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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[Howlin]

He's trying to set a trap.

You can tell because he's asking the questions so fast.

His staff thinks they are SO cute.

I hope Roberts' b*t*hslaps him.

[Carolinamom]

"mean-spirited" AND "cramped"........Consider the source of those word choices.

[pageonetoo]

I have visited Truro. I liked it

My son played trumpet for them, quite often. I believe Justice Thomas is no longer a member. I live in WV now, so rarely visit there. I enjoy "high church" sometimes, so make the trip.

My great uncle was Rector of the oldest Episcopal Church in NC, and helped restore it. My grandfather (his brother, also a Priest. There wre five brothers. Four became Epis. Priests)) was Secretary of the Diocese of ENC, under Bishop Darst, and spent years traveling the coastal waterways. He is responsible for establishing more black Episcopal congregations than anyone in NC. He passed in 1946, the year before I was born. My dad spent 20 yrs in the Navy, 20 yrs working as a physical plant engineer at various colleges, and then at 62, was ordained. He finally retired this year, at 82.

I will never forget a visit by my, then 92 yo, uncle to our home in Wilmington. We heard a loud thud during the night, then silence. He came out looking sheepish, the next morning, stating "I've slept in beds for the last 92 years, and that was the first one that threw me!"

I was raised Episcopal, but now spend my time in another. But, the roots never got pulled out completely!

[Safrguns]

Kennedy: "should we have a right to vote?"

Puuuuuu-LEEZE!

[ken5050]

Four days of subjecting himself to this grandstanding crap from these Dem idiots, and 25-30 years to get even...yup..fair deal..

[StarFan]

Kennedy is attempting...to set Roberts up. He is trying to turn him into a racist. Unbelievable.

All the while saying "I'm not suggesting" while he thrusts the dagger. While this is upsetting, I'm confident Roberts will hold his own.

[Dad yer funny]

Whoa , wetbrain/braincramp

[gopwinsin04]

[Howlin]

Roberts would never politicize this.

[COUNTrecount]

[AliVeritas]

LOL

[defconw]

I agree, Ted Kennedy not even a has been but RAATHER (NE Accent) a never was.

[ChadGore]

QUOTE OF THE DAY !

Kennedy: "I WAS SORT OF INHALING"

Someone needs to get that video !

[Max7]

KENNEDY thinks that some writings of Judge Roberts were "mean spirited"?????? What an embarrassment KENNEDY is. (music playing)...."Where are you Mary Jo?"

[XJarhead]

Yes, you're right...SCOTUS overturned itself in Brown.

No it didn't. Plessy said "separate but equal" is okay. Brown did not overturn that. Instead, Brown said that in the case of education, separate had proven to be unequal, so you could no longer have separate schools. In essence, they created an exception for Plessy rather than overturning it.

That's an important distinction, because if they'd just overturned Plessy, much of the civil rights struggle would have been rendered unnecessary.

[Howlin]

"Cramped" as in spaces?

Man, bad choice of words.

[AliVeritas]

Does running from the law count?

[1Old Pro]

Teddy is reading from his prepared notes, and it doesn't MATTER what Roberts is saying... Anyobe but me see this??

Kennedy's staff give him a "flow-chart" of questions so he knows what to say. Kennedy's mind is shot, he's unable to do anything but read. He can no longer reason.

[Bahbah]

Here we go. It was the disparate "impact" Kennedy was leading up to, and it is at that point that I, too, decided they had gone too far and were "permitting" discrimination. The Holy Voting Rights Act. I happen to agree with Roberts.

[VRWCmember]

Schumer and Durbin have wisely refused to show their hand.

The use of the word "wisely" as an adverb in a sentence that begins with "Schumer and Durbin" breaks several rules of grammar and proper English usage, with the only possible exception being something along the lines of "Schumer and Durbin were finally and wisely expelled from the judiciary committee as a result of their complete ignorance of the Constitution and aversion for the rule of law."