Arlen Specter: “The court pulled the rug out from Congress, affirming the constitutionality where it had been in effect for 100 years.”

last year I introduced the Notice Pleading Restoration Act of 2009, H.R. 1504. As I explained in my accompanying floor statement, my objective was to restore the pleading standard that had governed federal civil practice if not since the…

Congressional legislation 'doesn't amount to anything if the president can say, 'My constitutional authority supersedes the statute.'

The Congress has the authority to handle administrative matters legislatively.

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.