Arlen Specter: “I think we are ready for a voice vote on the Vitter amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is all time yielded back?”

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…

The Supreme Court decides all of the important cutting issues of the day.

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.

The Congress, under separation of powers, has the authority to find the facts, and then there is need only for a rational relationship between what Congress finds factually and the legislation which Congress enacts.