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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overturned almost 60 years of Congress' power under the Commerce Clause.
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resist, if not refuse to confirm, Supreme Court nominees who refuse to answer questions on fundamental issues.
I think a shutdown can be avoided, ... I'm hopeful. We're still working on it very hard.
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It has been apparent for some time that the American people are frustrated, sick and tired of the partisan bickering. We have to support the president.
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I think we can get materials which will be helpful to us,
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I think that the criterion ought to be: Who's the best person available for the job? And many of us have called for a nominee who comes from a background other than one of being a jurist. And now we have a person who is like that. ... You've got to go to America to find lawyers, and Dallas is as good a place as any to find lawyers.
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It is our expectation that we will be able to complete the hearings that week,
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I think that some of the voting today was calculated to impact on the next nomination.
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I think that ... Senator Helms may really make a martyr out of Bill Weld here, ... Evans and Novak.
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I think that we're paying much too much attention to Pat Buchanan,
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I think that we ought to have more women on the court. Two is a bare minimum. We really ought to have more,
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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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I think that it would be very, very difficult for the president to explain that, in the context of information leading up to why that would be so,
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I think that it is more reason to question him closely at the hearing.