Roberts for Chief in Wake of Rehnquist

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 - The hearing on the nomination of Judge John G. Roberts Jr. to be the 17th chief justice of the United States will begin at noon on Monday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The committee chairman, Senator Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, said the session would begin at noon on Monday with opening statements by the panel members, and that the nominee would probably make an opening statement late Monday afternoon. The nominee will be introduced by Senator John Warner, Republican of Virginia, and by Senator Richard G. Lugar, a Republican, and Senator Evan Bayh, a Democrat, both from Indiana, where Judge Roberts grew up.