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.
Grassley on deck, Binden in the hole and Kyl after that.
Even Nora O'Donnell on MSNBC says "Roberts was unflapable."
Roberts is skillful and has yet to refer to the reams of notes all Senators have before them.
Kennedy is just trying to get Roberts to lose his temper. It's all an act.
I have to move out of the city, so please do.
ROFL
The senators have nothing, it's like grasping for straws.
Better link this one. :)
http://home.att.net/~snafuu/behnd2.jpg
lol
Waiting for Schumer comment shows up as #666. Yeah, that's subtle :).
Roberts is answering questions without notes or briefing documents. Splash is asking questions from prepared notes, but is not displaying actual documents.
Never happen. I think Roberts is better prepared for the Democrats than any prior nominee.
Kennedy: Boilerplate talking points about Roberts being against affirmative action in some case.
Roberts: Senator, you have misrepresened my position.
Spectre: Let him answer.......let him answer.....let him answer..
I had an evil thought when Kennedy was asking Roberts about the 9-0 decision on Brown v. Board of Education. Roberts explained how CJ Warren re-heard the case and argued in order to get the unanimous decision.
Roberts said that Warren worked very hard to make sure that he had a unanimous decision.
Kennedy petulantly said "So did the plaintiffs".
Roberts should have said "Yes they did. But I wasn't nominated to be plaintiff, I was nominated to be Chief Justice.
Loons are already saying that Kennedy Kicked Roberts....
Are they even watching the same hearings??
Sounds as pre-packaged as Kennedy's prepared statement...
WHAT A WALRUS! Eeeeeewwwww!!!!!! Put a shirt on it, will ya!
I'm inclined to agree but learned never say never. Brit said during the Bork hearings he and his wife were convinced he'd be nominated and almost had a heart attack when the s*it hit the fan.
You watching Vitter R-LA on
http://www.c-span.org/watch/cspan2_rm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS2
Perfect for break.
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