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've been searching for a way that we might have President Clinton's side of the matter in a professional way, and I'm continuing to explore that. The committee is not disposed to inviting him because of the sensitivity of inviting a former president and the potential for a circus-like atmosphere,
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What assurances can you give the Senate and the American people that you will be independent, if confirmed, and not give President Bush any special deference on any matter involving him which might come before the court?
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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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Would you think that Roe might be a super-duper precedent?
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a very heavy commitment to legal interpretation which might differ from his own personal views.
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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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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 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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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've not said that the vice president has done anything wrong, ... What I have said is there is a basis for (an) independent counsel.
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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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It would take us less time to handle this trial than to handle the talk shows,
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These decisions pose two major problems, ... A lack of stability or predictability in the law because the two cases, decided three years apart, are virtually indistinguishable; and, two, the court's judicial activism in functioning as a super legislature.
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The standard is to do it right, not to do it fast,