committee webcast.

[SE Mom]

I've got to do some workat my desk here from now til 3:30...HATE missing this...but will keep half an eye on this thread..if it gets REALLY good/wild/outrageous..give me a quick ping, please? :)

[Howlin]

ROFLMAO............are the Farah freaks rushing over to agree with him??

[nfldgirl]

I'm waiting for Biden to call Roberts "Hey Boss"

Like he did during Condoleeza Rice's hearings -- I mean "High Tech" raping!

[MinuteGal]

Would that the gloom and doomers on this thread listened to Rush the past few minutes. ROBERTS IS NOT GIVING THE LIBS ANYTHING TO HANG THEIR HATS ON. And if he's said anything of comfort to the libs, once he's on the SC and casts conservative votes in contradiction, what can they do about it?

Judge Roberts HAS to get past this goofy confirmation process, sayeth Rush. I agree. Roberts is playing hardball with a velvet glove.

Senator Specter said in his opening statement that this hearing will be a delicate minuet.

It's my opinion that Judge Roberts is Fred Astaire.

Leni

[Howlin]

Yes, ma'am.

[Mo1]

The Democrats look like fools.

They sure do *L*

I'm out cutting the grass .. when do they come back and who's up next?

[Howlin]

without any constructive criticism whatsoever.

Constructive would be one thing, but you're just carping.

Once again, a question you are dodging: who would have been YOUR choice?

[JustaCowgirl]

Senator Specter said in his opening statement that this hearing will be a delicate minuet.

A delicate minuet performed mostly by plodding elephants and one very nimble antelope.

[LisaFab]

Maybe she could move her seat? :-)

[Howlin]

2:15 ??? and I don't know who comes next.

[JustaCowgirl]

Mrs Roberts seems to be giving all the 'I could kill you' looks that the rest of us want to give. I saw her hop up in her seat a couple of times, as though she couldn't contain herself in her fury.

[defconw]

Thanks Howlin, perhaps he will answer you, he has not answered me.

[Gritty]

So far, Roberts has wiped up the floor with the Dems - "Snake" Leahy, "Chivas" Kennedy, "Plugs" Biden - and I think they realise it. Look for them to get even more desperate to provoke Roberts into a gotcha soundbite. Schumer will be fun to watch. He thinks as much about himself as Biden thinks about himself, which is an awful lot. He's going down as well.

The Dems should have known better than to bring chimpish mental midgets to an adult intellectual basketball game but they can't help themselves. That's all the team have.

They still haven't accepted they lost the election, never will. They just need to be beaten into submission, not reasoned with.

[nfldgirl]

If I ever become a serial killer... I have a lot of work to do.

ROTFLOL!!!!

[TheForceOfOne]

I'm going to ask you some weally weally tuff questions and try to twick you Mr. Roberts as soon as I finish my lunch.

Take your time Mr. Biden, that's an awfully big chip you have there.

[syriacus]

You saw that too! Awesome. I hope AP has a picture of that today...

I really do applaude Thompson for his perfect response to the subtle "teasing" (AKA, "disrespecting") from Biden.

I was asking myself how I would react to Biden, if he said he and I were alike, intellectually.

My first temptation would have been to scowl and that would have been the wrong reaction.

Thompson deflected the joke back onto Biden.

[Miss Marple]

I have no idea what she is doing...I don't have TV.

However, if her body language looks bad, it may be muscle knots caused by trying to restrain herself from jumping across the table and assaulting Biden.

[Reagan Man]

I'm not the POTUS and I haven't changed the subject either. PresBush picked John Roberts to sit on the USSC. I found a few problems with his testimony today and I have a serious problem with his involvement in Romer v Evans. In America we debate issues and use our free speech right to speak out on whatever sparks our interests. That's what I'm doing.

If I was POTUS, my first choice would have been Michael Luddig over John Roberts.

Stop being so critical of political dissent. The Founding Fathers believed it was a fundamental right to our representative constitutional republic. And so do I.

[defconw]

Kyl I think.

[Howlin]

Some people just like having an issue and never offer a solution.