Arlen Specter: “There is great public concern, as is evidenced by the front pages, news media accounts as to what the situation is.”

The priority was to protect the family at all costs.

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.

The reason we serve is to ensure that our children and our children's children inherit the same great country that we received from those who went before us.

Senator Specter cited just one. It was his vote against confirming Jeff Sessions as a Federal judge.