462 Quotes by Arlen Specter

It's going to depend on how well she does. If she makes her case, she can be confirmed.

We'll start hearings at noon on 9 January,

I am committed to conducting a full, fair and dignified hearing.

It's going to be a battle but I think we have a realistic chance of winning.

What is your thinking on the jurisprudence of U.S. v. Lopez and U.S. v. Morrison, which overturned almost 60 years of Congress' power under the Commerce Clause?

I believe the vote will come during the week of September 26. That's when the floor leader will bring up ... the matter. I would suspect that we'd vote by Thursday the 29th, ... Face the Nation.

It's pretty hard to have a trial without witnesses and if you have just (a) hearsay report, you do not have the circumstances, you do not have the flavor, you do not have really the aura of the trial.

What I do know is that we're going to do it right, and we're not necessarily going to do it fast,

I believe there is value in rolling up the score,