Arlen Specter: “Do you think there ought to be a balancing test?”

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

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.

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