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Arlen Specter: “Do you think there's any inherent superiority in the appointing process with judicial commissions and appointments as…”

On the recordJanuary 7, 2010
Do you think there's any inherent superiority in the appointing process with judicial commissions and appointments as opposed to the electoral process?
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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Specter questions the effectiveness of judicial appointments versus elections.

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