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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When you deal in constitutional law, you're dealing in some very esoteric complicated subjects that require a great deal of background. And that kind of background doesn't come unless you are in the field or unless you're really studying it.
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When you deal in constitutional law, you're dealing in some very esoteric, complicated subjects that require a great deal of background, ... The jurisprudence is very complicated, and I will be pressing her very hard on these issues.
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No one wants to back down and no one wants to lose face,
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We'll start hearings at noon on 9 January,
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What is your thinking on the jurisprudence of U.S. v. Lopez and U.S. v. Morrison, which overturned almost 60 years of Congress' power under the Commerce Clause?
What I do know is that we're going to do it right, and we're not necessarily going to do it fast,
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When there are simply monetary awards, they cost the company and they cost the shareholders, but it doesn't do anything to the individuals who make these decisions,
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At any rate, Congress hasn't acted, and that's really what the focus of our hearing is today as to what ought to be done.
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Absolutely not. I think that would be a sign of incredible weakness.
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It's a restraint of trade for them to do that, and the thought crosses my mind, it might be a violation of antitrust laws,
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It's going to depend on how well she does. If she makes her case, she can be confirmed.
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It's going to be a battle but I think we have a realistic chance of winning.
aura hard hearsay trial witnesses
It's pretty hard to have a trial without witnesses and if you have just (a) hearsay report, you do not have the circumstances, you do not have the flavor, you do not have really the aura of the trial.
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There was no explanation as to why the memo did not go to other places. Nobody knows at this stage, and that is something that has to be pursued.