Arlen Specter
Arlen Specter
Arlen Specterwas an American lawyer and politician who served as United States Senator from Pennsylvania. Specter was a Democrat from 1951 to 1965, then a Republican from 1965 until 2009, when he switched back to the Democratic Party. First elected in 1980, he represented his state in the Senate for 30 years...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth12 February 1930
CountryUnited States of America
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is to have a dignified hearing which will give insights into Judge Roberts' jurisprudence, and to get an idea of his thinking on questions like respect for precedent ... and his views on congressional authority.
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I believe he went somewhat beyond the usual practice of answering just as many questions as he had to in order to be confirmed.
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I really can't explain it, ... I think, in fairness to her, she's facing a lot of questions at the same time. She's making the rounds, seeing a lot of senators.
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resist, if not refuse to confirm, Supreme Court nominees who refuse to answer questions on fundamental issues.
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Nominees answer about as many questions as they think they have to to be confirmed,
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I think he ought to have to answer questions and be subject to examination, because the answers that he gave were evasive,
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In the context where the Supreme Court decides, really, the cutting-edge questions of our day
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It has been my experience that the hearings are a subtle minuet with nominees answering as many questions as they think they have to in order to be confirmed.
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I think that some of the voting today was calculated to impact on the next nomination.
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If the president can find someone in Judge Roberts' mold, I think by putting up that nominee, he disarmed his opponents,
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It is unfair to start the hearings before she's ready,
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I'd like the specifics in writing, focusing on why the people whose information was breached couldn't have been notified earlier. Those people are all at risk, and you have a duty to notify them at the earliest possible moment.
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I made the point that the president doesn't have a blank check. He didn't choose to engage me on that point.
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I intend to do just that, Senator Grassley, now that I have your support.