I'm with Harry Reid, "The burden is on Roberts to prove his worthiness, not on us to prove his unworthiness."
'According to Title 28, Chapter I, Part 453 of the United States Code, each Supreme Court Justice takes an oath. It is up to Roberts to document how and why he will be able to make and honor the following oath:
I do solemnly swear (or affirm)
that I will administer justice without respect to persons,
and do equal right to the poor and to the rich,
and that I will faithfully
and impartially discharge
and perform all the duties incumbent upon me
as a Supreme Court Justice under the Constitution
and laws of the United States.
An excellent beginning to his confirmation testimony would be to separate himself from an administration plagued by an amoral predilection for circumventing rather than upholding the law.
He can then go forward demonstrating by fact how he differs from Gonzales and Ashcroft and their ilk.
He could win confirmation by establishing himself, by proof of past practices, as one dedicated to impartiality, common decency, common sense and dedication to common grounds and common good.
In taking testimony and obtaining documentation, Senators must not accept lesser standards or stoop anything less probative.