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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very thorough and piercing confirmation process with very, very detailed questions on what Judge Roberts has said in the past.
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I think he ought to have to answer questions and be subject to examination, because the answers that he gave were evasive,
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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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We all have a responsibility to ask probing questions to determine qualification beyond academic and professional standing.
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Nominees answer about as many questions as they think they have to to be confirmed,
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resist, if not refuse to confirm, Supreme Court nominees who refuse to answer questions on fundamental issues.
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It has been my experience that the hearings are a subtle minuet with nominees answering as many questions as they think they have to in order to be confirmed.
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In the context where the Supreme Court decides, really, the cutting-edge questions of our day
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I really can't explain it, ... I think, in fairness to her, she's facing a lot of questions at the same time. She's making the rounds, seeing a lot of senators.
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I believe he went somewhat beyond the usual practice of answering just as many questions as he had to in order to be confirmed.
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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.