Arlen Specter: “It is inevitable that votes are cast--I am right in the middle of the same procedure--where we do not know what we are…”

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.

Because I have since found that Senator Sessions is egalitarian.

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.

Because it is so important for the public to know how its Government functions, and because the Supreme Court affects the lives of Americans in such great detail.