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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this was my case. I had organized, nurtured and developed it. I was the lead plaintiff and had participated in the legal preparation and court arguments at every stage.
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embedded deep in the culture of the country.
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especially in light of your close relationship with the president and the key positions you have held in the White House.
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The Supreme Court has a very light backlog. They leave a lot of splits among the circuits, a lot of uncertainty. And I think they ought to work a lot harder.
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People in government and public life are being kicked around at a high rate of speed.
I'm ordinarily pretty correct in what I say.
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I think if you can get people to laugh, you can get people to listen.
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The American people do not care which Party solves the problems confronting our nation.
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My mother, Lillie Specter, was an angel and totally uninterested in politics.
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I've been playing squash almost daily for 38 years.
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We have done more than cut the fat. We have done more than cut through the muscle. We have done more than cut through to the bone. We have cut into the marrow. It is that serious.
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Everything I know about her is good, but there needs to be, obviously, a very thorough inquiry into her background.
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blatant court-stripping, taking away the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court and setting a very bad precedent.
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Bill Weld has gotten tremendous national exposure, and there are a number of people within the Republican Party who may disagree philosophically with Senator Helms, and (Weld) may be rallying a lot of people to his cause.