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.
O would some power the gifties gie us
To see ourselves as others see us
(Robert Burns, Scotch/Arlenish poet).
Biden is making a HUGH effort to trap Judge Robert. His face is getting redder by the minute. He will soon explode....oops he's doing it right now. Get the mop.
Leni
Biden is condescending with his smiles and winks. He thinks he is just so cute. Talk about ego.
Biden should engage someone else in a battle of wits -- someone more his speed, like Forrest Gump.
Biden is trying SO HARD to be congenial, but is such a big phoney. Geez, give us all a break. He's such a putz.
Reminds me of the cowardly lion form the Wizard of Oz.
>>>>Did you have someone else in mind that is more conservative?
You'll have to help me hear. I can't read your mind.
That's what I'm watching ... it's a spilt screen
Arlen tells Biden AGAIN to let Roberts answer the question
He did in a way when he first started.
"Hey Judge"
Wipe him up John. Biden is a POS. They don't let him answer.
Arloon slapdown of Biden #1.
OMG...Biden is a COMPLETE OUTRAGE.
Biden and his DUmmies are asses. The idiots won't let the man speak. They interrupt him every time he tries to answer a question.
No hints, No forecasts, No previews. AWESOME!
Teddy 7, DumJoe 1
Specter issues ST*Us
P.S. Does Biden have a thing for Ginzburg?
Tell that ass you're not Ginsburg. You don't go by her standard?
It is obvious that he will be running in 2008 - playing to the nutcase base.
That fake smile and fake whisper is as fake as his plugz.
Biden suggesting Roberts is fillibustering? Pinch me as surely I'm sleeping.
Biden's making Ginsburg the touchstone. She isn't the last word here, yet he's practically asking, "if it's ok with Ginsburg who are you to have a different opinion?"
Now he's asking, if you disagree, did Ginsburg compromise herself?
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