Arlen Specter: “I now call up the Durbin amendment on point of entry, and yield to the Senator from Illinois. The PRESIDING OFFICER.…”

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…

I think Senator Sessions has it right when he says they consider it their domain. Well, it is not.

The authority of the Congress under the Commerce Clause was unchallenged for 60 years and then in Lopez and Morrison cut back.

I think the public's right to know and the benefit of an informed citizenry vastly outweigh what you quote Justice Kennedy as talking about collegial dynamics.