Before the Judiciary Committee
The Senators Question Judge Roberts
From September 12 to September 15, 2005, the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary held confirmation hearings on the nomination of Judge John Roberts to be chief justice of the United States. During the hearings, questions were presented to Judge Roberts by the 10 Republican and eight Democratic members of the committee. Following are excerpts from those hearings.EDWARD KENNEDY (MA-D): I want to talk about what you understand are the powers that we have at the national level. And I want to start off on the issue of racial discrimination, discrimination on the basis of race in our society. We’ve…
