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

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

[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

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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

C-span3

Senate Judiciary Committee webcast.

[gopwinsin04]

'We'll try and get him tomorrow, guys!'

[Jrabbit]

9402 PBS-U in Dallas area on Dish Network

[AliVeritas]

How about me, I need sympathy... I live in NY with Chucky...and Hillary, pray for us.

[Bush gal in LA]

Just went back and saw it. Thanks so much!!

[Howlin]

Roberts just basically said that if he doesn't answer questions about one case, they come back at him with one close to the first one.

Schumer: "Okay, let me ask you a little bit more.."

In other words, I lost that round, let's move on.

Oh, hypotheticals!

[puroresu]

#####Schumer can't hang with Roberts.

Roberts knows it. Schumer knows it. Schumer knows Roberts knows it.#####


And it's killing Schumer because he knows everyone watching these hearings can see that he isn't remotely in Roberts' league.

[auboy]

Why do liberals always think we have loads of regret?

Maybe because they try to use guilt as a weapon. They have little or no conscience, but understand most folks do. In their minds, the ends justify the means, whereas most conservatives strongly disagree.

I confess I have a regret. I regret that Bill Clinton ever occupied the Oval Office.

[LisaFab]

CSPAN 1 has it back on TV split screen.

[Max7]

"Does anybody here have a CLUE what Schumer's point is?"

It's all about (1) he's run out of any questions of value, (2) he loves the camera on him, (3) he's a pompous a$$ in the same mode as Feingold. And, he's also insufferable. And belligerent. And pushy.

[Mo1]

Back to talking about the toads crossing the border

[onyx]

Back to the hapless toad.

[conservativebabe]

Chuckie can't even keep his papers straight. LOL! The Dems "big gun" they saved for last is toast.

[BigEdLB]

Oh Gawd not that !@#$%^&*() toad again?

[TomasUSMC]

Justice Scalia actually had to recuse himself from participating in a public religion case because he had made comments that gave the appearance that he would pre-judge in that type of case.
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Judge Scalia didn't have to recuse himself. Just as he has refused to recuse himself from the Cheney case because he went hunting with him he should have refused to recuse himself then.

Once a judge starts recusing himself, all the attorney will get after him to recuse himself for something or other. If your going to be a judge you shouldn't have to recuse yourself for previous held beliefs. That is what the lawyers are there for, to change your mind. Judge Roberts should have defended the Pro-Life Cause, instead of hiding behind the excuses of left wing liberal judges of the past.

If I can't trust him to stand up for LIFE in front of demonrat senators today, he doesn't deserve to be trusted to stand up later.

[msnimje]

c-span's message is they're experiencing problems with the streaming video.

I am watching it through streaming of what they are showing on C-Span 3 using the "stand alone viewer" option with Windows Media.

[AliVeritas]

Levin is going off on wabcradio.

[LisaFab]

You've got my sympathy as well.

Now how about your neighbor here who has Dodd and Lieberman!

[Mo1]

The toads are a WMD now ????

Chuckie is losing me

[onyx]

Roberts is not falling for Schumer's backdooring.

NO NOTES! Roberts is amazing.

[mware]

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