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 certainly would not want to see a situation evolve where some intervening event occurred which might have been prevented had Congress acted more promptly,
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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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the hallmark agenda of the judicial activism of the Rehnquist Court.
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The hearings will not start until there is a date agreeable to her, ... It would be unfair to start the hearings before she is ready.
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The hearings will be focused on how she approaches constitutional issues, her capacity to handle them,
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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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And I think he may have a little different view about television, something that I have advocated for more than a decade in the court, ... He's a new generation.
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the fight that people have been anticipating for some time.
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all reports, memoranda or policy statements prepared, produced with your participation, or produced under your guidance during the time in which you served in any public office, including ... any of your positions in the White House.
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the chief justice is not going to leave, because I think that every day he goes to work knowing he has very important work to do.