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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I hope we do not come back to the terrible schism we had, ... That just about tore the Senate apart, and it has the potential to do it again, except that the stakes would be bigger. You are talking about the Supreme Court.
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Judge Roberts, I'm not talking about an issue. I'm talking about the essence of jurisprudence.
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A good part of what I'm talking about as chaotic is not the White House, ... What I'm referring to are all of the forces which are at work out here commanding media attention and commanding public attention.
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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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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'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.
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I think that it is more reason to question him closely at the hearing.
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I am concerned about the Supreme Court's judicial activism which has usurped congressional authority,
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I read in the morning papers that we are under a lot of pressure. You may have missed the papers, but you won't miss the pressure.
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the hallmark agenda of the judicial activism of the Rehnquist Court.