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...spite of the contentiousness of the hearings, the Democratic senators injected humor into their speeches on Wednesday. Saying the proceedings were “getting a little more absurd the further we move,” Schumer soon prompted laughs from an audience that had become acquainted with Roberts’ rhetorical patterns...
...When Schumer asked Roberts yesterday what kind of a justice he would be if confirmed, the nominee encouraged him to look at the opinions he had written over the past two years as a judge on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia...
...Then I ask you if you like ‘Casablanca,’ and you respond by saying, ‘Lots of people like “Casablanca,”’” Schumer continued. “You tell me it’s widely settled that ‘Casablanca’ is one of the great movies...
...Roberts responded to Schumer in kind, getting his own share of laughs when he began his answer, “First, ‘Dr. Zhivago’ and ‘North by Northwest...
...Schumer and Roberts, both graduates of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, also shared a brief exchange that harkened back to their days in Cambridge. The senator referenced Franklin L. Ford, a former dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences who taught history at Harvard while both men were there...