Arlen Specter: “Will the Chair repeat that? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The previous agreement has been negated.”

Not only does the Court affect the daily lives of all Americans, it has a tremendous impact upon the separation of powers.

People ought to know that.

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.

One other point briefly--I see a colleague awaiting an opportunity to speak--and that is my hope we will address, before the end of the year, the issue of televising the proceedings of the Supreme Court of the United States. This is an…