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 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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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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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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As the record shows, I have supported every one of President Bush's nominees in the Judiciary Committee and on the Senate floor. I have never and would never apply any litmus test on the abortion issue and, as the record shows, I have voted to confirm Chief Justice (William) Rehnquist, Justice (Sandra Day) O'Connor, and Justice (Anthony) Kennedy and led the fight to confirm Justice (Clarence) Thomas.
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As the president ponders the nominee to replace Sandra Day O'Connor, it is my hope that there will be a balance maintained on the court.
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Contrary to press accounts, I did not warn the president about anything and was very respectful of his Constitutional authority on the appointment of federal judges,
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When the attorney general says the force resolution gives the president the power to conduct these surveillances, I have grave doubts about that.
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Voting in favor would put senators in a better position to oppose later or a vote in opposition would put the president on notice that he better put somebody up who was acceptable to a broad spectrum of senators.
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Getting $400,000 on a contingency basis for success is startling, to say the least, ... We need to hear from Roger Clinton, and basically, I still think we need to hear from the president as to what consideration he gave to Hugh Rodham and to his brother Roger Clinton.
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Look, the president can discharge all 93 U.S. attorneys for no reason at all, but not for a bad reason.
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Senator Reid is entitled to his opinion, but he's not the president of the United States, and he doesn't administer justice in this country,
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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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The president was noncommittal. The body language was not very positive.
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The President was considering doing something presidential to try to focus attention away from -- his own personal problems.