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S. HRG. 109–158

CONFIRMATION HEARING ON THE NOMINATION OF JOHN G. ROBERTS, JR.

JR. TO BE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania, Chairman ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah

PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa

EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts JON KYL, Arizona

JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., Delaware MIKE DEWINE, Ohio

HERBERT KOHL, Wisconsin JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama

DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California LINDSEY O. GRAHAM, South Carolina RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, Wisconsin JOHN CORNYN, Texas

CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York SAM BROWNBACK, Kansas

RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois TOM COBURN, Oklahoma

DAVID BROG, Staff Director

MICHAEL O'NEILL, Chief Counsel
BRUCE A. COHEN, Democratic Chief Counsel and Staff Director

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania, Chairman

CONTENTS
RIN G. HATCH, Utah

PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont
IRLES E GRASSLEY, Iowa

EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts

"KYL, Arizona

JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., Delaware

SEPTEMBER 12-14, 2005

E DE WINE, Ohio

HERBERT KOHL, Wisconsin

STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS

SESSIONS, Alabama

DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California

RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, Wisconsin

SEY O. GRAHAM, South Carolina
CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York

Biden, Hon. Joseph R., Jr., a U.S. Senator from the State of Delaw

CORNYN, Texas

RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois

prepared statement

BROWNBACK, Kansas

Brownback, Hon. Sam, a U.S. Senator from the State of Kansas

COBURN, Oklahoma

Coburn, Hon. Tom, a U.S. Senator from State of Oklahoma

DAVID BROG, Staff Director

Cornyn, Hon. John, a U.S. Senator from the State of Texas

MICHAEL O'NEILL, Chief Counsel

DeWine, Hon. Mike, a U.S. Senator from the State of Ohio

BRUCE A COHEN, Democratic Chief Counsel and Staff Director

prepared statement

Durbin, Hon. Richard J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois

prepared statement

Feingold, Hon. Russell D., a U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsi

prepared statement

Feinstein, Hon. Dianne, a U.S. Senator from the State of California

prepared statement

Graham, Hon. Lindsey O., a U.S. Senator from the State of South Ca

Grassley, Hon. Charles E., a U.S. Senator from the State of Iowa

prepared statement

Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah

prepared statement

Kennedy, Hon. Edward M., a U.S. Senator from the State of Massach

prepared statement

Kohl, Hon. Herbert, a U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin

prepared statement

Kyl, Hon. Jon, a U.S. Senator from the State of Arizona

Leahy, Hon. Patrick J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont

prepared statement

Schumer, Hon. Charles E., a U.S. Senator from the State of New York

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prepared statement

Sessions, Hon. Jeff, a U.S. Senator from the State of Alabama
Specter, Hon. Arlen, a U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania

PRESENTERS

Bayh, Hon. Evan, a U.S. Senator from the State of Indiana presenting

G. Roberts, Jr., Nominee to be Chief Justice of the United States

Lugar, Hon. Richard G., a U.S. Senator from the State of Indiana pres

John G. Roberts, Jr., Nominee to be Chief Justice of the United States

Warner, Hon. John, á U.S. Senator from the State of Virginia prese

John G. Roberts, Jr., Nominee to be Chief Justice of the United States

STATEMENT OF THE NOMINEE

Roberts, John G., Jr., of Maryland, Nominee to be Chief Justice of the U.

States

Questionnaire

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Bellia, Patricia L., Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School, South Bend,

Indiana
Botelho, Hon. Bruce, former Attorney General, State of Alaska, and Mayor

of Juneau, Alaska, Juneau, Alaska
Braceras, Jennifer Cabranes, Commissioner, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

and Visiting Fellow at the Independent Women's Forum, Boston, Massachu

setts
Bradley, Kathryn Webb, Senior Lecturing Fellow, Duke Law School, Durham,

North Carolina
Browner, Carol M., former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, and Principal, The Albright Group, Washington, D.C.
Edelman, Peter B., Professor of Law, Co-Director, Joint Degree in Law and

Public Policy, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.
Engler, John, former Governor of Michigan, and President, National Associa-

tion of Manufacturers, Washington, D.C.
Fried, Charles, former Solicitor General of the United States, Beneficial Pro-

fessor of Law, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts Furchtgott-Roth, Diana, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Greenberger, Marcia, Co-President, National Women's Law Center, Wash

ington, D.C.
Henderson, Wade, Executive Director, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights,

Washington, D.C.
Jackson, Roderick, Coach, Ensley High School, Birmingham, Alabama
Jones, Beverly, Lafayette, Tennessee
Jones, Nathaniel, Judge (retired), U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth

Circuit, Of Counsel, Blank Rome LLP, Cincinnati, Ohio
Kirsanow, Peter, Partner, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplay & Aronoff, and Com-

missioner, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Cleveland, Ohio
Lewis, Hon. John, a Representative in Congress from the State of Georgia
Lindberg, Denise Posse-Blanco, Judge, Third Judicial District Court, State

of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Mahoney, Maureen E., Partner, Latham & Watkins, Washington, D.C.
Pearl, Karen, Interim President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America,

New York, New York
Polakoff, Dale, Rabbi and President, Rabbinical Council of America, Great

Neck, New York
Reich, Robert B., former Secretary of Labor and University Professor and

Maurice B. Hexler Professor of Social and Economic Policy, Brandeis Uni

versity, Waltham, Massachusetts
Resnik, Judith, Arthur Liman Professor of Law, Yale Law School, New

Haven, Connecticut
Stetson, Catherine E., Partner, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D.C.
Strauss, David, Harry N. Wyatt Professor of Law, University of Chicago

Law School, Chicago, Illinois
Tallman, Ann Marie, President and General Counsel, Mexican American

Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Los Angeles, California
Thistlethwaite, Susan, President, Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illi-

nois
Thornburg, Dick, former Attorney General of the United States, former Gov-

ernor of Pennsylvania, and Counsel, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson

Graham, Washington, D.C.
Tober, Stephen L., Chairman, American Bar Association Standing Committee

on the Federal Judiciary, Portsmouth, New Hampshire; accompanied by
Thomas Z. Hayward, Jr., Past Chairman, American Bar Association Stand-
ing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, Chicago, Illinois and Pamela A.
Bresnahan, D.C. Circuit Representative, American Bar Association, Wash-

ington, D.C. Turner, Reginald M., Jr., President, National Bar Association, Detroit, Michi

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