Arlen Specter: “Well, trial in absentia, which means trial in their absence, has been upheld by the appellate courts.”

Well, you are the Senate. You decide how to proceed.

Because I have since found that Senator Sessions is egalitarian.

I believe that if the Court were televised, there would be an understanding and an accountability.

I cannot applaud Rutland enough, because we had a similar hearing a few years ago when Senator Arlen Specter and I were here, and that shaped a number of federal programs for the better because of what we heard from you.