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.
Roberts answering question from Kyl on the trend of judges using foreign law to issue decisions and how it is troublesome.
Roberts concerned that justices are relying on foreign precedents/law.
Good. Really good! You're hammering the target.
Kinda an old play on republicans letting old lady's freeze to death and starve eating cat food. I'm realived that only people that don't vote for him freeze and eat catffood.
I like this Kyl guy. Can he be a Presidential candidate in 08?
Unfortunately, I neither have my chess clock with me, nor am I listening to the hearings. Maybe someone else has a chess clock to time each side with - especially during the Dems' "questioning".
Roberts doing great taking on use foreign law by the SC
Anybody mention "Scottish law?"
What in the world? What kind of a picture is that to be put out by a wire service?
He's vastly the better senator from AZ. :)
Would that include "Scottish law"?!
LOL!
I'd PAY to hear him say that :)
Methinks Kennedy won't be sending Roberts any cute email pictures of himself doing foreign court internet research.
Roberts said that the problem with using foreign law is that you can look at cases from anywhere to get the result that you favor.(paraphrasing, in a nutshell).
Beats the he!! out of me.
(blush) First, I'd like to thank my wife, my parents, my 2nd grade teacher… ;-)
I was thinking same IF they don't APPROVE him as Chief Justice. You just know that the Hildabeast would croak!!
But we need him on Supreme Court!
Prreeeccciouuusss.
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