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 can understand that Trent is anxious. So am I. But when you take a look at the particulars, all the delays that Ken Starr has faced, I think he has to be given more time to finish his investigation,
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I understand that you were sent over in a very limited capacity, with perhaps the calculation that you didn't have this information,
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Basically, Americans do not understand the gravity of the oversights on what appears to be the case with both the FBI and the CIA,
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John Roberts has a broad, expansive understanding of the application of the Constitution. He did say the core principles of liberty and due process have broad meaning as applied to evolving societal conditions.
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Chief Justice Roberts has great potential for the future to bring a consensus to the court, to have a better recognition of congressional authority and, as he put it, to understand the Constitution responding to the changes in the ages and responding to societal conditions.
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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,