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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It would be quite a sacrifice for her, but she's prepared to do it if she is asked, ... By next June we'll know a lot more about Judge Roberts ... than we do today.
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very thorough and piercing confirmation process with very, very detailed questions on what Judge Roberts has said in the past.
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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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Judge Roberts, in your confirmation hearing for the circuit court, your testimony read to this effect, and it's been widely quoted: Roe is the settled law of the land. Do you mean settled for you, settled only for your capacity as a circuit judge, or settled beyond that?
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Judge Roberts, I'm not talking about an issue. I'm talking about the essence of jurisprudence.
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Judge Roberts has projected a very unique persona as he has talked about modesty and humility,
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Wait a minute. They may be misleading, but they are his answers, ... You may finish, Judge Roberts.
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There have already been indications from members of the court about their liking the fact that Judge Roberts is going to be the new chief justice.
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When you talk about judges who would change the right of a woman to choose, who'd overturn Roe versus Wade, I think that is unlikely, ... And I have said that bluntly during the course of the campaign, that Roe versus Wade was inviolate.
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Notwithstanding his answers and my efforts to glean some hint or realistic expectation from his words and body language, candidly it is not possible to predict or have a solid expectation of what Judge Roberts would do,
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Judge Roberts had expressed his appreciation to have the introductions early. He said the maximum time of the children's staying power was five minutes. And that is certainly understandable,
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I think that Judge Roberts may have a real chance to bring the court together based on the personality which I have seen, if he is confirmed,
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It is my hope that the president will now send us a nominee for Justice O'Connor's spot in the mold of Judge Roberts,
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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,