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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He cannot be required to answer how he's going to decide a case that might come before the court, ... That would undercut the very basics of judicial independence.
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He comes across as very strong, and strength is contagious. It's good to see him and how confident he is.
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Had that information been shared with the FBI, which was trying to get it, 9/11 might have been prevented,
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He has picked a candidate and our job is to determine not whether she's the best qualified, but whether she's qualified.
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He might wait until the following Monday, but seeing how President Bush operates, I think it will be sooner rather than later.
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There is a keen interest in many quarters on concluding before Thanksgiving , and that's a fine target if it can be accomplished, ... But we're going to do it right. We're not going to do it fast.
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There is a great mystique of the Senate Caucus Room, ... We are going to open up the hearings there.
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There is no firmly established rule as to how much a nominee must say to be confirmed, ... While I personally consider it inappropriate to ask a nominee how he would vote on a specific matter likely to come before the court, senators may ask whatever they choose and the nominee is similarly free to respond as he chooses.
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What I'm referring to are all of the forces which are at work out here commanding media attention and commanding public attention, ... There's been more controversy before this nominee has uttered a formal word than I have ever heard.
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Terrorism remains the No. 1 problem in the United States today. It is not a matter of attaching blame, it is a matter of correcting any errors so that we don't have a repetition of 9/11. If there is intelligence available, it ought to be shared.
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My thinking is that the president really has to voluntarily appear,
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My No. 1 priority is to get Rick Santorum re-elected in 2006. I would vote for him to any Senate leadership job, I would help him become president.
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Look here, we're faced with a lot of undesirable alternatives. And rather than put the country through impeachment, which I don't believe would result in anything ... let him serve out his term
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If there was a telephone call where someone gave assurances about how she's going to vote in a case, you bet that's something we'd look into, ... Absolutely. It is not tolerable to have any commitments about how a nominee would vote on a case. Not tolerable.