Arlen Specter: “Senator Leahy and I have a special spot reserved on C-SPAN that put us on at 3 a.m., so he and I have a tremendous…”

Because it is so important for the public to know how its Government functions, and because the Supreme Court affects the lives of Americans in such great detail.

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

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.