“Nomination of John G Roberts (Witness List for September 15)”

Witness List

Hearing before the
Senate Judiciary Committee

on

The Nomination of John G. Roberts Jr.
to be Chief Justice of the United States

Thursday, September 15, 2005
Hart Senate Office Building Room 216
9:30 a.m.

PANEL I

Stephen L. Tober, Esq.
Chairman
American Bar Association
Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary
Portsmouth, NH

Tom Hayward, Esq.
Past-Chairman
American Bar Association
Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary
Chicago, IL

Pamela A. Bresnahan, Esq.
DC Circuit Representative
American Bar Association
Washington, DC

PANEL II

The Honorable Dick Thornburgh
Former Attorney General of the United States
Former Governor of Pennsylvania
Counsel
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham
Washington, DC

The Honorable John Lewis
United States House of Representatives [D-GA-5th District]

Jennifer Cabranes Braceras, Esq.
Commissioner
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
and Visiting Fellow at the Independent Women's Forum
Boston, MA

Wade Henderson
Executive Director
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
Washington, DC

Peter Kirsanow, Esq.
Partner
Benesch, Friedlander, Coplay & Aronoff
and Commissioner
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Cleveland, OH

The Honorable Nathaniel Jones
Retired Judge
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to the Sixth Circuit
Of Counsel
Blank Rome LLP
Cincinnati, OH

PANEL III

Maureen E. Mahoney, Esq.
Partner
Latham & Watkins
Washington, DC

Carol M. Browner
Former Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Principal
The Albright Group
Washington, DC

Kathryn Webb Bradley, Esq.
Senior Lecturing Fellow
Duke Law School
Durham, NC

Anne Marie Tallman
President and General Counsel
Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Los Angeles, CA

The Honorable Denise Posse-Blanco Lindberg
Judge
Third Judicial District Court
State of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

Reginald M. Turner, Jr.
President
National Bar Association
Detroit, MI

PANEL IV

Catherine E. Stetson, Esq.
Partner
Hogan & Hartson
Washington, DC

Marcia Greenberger
Co-President
National Women's Law Center
Washington, DC

The Honorable Bruce Botelho
Former Attorney General
State of Alaska
Mayor of Juneau
Juneau, AK

Roderick Jackson
Coach
Ensley High School
Birmingham, AL

Henrietta Wright, Esq.
Of Counsel
Goldberg, Godles, Wiener and Wright
and Chairman of the Board
Dallas Children's Advocacy Center
Dallas Texas

Beverly Jones
Lafayette, TN

PANEL V

The Honorable Charles Fried
Former Solicitor General of the United States
Beneficial Professor of Law
Harvard Law School
Cambridge, MA

Peter B. Edelman
Professor of Law; Co-Director
Joint Degree in Law and Public Policy
Georgetown University Law Center
Washington, DC

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

Judith Resnik
Arthur Liman Professor of Law
Yale Law School
New Haven, CT

Christopher S. Yoo
Professor of Law
Vanderbilt University Law School
Nashville, TN

David Strauss
Harry N. Wyatt Professor of Law
University of Chicago Law School
Chicago, IL

PANEL VI

Diana Furchtgott-Roth
Senior Fellow
Hudson Institute
Washington, DC

Robert Reich
University Professor and Maurice B. Hexter
Professor of Social and Economic Policy
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA

Rabbi Dale Polakoff
President
Rabbinical Council of America
Great Neck, NY

Susan Thistlethwaite
President
Chicago Theological Seminary
Chicago, IL

The Honorable John Engler
Former Governor of Michigan
President
National Association of Manufacturers
Washington, DC

Karen Pearl
Interim President
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
New York, NY