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Arlen Specter
@arlenspecter· Democratic · PA· May 7, 2009

The current rule in the Supreme Court is that petitions for certiorari are applied and there is a so-called cert pool.

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Arlen Specter
@arlenspecter· Democratic · PA· May 7, 2009

C-SPAN has conducted a survey which shows that 61 percent of the American people would like to see the Supreme Court televised.

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Arlen Specter
@arlenspecter· Democratic · PA· May 7, 2009

Justice Kennedy says he believes that television is inevitable.

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Arlen Specter
@arlenspecter· Democratic · PA· May 7, 2009

Would you not at least agree with a proposition that conflicts between the Congress and the executive branch are of the highest duty for the Supreme Court to consider and to decide?

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Arlen Specter
@arlenspecter· Democratic · PA· May 7, 2009

the Supreme Court has really reversed the order. The judiciary is now really in Article 1, if the powers were to be redefined.

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Arlen Specter
@arlenspecter· Democratic · PA· May 7, 2009

I want to return to the issue of the basic authority and responsibility of the Supreme Court to decide the major cases on separation of power.

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Arlen Specter
@arlenspecter· Democratic · PA· May 7, 2009

the job of the court is to apply the law, not to make the law.

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Arlen Specter
@arlenspecter· Democratic · PA· May 7, 2009

I had a lot of association with the firefighters in my days as a city official in Philadelphia.

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Arlen Specter
@arlenspecter· Democratic · PA· May 7, 2009

My own view is that it's time we had more women and we had more diversity.

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Arlen Specter
@arlenspecter· Democratic · PA· May 7, 2009

We hope we get it right. But all anybody can use is their--is their best judgment.

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Arlen Specter
@arlenspecter· Democratic · PA· May 7, 2009

I think I actually went back to criticize Judge Sotomayor's activities going all the way back to Princeton University.

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Arlen Specter
@arlenspecter· Democratic · PA· May 7, 2009

I think that kind of diversity is enormously helpful.

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Arlen Specter
@arlenspecter· Democratic · PA· May 7, 2009

The ABA performs this function regularly with all Federal judges, and you interview a lot of people who are knowledgeable.

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Bob Casey
@bobcasey· Democratic · PA· May 6, 2009

Dr. Hamburg, thank you very much for your willingness to serve. I want to commend you and your family for taking on this responsibility.

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Summer Lee
@summerlee· Democratic · PA· May 5, 2009

In 2008, the violence between Mexican drug gangs fighting for trafficking routes to the United States killed approximately 6,000 people in Mexico.

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Summer Lee
@summerlee· Democratic · PA· May 5, 2009

This calamity is not in any way a reflection on the friendship that we have with the people of Mexico.

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